Ferrari takes out the finale in a last-lap battle

Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE™) has gained the ultimate race of the 2022 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup after he and Mattia Casadei (Pons Racing 40) swapped the lead 3 times on the ultimate lap on the Gran Premio Gryfyn di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. Rounding out the rostrum in Race 2 on the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli was Eric Granado (LCR E-Workforce), whereas the rider who had sealed the World Cup title 24 hours earlier, Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE™), completed fourth.

When the lights went out, Casadei bought the leap and took a transparent result in the primary nook, forward of pole-sitter Aegerter, Granado, and Jordi Torres (Pons Racing 40). Ferrari misplaced three positions relative to the place he certified however had recovered two of them to be operating fifth by the point he exited Rio (Flip 4). The highest two moved a second away from the remainder on Lap 2 whereas Ferrari was as much as fourth when he overtook Torres by way of the quick Curvone (Flip 11) right-hander on Lap 3.

In any other case, although, it was an unusually calm contest for the opening half of the eight-lap race – however that is MotoE™, and that was by no means going to final too lengthy. On Lap 5, Aegerter moved into the lead when he went down the within of Casadei at Carro (Flip 14), just for Casadei to reclaim first place on the run to Quercia (Flip 8) on the following lap, and by then, Granado was lurking.

When Aegerter had a second at Carro a couple of corners later, Granado was proper behind them, and Ferrari had made it a lead group of 4. Ferrari was right into a podium place when he overtook Granado on Lap 7 at Carro, earlier than Aegerter practically worn out Casadei at Flip 2 on the ultimate lap. The Swiss rider gathered it up, however not earlier than he had misplaced place to each Ferrari and Granado.

All instructed, it meant that the 2019 World Cup winner had what had appeared not too way back to be an unlikely shot at victory, and take his shot he did. Ferrari handed Casadei at Flip 13, however the Pons Racing rider was not giving up. He despatched his Ego Corsa down the within on the Misano nook (Flip 16), just for Ferrari to tug off the cutback and win the race by 0.195 seconds. It was additionally a go which might resolve who completed third within the World Cup for 2022, behind Aegerter and Granado.

On the day, nevertheless, Granado took the chequered flag in third, forward of Aegerter and Torres. The remainder of the highest 10 was Niccolo Canepa (WithU GRT RNF MotoE™ Workforce), Miquel Pons (LCR E-Workforce), Alex Escrig (Tech3 E-Racing), Hikari Okubo (Avant Ajo MotoE™), and Kevin Zannoni (Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse). Maria Herrera (Zinia Aspar Workforce) was the only DNF of the race, limping away from a crash on Lap 6.

That brings to an finish the Energica Ego Corsa period after 4 unbelievable years. Following Ferrari’s triumph within the inaugural FIM Enel MotoE World Cup in 2019, Torres collected the title in 2020 and 2021, earlier than Aegerter wrote himself into the report books this 12 months. Now we stay up for the following evolution with Ducati, and extra sensational electrical motion, in 2023!

1. Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE)
2. Mattia Casadei (Pons Racing 40) + 0.195
3. Eric Granado (LCR E-Workforce) + 0.673
4. Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP MotoE) + 1.092
5. Jordi Torres (Pons Racing 40) + 1.304
6. Niccolo Canepa (Withu GRT RNF MotoE Workforce) + 2.876
7. Miquel Pons (LCR E-Workforce) + 4.249
8. Alex Escrig (Tech 3 E-Racing) + 5.762
9. Hikari Okubo (Avant Ajo MotoE) + 6.434
10. Kevin Zannoni (Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse) + 6.920