Moto E | San Marino GP
In a race that had little to decide on the fate of the championship, Matteo Ferrari won Race 2 of the San Marino MotoE GP in Misano, beating Casadei on the last lap. In this way the Gresini driver defends his third position.
Last GP for the MotoE in San Marino, on the Misano circuit which was already decisive yesterday. The full electric class took to the track with Dominique Aegerter who won yesterday’s race and, thanks to the crash of Granado, won that world title that last year he had already caressed until a few corners from the end. Aegerter, before the race, enjoyed 214 points, followed by Granado who, despite yesterday’s crash, was certain of second place thanks to 176.5 points. The fight for the third overall position was still open, with Ferrari at 176.5 and Casadei at 136. Also for this last weekend all the starting drivers took to the track.
The first Free Practice saw Casadei be the fastest in 1.44.975, followed by Torres and Okubo. Aegerter finished fifth, doing worse than a surprising Escrig. Finally, Granado only closed with the twelfth fastest time.
The second free session saw Casadei and torres confirm themselves in the first two best times. Casadei shot in 1.43.680. The third time was achieved by Ferrari who preceded Granado and Aegerter.
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In the Misano Qualifying, after the excellent exclusion of Garzo in Q1, Aegerter won with the MotoE Pole Position in 1.43.174 on the confirmed Casadei and Torres. Granado will also start tomorrow from the second row with Ferrari and pons, while Canepa, Escrig and Cardelus will start from the third.
Yesterday the fall of Granado gave an easy victory to Casadei, forced only to overtake an Aegerter who was not very reluctant to fight in order not to risk playing a world match point in his hands by the Brazilian from LCR. Ferrari is ranked behind Casadei and the new World Champion.
Summary of Race2 GP Emilia Romagna MotoE
Race 2 of the San Marino MotoE GP, the last round of the season, raced from the Misano track under a clear sky, with a temperature of 28 ° C for the atmosphere and 45 ° C for the asphalt.
The start sees a convincing start from Casadei who, as he has been accustomed to lately, sprints well and immediately tries to stretch on Aegerter and Granado.
Lap 2 – The classification at the finish line was as follows: Casadei and Aegerter first with a second advantage over Granado, followed by Torres, Ferrari, Pons, Canepa, Escrig, Okubo and Zannoni. During the tour Aegerter’s Energica Dynavolt returns to Casadei.
Lap 3 – Granado starts to engage and shortens the first two by three tenths. Casadei, on the other hand, stretches over the Swiss in the first half of the track, before being shortened in the second half Ferrari overtakes Torres and sets off on the hunt for Granado who in his mind had lengthened by nine tenths.
Lap 5 – The patrol movement of the two Dynavolts continues, with Granado continuing to recover and mend those six tenths that divides him from the noblest positions on the podium. Ferrari, after overtaking Torres, was unable to free himself from the game of the Spaniard who continues to worry him and not allow his recovery on Granado. Aegerter al Carro closes on Casadei at the same point where last year he had suffered the penalty that had precluded him from the World Cup.
Lap 6 – Casadei is not there to stay second and slips it at the braking of the Quercia, where the Swiss does not resist. The tussle between the first two facilitates Granado’s return, at that moment to just one and a half tenths, while Ferrari and Torres go to four tenths. In T4 Maria Herrera ends on the ground.
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Lap 7 – Casadei, figuring out where Aegerter’s danger can go, even extends a few meters on the new World Champion. At the Carro Ferrari closes the comeback and overtaking on Granado who comes off the podium.
Last lap – The first two pass on patrol to the variant of the Park, where Aegerter exaggerates in forcing the change of direction, the front closes, keeps it standing but has to give two positions to Ferrari and Granado. Ferrari, at that moment, had an unexpected match point until recently for the victory of the race and for the third place finish. At the bend Ferrari flanks Casadei and they are paired with the first of the Carro, where the Gresini driver then parades first and, putting out his left leg, closes a possible passage inside the Dynavolt driver. Casadei like a rabid dog does not give up and tries the maneuver desperately at Misano 2. The former SIC58 rider overtakes Ferrari who, thanks to the best traction at the exit, crosses the trajectory, wins Race 2 of the Misano GP in MotoE and conquers the third final position in the championship.
Ferrari, Casadei and Granado conclude on the podium; while the top ten is completed by Aegerter, Torres, Canepa, Pons, Escrig, Okubo and Zannoni.
The final classification of the 2022 MotoE World Championship, after the Misano GP, sees Aegerter triumphing with 227, followed by Granado at 192.5, Ferrari at 162.5 and Casadei at 156.
The appointment with the MotoE is set for 2023, when the class will revolutionize at the end of the period with the supplier Energica, and at the beginning of Ducati entering the world of electric mobility.
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