2020 MotoE World Cup
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The 2020 MotoE World Cup (known officially as the 2020 FIM
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MotoE World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the
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for electric motorcycle racing, and part of the 72nd F.I.M.
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season. The season calendar was significantly affected by the
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, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races and an overall delay to the start of the season. The season champion was
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in his first season in the electric class, after achieving four podium finishes (including one win) and never finishing outside of the top 6. Runners-up
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and Dominique Aegerter also tallied four podiums including two wins each, but retirements and poor finishes at the remaining races meant that they could not match Torres at the season's final race.


Teams and riders

All teams used the Energica Ego Corsa motorcycles.


Rider changes

*
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joined Avintia Esponsorama Racing to replace
Xavier Siméon Xavier Siméon (born 31 August 1989) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from Belgium, competing in the MotoE World Cup. He is the winner of the 2009 FIM Superstock 1000 Championship and the 2006 European Superstock 600 Championship and the winne ...
, who moved to LCR E-Team replacing
Randy de Puniet Randy de Puniet (born 14 February 1981) is a road racer of motorcycles from France. He competed in Grands Prix racing between 1998 and 2014, where he achieved five wins in the 250cc class. He also competed in the Superbike World Championship d ...
. * Dominique Aegerter made his MotoE debut with Dynavolt Intact GP replacing
Jesko Raffin Jesko Raffin (born 12 June 1996) is a Swiss motorcycle racer. He was the FIM CEV Moto2 champion in 2014 and 2018. Career Raffin made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship in with GP Team Switzerland as a replacement for the injured Randy ...
, who returned to a full-time entry in Moto2. *
Jordi Torres Jordi Torres Fernández (born August 27, 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is a two-time MotoE World Cup winner, having won in and . He is a two-time winner of the Spanish Moto2 championship, and has previously competed in his native Su ...
replaced
Sete Gibernau Manuel "Sete" Gibernau Bultó (born 15 December 1972) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who is a 9-time 500cc/MotoGP race winner and a two-time overall runner-up in and . His racing career spans three different ...
at Pons Racing 40. * Alejandro Medina joined Openbank Aspar Team to replace
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. *
Lukas Tulovic Lukas Tulovic (born 15 June 2000) is a German Grand Prix motorcycle racer. In 2021 he competed in the Enel MotoE World Cup, aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Career From 2015 to 2022 he competed in the FIM Moto2 European Championship. He made ...
and Tommaso Marcon replaced Kenny Foray and
Héctor Garzó Héctor Garzó Vicent (born 9 June 1998) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, competing in the MotoE World Cup for Tech3 team. Career Moto3 Junior World Championship Garzó competed in the 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship without scori ...
at Tech3 E-Racing. * Alessandro Zaccone replaced compatriot
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at Trentino Gresini MotoE. * Jakub Kornfeil replaced Bradley Smith at WithU Motorsport shortly before the season start, as Smith returned to MotoGP to replace the suspended
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at Aprilia Gresini.


Regulation changes

In case two races are held in the same weekend, the E-Pole qualifying session determines the starting grid for Race 1, while the grid for Race 2 features the riders in the order they have finished Race 1, followed by the non-classified riders sorted by qualifying time. Previously, both races were run with the same starting grid, based on E-Pole results. Only the pole rider of the first race of a weekend is credited with a pole position; the polesitter for the second race is not officially recorded for the rider.


Calendar

The MotoE provisional calendar, released in September 2019, featured six races in five venues, supporting the Spanish, French, Dutch, Austrian and San Marino Grands Prix—the latter being a double-header; an additional race was added in December 2019, when a double-header in Valencia replaced the single French race. As a revised schedule was released in June 2020 in response to the
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, the following Grands Prix took place in 2020. The following rounds were cancelled or were removed from the updated MotoE schedule in response to the
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:


Calendar changes as a reaction to coronavirus pandemic

The season calendar was significantly affected by the
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, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races and an overall delay to the start of the season. *The
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, due to be held on 3 May, was postponed on 26 March. Its date was later set to 19 July. *The
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was postponed on 23 April after the Dutch government announced a ban on all mass events until at least 1 September. It was subsequently cancelled on 29 April. *The
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and Valencian Community Grand Prix, which were confirmed on the overall MotoGP calendar, were not part of the revised MotoE schedule. *The
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, which was due to host a double-header round, became a single-header event. A double-header to be held at the same track was added for the following week, as part of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. *A second event at Jerez, named after
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, and a double-header at the
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, were also added to the revised schedule.


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.


Notes


References

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