The 2019 MotoE season (known officially as the 2019 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the
MotoE World Cup
The FIM Enel MotoE World Championship (formerly known as the MotoE World Cup) is a class of motorcycle racing that uses only electric motorcycles. The series is sanctioned by the FIM and the inaugural season in 2019 was due to support MotoG ...
for electric motorcycle racing, and was part of the 71st
F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing
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season. After 6 races between July and November 2019, Italian rider
Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari (; born 5 December 1979) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender He played top-flight football for several Italian clubs in Serie A, Everton of the Premier League, and for the Montreal Impact in Major Leagu ...
from the
Trentino Gresini MotoE team became the first MotoE champion.
Teams and riders
All teams used the
Energica Ego Corsa.
Calendar
The following Grands Prix took place during the season:
Jerez paddock fire
In March, all MotoE teams tested the new motorcycles at the
Circuito de Jerez
Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto (formerly known as Circuit of Jerez and Circuito Permanente de Jerez), is a racing circuit located close to the city of Jerez de la Frontera, south of Seville and deep within the sherry-producing region in th ...
but the newly built facility which housed the machines was destroyed by a fire which started around 12:15 a.m. of 14 March. Organizer
Dorna Sports
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Established in 1988 as an international sports management and marketing company, it is headquartered in Madrid, with branch offices and/or subs ...
announced an investigation into the accident where no-one was injured. The remainder of the scheduled tests were cancelled.
A new pre-season test session took place in June and the start of the season was pushed back to the German GP, with the missed starting rounds at Jerez and Le Mans replaced by a doubleheader at the season finale in Valencia.
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MotoGP.com. Retrieved 29 March 2019
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Cup standings
;Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
References
{{World championships in 2019
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MotoE
Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons