        &ldquo;The future is already here&rdquo;, as the Ducati motto goes. The Italian manufacturer has officially presented its MotoE bike that will enliven the electric world cup as of 2023. There&rsquo;s a lot of interest in the latest creation to come out of Borgo Panigale and Michele Pirro, veteran Ducati test rider and current Italian CIV SBK champion, was keen to talk about the characteristics of this new red machine. Pirro&rsquo;s sensations  &ldquo;After just one lap with the MotoE, my sensations were similar to what I feel when riding a MotoGP or a SBK - comments the Italian - the engine is less powerful, but it is very similar to those used in the top class and on the Panigale&rdquo;. Pirro continues: &ldquo;Riding a bike that has no clutch makes it a bit different, but thanks to the combination of electric motor and ECU, the feeling when braking and entering the turns is similar to the MotoGP. I&rsquo;m sure that the Ducati engineers will be able to close the remaining gap with respect to the prototype bikes&rdquo;. Ducati at the cutting edge  Developing the MotoE represents another proud moment in Pirro&rsquo;s career: &ldquo;How did it feel working on this bike? Well, the development is similar to other bikes; I worked as I usually do in MotoGP and SBK. This project confirms that innovative Ducati spirit, committed as ever to the development of new technologies&rdquo;, concludes Michele. Translated by Heather Watson MotoE, Domenicali: "Surprising results achieved, I&rsquo;m proud of Ducati"       

The Italian test rider describes his sensations aboard the Borgo Panigale electric bike

MotoE, Pirro: "The feeling when braking and entering the corner is similar to the MotoGP"

Ducati continues to take giant strides into the future, and today brought yet another example. The official presentation of the first MotoE bike from Borgo Panigale is something that deserves a place in the history books, and Claudio Domenicali is well aware of this. In attendance at the event, he is also one of a lucky few, along with test riders Michele Pirro, Alex De Angelis and Chaz Davies, to have experienced the machine for himself.  &ldquo;A few weeks ago I had the extraordinary opportunity to ride the Ducati MotoE on the track and I immediately realized that I was living in a historic moment&rdquo;, details Domenicali, &ldquo;As soon as I sat on the bike, I appreciated the quality of the work done by the team and when I returned to the pits, I felt a huge sense of pride for what we&rsquo;ve once again been able to create. The results we&rsquo;ve achieved are surprising. If we look at the components, the motor is a lot smaller than a conventional one, while the tank is much bigger. It all revolves around how much energy the battery can unleash&rdquo;.  Domenicali: &ldquo;Electric bikes beneficial for emissions, but also hydrogen and ecological fuels&rdquo;   Ducati diving into the electric world is indeed something epic, but the move is also very much in line with planet earth&rsquo;s current needs.  &ldquo;The world is going through a complex period and environmental sustainability is an element that all individuals and all companies must consider a priority if we want to preserve the delicate balance of the planet. There is a lot of talk in Europe about how to eliminate or reduce CO2 emissions in many sectors, mobility included. Electric bikes definitely provide a path towards that goal, but then so do hydrogen and ecological fuels, which could fuel traditional engines. We&rsquo;re not yet living in a zero emissions world, but the foundations and the opportunities to improve are there, which motivates us to work&rdquo;.  Work that, in Borgo Panigale, goes hand in hand with the pursuit of maximum performance, a concept that is very much front and centre with this project too.  &ldquo;As Ducati, we have grasped this need and we went in search of a challenge that would allow us to contribute to the common goal of reducing CO? emissions and at the same time remain faithful to our racing DNA. We set out determined to develop the most performing electric racing bike that current technology makes possible. We believe that this project can really provide an idea as to how far we can take electric mobility with current technologies &ndash; we are developing something at the track that provides both us and everybody else with a lot of information&rdquo;.  And so there is a real desire to explore this new world, for a brand that is well aware of being more than just a motorcycle manufacturer, as Domenicali confirms.  &ldquo;Ducati produces motorcycles, but its primary mission is to provide people with emotions and experiences, with a combination of technology, beauty and style, the latter very much part of our Made in Italy essence. We want to combine this desire to entertain and thrill with the pursuit of maximum performance &ndash; from when we started to focus on the Superbike, in the late 80s, we&rsquo;ve always strived to obtain the very best on track, before obtaining the same for the public&rdquo;.  Translated by Heather Watson  Ducati MotoE: a new era officially begins in Modena 

The CEO in Borgo Panigale: &quot;I&rsquo;ve tested the bike and it&rsquo;s incredible. The goals? Reduced emissions and maximum performance&quot;

MotoE, Domenicali: &quot;Surprising results achieved, I&rsquo;m proud of Ducati&quot;

        Ducati continues its journey into the electric world. After unveiling it for the first-time last December, Ducati has now officially presented its latest creation, or rather its first electric bike. A prototype that marks that start of an historic new chapter for the Borgo Panigale manufacturer, as it takes up the electric challenge with a view to 2023. Next year, Ducati will in fact be the sole supplier for the MotoE championship, taking over from Enel and Energica. Characteristics of the red MotoE  The battery pack weighs 110 kg, for nominal power of 150 HP. It&rsquo;s interesting to note that, as with the front frame of the Panigale V4, the battery pack serves as a load-bearing chassis element, the actual aluminium frame weighing just 3.7 kg. Top speed? Roughly 275 km/h at Mugello. The technological package comprises the ride-by-wire system, Ducati traction Control, Engine Brake, Sliding Control and Wheelie Control. The tail piece is made entirely of carbon, with the bike weighing in at 225 kg in total. One of the most advanced technical solutions tested on the Ducati MotoE concerns the cooling system. The prototype components are in fact cooled by a particularly sophisticated and efficient liquid system with a double circuit designed to meet the different thermal needs of the battery pack and the motor/inverter unit . This guarantees extreme regularity of temperatures with important benefits in terms of consistency of performance but also in charging times. In fact, it is not necessary to wait for the battery pack to cool to start the process: the Ducati MotoE can be charged as soon as it enters the garage, and it takes about 45 minutes to recharge it up to 80% of its range. Translated by Heather Watson Yamaha again attacks the Stewards Panel, Jarvis: &ldquo;Inconsistent decisions&rdquo;        

The Borgo Panigale manufacturer has presented its first electric bike, which promises to be revolutionary

Ducati MotoE: a new era officially begins in Modena

        The 2022 MotoE World Cup season starts with an uphill climb for Bradley Smith. The English rider will not be able to take part in the opening round of the full-electric championship taking place this weekend at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, having not been passed fit by the doctors. The former MotoGP rider is still recovering after the serious accident he suffered at the Le Mans 24 Hours, where he was hit by another rider and fractured a vertebra. He will be replaced on the Energica Ego Corsa of team WithU GRT RNF MotoE by German Lukas Tulovic, who joins Niccol&ograve; Canepa. Smith: &ldquo;I thought I&rsquo;d be able to race, but I respect the doctors&rsquo; decision&rdquo;  &ldquo;Unfortunately, I have bad news, as I&rsquo;ve been declared unfit by the doctors for the Jerez weekend&rdquo;, stated a disappointed Bradley. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry because I&rsquo;ve worked hard in the last few days to be ready for this first MotoE round and I honestly thought I&rsquo;d be able to race. But I respect the decision taken of course, so now I&rsquo;ll continue to train to be back on track for the next round, which will be back at Le Mans&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Bagnaia: &ldquo;My movement is limited, I&rsquo;ll have to manage that&rdquo;       

The English rider will not take part in the first round of the electric championship after sustaining injury at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Lukas Tulovic will take his place

MotoE: Bradley Smith still unfit, he will miss the Jerez round

        The 2022 MotoE World Cup grid continues to take shape, as it prepares for a final season with Energica bikes before moving over to Ducatis in 2023. Like Tech 3, Gresini Racing has now completed its rider line-up for the coming season, with the reconfirmed Matteo Ferrari to be joined by new entry Alessio Finello. The 23-year Turin native has competed in the Italian CIV championship in recent years. This season saw him contest the National Trophy 600 with team Blacksheep&rsquo;s Yamaha 600, the rider scoring strong results and finishing fifth overall. MotoE comes as a brand-new challenge, but he will try to adapt as quickly as possible and can count on a team that has already shown it knows how to win in the electric series. Finello: "An honour to race with Gresini"  Alessio doesn&rsquo;t conceal his emotion as he looks forward to this new international adventure: "It is an honour for me to be doing this step up in my career with Team Gresini and to be taking part in the MotoE World Championship. It&rsquo;s a new category that has caught my attention already. I&rsquo;ve been following it since 2019 and to race there was a goal of mine! A big thank you goes to the team who gave me this opportunity; it will surely be a challenging season due to the lack of experience, but I cannot wait to get started. I will take a little holiday now before fully focusing on the first test of the 2022 season.&rdquo; Team manager Luca Gresini, who shared the CIV paddock with Finello up until a few months ago, is also pleased with the rider line-up: "Alessio is another young rider whom I think can grow a lot in this category, thanks also to the presence of Matteo (Ferrari) in the garage &ndash; a teammate with plenty of success and experience. I know Alessio very well, I know how much he can give and I&rsquo;m sure we will give his 110% in this journey together. It will be an important season for us: Matteo, who has always been at the sharp end of the field, wants to be back on top and we will help him doing so. Alessio&rsquo;s goals cannot be the same, but we will aim consistently at the top ten.&rdquo; Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Biaggi: &ldquo;Me and Valentino Rossi real rivals, both Italian&rdquo;       

Having competed on the national stage, the young Italian will now debut in the electric series, riding the Italian team&rsquo;s Energica Ego Corsa. He will flank Matteo Ferrari

MotoE: Alessio Finello completes the team Gresini line-up

        Ducati has big ambitions, as proved by its outstanding sales figures, its results across the various championships and the words of the its CEO, who is in attendance at Misano and has spoken live with another CEO, or rather Dorna&rsquo;s Carmelo Ezpeleta. The Italian manager specifies just how important this project is: "The decision is key in terms of what came before and what will come in the future for Ducati, which will be the sole MotoE supplier from 2023 to 2026. This agreement with Dorna is an important step for us&rdquo;. Domenicali explains just how important racing is to the firm&rsquo;s day to day work: "We enter the world of electric mobility in a strong position. There&rsquo;s nothing better than racing as a way to test everything. We want our engineers to be as good at developing electric systems as they are with endothermic powertrains &ndash; everyone says our MotoGP engine is the best. We can&rsquo;t wait&rdquo;. What started as an electric idea has now exploded  The Borgo Panigale CEO reveals some interesting details: "We have been studying electric powertrains for years but now, with the Dorna agreement, we delve deeper into the project. In 2022 we will carry out development at the tracks, so that we have an already tried and tested project in 2023, one that meets the safety and performance criteria required by Dorna. The bike will be as light as possible, we have many ideas in terms of transfering technology from MotoGP to MotoE". Claudio touches on other significant aspects: "Electric can be considered boring but I&rsquo;ve tested 1000 KW cars and they are so impressive. Electric mobility is efficient thanks to the accelerator. The main problem is weight, which is easier to resolve with cars than with bikes. And then the EU asks us to reduce emissions, so we&rsquo;re trying to understand what to do there. We&rsquo;re not ready for electric MotoGP bikes right now, but in the future with some battery development, we&rsquo;ll get there. And we want to be ready for it&rdquo;. Ducati belongs to the Audi-Volkswagen automotive group, already active on the electric front of course. Domenicali confirms that this has been a topic of discussion: "I&rsquo;ve talked about it with the Audi Group, because we&rsquo;ll become part of a centre of excellence for batteries for production vehicles, designed for Volkswagen and Audi. And we&rsquo;ll talk with Porsche and Lamborghini. Porsche is developing something but for high-level racing cars, not for production cars." Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Marquez: &ldquo;I am stronger and ready to fight at Misano&rdquo;       

The Ducati CEO: "We come to MotoE in a strong position. They say our endothermic engine is the best on the grid and, by working on the batteries, we&rsquo;ll ensure we're ready for the reigning class" &nbsp;

Domenicali: “We’re not ready for an electric MotoGP yet, but we’ll get there”

        Via a videocall, Dorna, the FIM and IRTA have decided that the MotoE championship of the future will undergo a change in format, with a couple of new features designed to improve safety and increase the show. The world championship&rsquo;s electric class, involving Energica Ego Corsa bikes, will run two races per weekend. This means that a round at Misano for example will involve races on both Saturday and Sunday. Two races per weekend means double the number of points on offer and, hence, a more interesting championship. And that&rsquo;s not all, as the flying lap E-Pole will be replaced by two qualifying sessions, of ten minutes each. But in this case the spectacle may (perhaps) be diminished, with no more old-style SBK format, but rather a first session involving the ten slowest riders from FP1 and FP2 combined. Qualifying 1 will last 10 minutes, with no limits as to the number of laps riders can complete. The two fastest riders in qualifying 1 can recharge their bikes in pitlane and also receive an additional rear tyre. Then Q2, with the eight fastest riders from the practice sessions as well as the two fastest riders from Qualifying 1. Q2 will also last 10 minutes with no limits as to the number of laps riders can complete. Translated by Heather Watson Gerhard Berger: &ldquo;Rossi in the DTM? We'd lay out the red carpet for him&rdquo;       

The electric class does away with the flying qualifying lap and proposes two separate sessions of 10 minutes each. Points will be assigned in races on Saturday and Sunday

MotoE: from 2022, two races each weekend and no more E-Pole

        Compartmental syndrome is affecting one rider after another in the world championship. First it was Jack Miller, who was slowed down over the first two rounds because of this, and then Fabio Quartararo, who lost twelve places at Jerez due to the pain in his right forearm. And now Maria Herrera and Aleix Espargar&oacute; are also suffering. MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo has second compartmental syndrome surgery A significant ninth place  The Spanish rider, the only female contender in MotoE, has already undergone surgery, as have the Australian and the Frenchman, and she explains how it all began: &ldquo;A couple of months ago, my right arm started to feel tired when training with the MX bike, but I thought it meant I should train more. Once I realised that wasn&rsquo;t helping, I decided to visit the doctor who told me it was compartmental syndrome&rdquo;. And yet last Sunday Herrera nevertheless completed the first MotoE race: &ldquo;I did what I could, but I&rsquo;m proud I didn&rsquo;t retire and scored a ninth-place finish, which means we&rsquo;ll feel stronger come the next race&rdquo;. She finishes by adding: &ldquo;The operation went very well and I had no pain overnight. They&rsquo;ve already discharged me and I&rsquo;m ready to go home&rdquo;. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo has second compartmental syndrome surgery       

First Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo, and now it&rsquo;s Maria&rsquo;s turn for surgery on her forearm

MotoE, Herrera also undergoes compartmental syndrome surgery

        Like Mike Di Meglio, two more MotoE stars, namely Niccol&ograve; Canepa and Xavier Sim&eacute;on, have decided not to compete in the upcoming electric bike championship. This is due to the fact there are various clashes with events on the world endurance calendar, a series in which the pair compete with top teams Yart Yamaha and Yoshimura SERT Suzuki. &nbsp;Canepa: "I&rsquo;ll focus on endurance"  The Italian rider announced the end of his MotoE adventure on social media: "End of a great story. Unfortunately, I can&rsquo;t take part in the MotoE World Cup this year due to a date clash between Endurance and MotoE. We tried everything to continue with team LCR but there were no solutions. Thanks to the team for their great job during these years. Now it&rsquo;s heads down and let&rsquo;s focus on the EWC". Sim&eacute;on: "I&rsquo;ll miss the championship"  The Belgian rider has come to the same decision and so Canepa will be simply another rival rather than a team-mate to Sim&eacute;on, the pair having build a good relationship. "For various reasons, I won&rsquo;t compete in the MotoE World Cup this year. I want to thank team LCR &ndash; states the former MotoGP rider on social media &ndash; and particularly Lucio Cecchinello who&rsquo;s been the best team manager I&rsquo;ve ever had. I&rsquo;ll miss this championship and Niccol&ograve; Canepa too, we&rsquo;ve shared some good times". Translated by Heather Watson 2021 MotoGP calendar: a Qatar double-header to start       

The two riders who competed for team LCR in 2020 will not continue in the electric bike series due to clashes with their commitments in world endurance

MotoE: Xavier Siméon and Niccolò Canepa to sit out the 2021 season

        Tommaso Marcon has concluded his first MotoE season in fourteenth place, scoring a best of two fifth place finishes with the Tech3 team. The Italian is less than satisfied with this result, his target very different. Injury early in the season  &ldquo;My expectations were very different, in that I set out to win&rdquo;, Marcon tells us. &ldquo;Unfortunately, I was slowed down a week before the first race because I injured by right posterior cruciate ligament, and so really struggled in the Jerez races&rdquo;, he explains. &ldquo;Two consecutive weekends and I wasn&rsquo;t fully recovered. I raced, but I couldn&rsquo;t move with the right leg, using only my left and my arms; racing with 25% less strength is really complicated. &ldquo;Luckily I was probably 80% in shape by Misano and the fact it was my home track spurred me on. In race 1 I finished fifth, from eleventh on the grid. I was actually last at turn two having had to avoid some crashes up ahead, but I was able to work my way up. I was a pity about race 2, I crashed while lying third; it would have been a nice podium. &ldquo;At Le Mans, a track I&rsquo;d never seen before, we only made one dry lap before the race, in Superpole, and I qualified just fourteenth, but then finished race 1 in fifth place. In race 2 I crashed while lying fourth due to a problem with the temperature of the front tyre&rdquo;, continues Marcon. How would you sum up your first MotoE season? &ldquo;The important thing for me was getting the result, and we didn&rsquo;t fully manage that. But I&rsquo;m pleased because we showed our speed&rdquo;. The development of the Aprilia RS660 Trofeo  You&rsquo;re currently involved in the development of the Aprilia RS 660 in its Trophy version. How is that going? &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a wonderful opportunity, also because I&rsquo;m doing it for an Italian brand, one that I&rsquo;ve always loved, and at 20 this feels really great&rdquo;. How have you developed as a test rider? &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a better rider than test rider but the experience I&rsquo;ve had in recent years means I am a level that allows me to test, at least as far as Aprilia is concerned. After all, every rider seeks perfection every time they get on the bike, particularly at international level, where milliseconds count. You have to be able to understand where you can improve&hellip;&rdquo; The future  What will you do next year? &ldquo;MotoE is an interesting formula, and that&rsquo;s definitely the future. We&rsquo;ve evaluating whether to do it again or change. I have two MotoE offers, but also a chance to return to Moto2. One option would be the CEV - I could aim for the win there before moving to Moto2, which is my main goal&rdquo;, concludes Marcon. In any case, Tommaso Marcon has age on his side, turning just 21 later this month. He has plenty of time to complete a CEV season before finding a way into the world championship. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP, Honda at a juncture: who will replace Marc Marquez?       

&ldquo;We showed our speed, but not our full potential. For next year I&rsquo;m torn between MotoE and CEV&rdquo;, the Italian tells us

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