– A year after the first trials at the Misano circuit, production of bikes that will compete in the 2023 MotoE World Championship has started.
– By mid-February all bikes will be ready for the championship. At the same time, courses began for the team’s technicians who need to support them.
– Two pre-season tests at Jerez and Barcelona before debuting at the French Grand Prix on 13 May
Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), January 16, 2023 – Just over a year after the first test with Michele Pirro at Marco Simoncelli’s Misano World Circuit, work has begun on the V21L prototypes that will be the protagonists of the 2023 FIM World will be championship season Enel MotoE™. Bike production started in December and 23 units will be ready by mid-February. In addition to the 18 racing bikes, the organization will be provided with five spare parts. Each prototype is assembled by the experienced technicians of the Ducati MotoE racing department using the same process, precision and attention to detail that characterizes the fine craftsmanship used to build a MotoGP bike.
The begin of manufacturing of the “V21L” prototypes represents the start of a brand new and critical bankruptcy in Ducati’s history. For the Bologna-primarily based totally company, this mission become born with the intention of growing talents for its future, keeping the technique that has usually fuelled Ducati’s DNA: experimenting with technological answers withinside the global of racing and running to make certain that the entirety advanced on this region can then be used on motorbikes destined for fans all around the global. To do this, Ducati created the global’s maximum technological, delicate and complicated electric powered motorcycle, the end result of the joint paintings of Ducati R&D engineers and the Ducati Corse team. “V21L” is the MotoGP of electrical motorbikes, combining the digital technology and chassis dimensions advanced with the aid of using Ducati Corse with the layout manner and mission control normal of a avenue motormotorcycle just like the Panigale V4. It is the mixture of the first-rate talents of the 2 worlds, racing and manufacturing, a prototype with which Ducati experiments in a global but to be discovered, that of electrical sports activities bikes.
Claudio Domenicali, CEO Ducati: “The start of production of the Ducati MotoE is a historic moment for our company, which with this project is thoroughly studying the technologies of the future for the world of motorcycling. It is an important area of experimentation, in which we are investing to build know-how, so that we will be ready when battery technology should allow the creation of an exciting electric road bike with the weight, performance and range that enthusiasts expect from a Ducati. We are therefore embarking on this new adventure with the aim of developing the people and skills within the company to shape what the character of a future Ducati electric road bike might be. The MotoE project represents a decisive step for Ducati to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions on the product side, alongside research into synthetic fuels (eFuel) that can reduce the total CO2 emissions of internal combustion engines to zero. Environmental sustainability is something that all individuals and all companies must consider a priority if the delicate balance of the planet is to be preserved. Ducati is committed to this also at industrial level, and the construction of the new Finitura e Delibera Estetica area classified as Nearly Zero Energy Building is just the latest example”.
After a year of development testing, during which Michel Pirro, Alex De Angelis and Chaz Davis took turns riding the “V21L” prototype, the Ducati MotoE project is getting closer to the moment when the bikes hit the track. The first tests with the drivers and teams participating in the 2023 World Championship are scheduled for March 6th, 7th and 8th in Jerez, followed by three more days of testing on April 3rd, 4th and 5th at the circuit from Montmelo in Barcelona.
The debut in the race will take place on Saturday 13th May at the French Grand Prix. The 2023 MotoE World Championship calendar is divided into eight Grands Prix with two weekend races, both taking place on Saturdays. After its debut in France, the MotoE World Championship will be present at all subsequent European races up to the Misano Grand Prix, thus continuing on the weekend of June 11th at Mugello, the following weekend at the Sachsenring and on June 25th at Assen. After a summer break, the Ducati MotoE bikes return to the Silverstone circuit on August 5th and then compete in the last three Grands Prix at the Red Bull Ring (20th August), Catalunya (2nd September) and Misano (10th August). September) part.
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