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.

A🌼t 225kg, Ducati’s first electric bike is apꦐproximately 35kg lighter than the Energica.

The weight-saving crusade means Ducati c༒hose not to raise maximum horsepower beyond 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 V21L - which uses a ‘stressed’ carbon fibre battery case joined to an aluminium front frame - remains substantially heavi🍷er than a conventional grand prix or supဣerbike:

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 clﷺear 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 𒅌Jerez test, which runs from Monday to Wednesday.

The V21L retai🃏ns Ohlins suspension, Brembo brakes and Michelin tyres but among the technical c🐬hanges made by Ducati is a liquid cooling system, which means the bike can be recharged as soon as it enters the garage.

It is said to take approximately 45 minutes to rea♌ch 80% charge. However, each day at Jerez is divided into four Free Practice sessions of just 15-minutes in length, with a two-hour gap in-between, highlighting the range limitations of current battery 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 classes. The 2023 season consists of 16 races, at e🍌ight Europeꦐan Grands Prix, from May to September.

The MotoE World Cu🔴p was won by Matteo Ferrari in 2019, then twice by Jordi Torres 😼(2020 and 2021), with Dominique Aegerter lifting last year’s title.

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

The 🐼combi♈ned day one times, after FP4, are as follows:

SIC58 rider Kevin Manfredi was fastest in FP3, as the wet conditions continued but Luca Savadori's FP2 lap remains the best of the day so farꩲ:

More rain in FP2, when Lu🦂ca Salvadori took over at the top with a 1m 55.522s, followed by Matteo Ferr🀅ari, Jordi Torres and 'rookie' Tito Rabat:

Randy K🌼rummenacher began 2023 fastest in a wet FP1 at Jerez, with 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 speed of 275 km/h in pr✃ivate te𓂃sts at Mugello, which is a fraction quicker than the Energica during last year’s Italian Grand Prix weekend.

The high🎃est MotoE speed at the 2022 Jerez𒆙 round was 228.3km/h, by both Maria Herrera and Hikari Okubo.