Ducati, the🔥 reigning MotoGP champions, are taking over as exclusive MotoE supplier following four seasons on Energica machines, as the series also switches from an FIM ‘World Cup’ to full ‘World Championship’ in 2023.

At 225kgꦡ, Ducati’s first electric bike is approximately 35kg lighter t🐻han the Energica.

The weight-saving crusade means Ducati chose not to raise maximum horsepower beyondꦏ the 150 hp (110kW🎀) of the Energica model – slightly more than a Triumph-powered Moto2 bike - while torque has been sliced from 220Nm (Energica) to 140Nm (Ducati).

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Nevertheless, batteries still make up 110kg of the Ducati’s weight and the V2ꩲ1L - which uses a ‘stressed’ carbon fibre battery case joined to an aluminium front frame - remains substantially heavier than a conventional grand prix or superbike:

Bike weight/power:

• Energica MotoE: 260kg/150hp
• Ducati MotoE: 225kg/150hp
• MotoGP Bike: 157kg/300hp
• Moto2 Rider+Bike: 217kg (if average rider weight of 65kg, bike = 152kg/140hp)
• Moto3 Rider+Bike: 152kg (if average rider weight of 65kg, bike = 87kg/60hp)

The clear weight savings made by Ducati plus other technological advances mean MotoE lap times are sure to be faster in 2023. Exactly how much quicker will become clearer at this week’s Jerez test, whic🥃h runs from Monday to Wednesday.

The V21L retains Ohlins suspension, Brembo brakes and Michelin tyres but among🦄 the technical changes made by Ducati is a liquid cooling system, which means the bike can be recharged as soon as it enters the gara💜ge.

It is said to take approximately 45 minutes to reach 80% charge. However, each day at Jerez is divided into four Free Practice s🧸essions of just 15-minutes in length, with a two-hour gap in-between, highlighting the range limitations of current batt🅷ery technology:

Jerez MotoE Test schedule:

• FP1: 10:00 - 10:15
• FP2: 12:15 - 12:30
• FP3: 14:30 - 14:45
• FP4: 16:45 - 17:00

Each MotoE race is between 6 and 8 laps in length, with the same points scoring system as the GP cl🀅asses. The 2023 season consists of 16 races, at eight European Grands Prix, from May to September.

The MotoE World Cup was won by Matteo Ferrariܫ in 2019, then twice by Jordౠi Torres (2020 and 2021), with Dominique Aegerter lifting last year’s title.

Monday's opening day at Jerez was wet throughout, with Pramac's Luca Sౠalvadori and Gresini's Matteo Ferrari finishing first🐈 and second on the timesheets courtesy of their laps set in FP2.

The combined ܫday one times, af👍ter FP4, are as follows:

SI💦C58 rider Kevin Manfredi was fastest in FP3, as the wet conditions continued but Luca&nbꦍsp;Savadori's FP2 lap remains the best of the day so far:

More rain in FP2, when Luca Salvadori took over at the top with a 1m 55.522s, followed by&𓆏nbsp;Matteo Ferrari, Jordi Torres and 'rookie' Tito Rabat:

Ran𝔉dy Krummenacher began 2023 fastest in a wet FP1 at Jerez, wi༺th a time of 1m 58.847s:

Official Jerez lap records

Qualifying:

• MotoGP: 1m 36.170s (Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, 2022)
• Moto2: 1m 40.667s (Remy Gardner, Kalex, 2021)
• Moto3: 1m 44.988s (Andrea Migno, Honda, 2021)
• MotoE: 1m 47.778s (Eric Granado, Energica, 2021)*

*Went faster in the race (below).

Race:

• MotoGP: 1m 37.669s (Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati, 2022)
• Moto2: 1m 41.313s (Sam Lowes, Kalex, 2021)
• Moto3: 1m 46.060s (Jaume Masia, Honda, 2020)
• MotoE: 1m 47.473s (Eric Granado, Energica, 2021)

Fastest 2022 Jerez MotoE lap:

• 1m 48.120s (Hector Garzo, Energica)

The new Ducati has reached a top s💞peed of 275 km/h in private tests at Mugello, which is a fraction quicker ಞthan the Energica during last year’s Italian Grand Prix weekend.

The highest MotoE speed at the 2022 Jerez round was 2ꦓ28.3km/h, by both Maria Herrera and Hikari Okubo.