#ValenciaGP, Eric Granado wins MotoE Race 1 as Ferrari keeps his leadership
The Brazilian started from pole and despite a not so well start managed to win the first MotoE race of the weekend where the Title will be assigned; Garzo won the duel against Smith, while Ferrari ended 4th and kept his championship lead
Once again, MotoE did not disappoint us and gave us a fantastic show to watch with a entertaining Race 1 where Bradley Smith, Eric Granado and Hector Garzo fought for the win. The Brazilian started from pole position but did not manage to took the lead immediately as Smith made a better start and tried to create a gap from beginning but was not able to.
Indeed, Eric Granado and Hector Garzo, who meanwhile had a little fight with Championship Leader Matteo Ferrari and Xavier Simeon, closed the gap with the Briton and started to battle for the victory of Race 1. It seemed that Granado was a little bit faster than the other two and so it was, with the Brazilian who took the lead at penultimate lap, while Garzo and Smith helped a bit the job of Eric by fighting each other until last corner.
Bradley did not give up and counter attacked at every move of Hector Garzo, who was good enough on keeping his position despite a late crazy move of Smith who tried to dive the inside at last corner ending on going wide letting Garzo through. Behind them, Matteo Ferrari finished in 4th after a little fight against Xavier Simeon, who finished 5th, and kept his Championship Lead. The Italian has now 12 points on everyone and will try to defend tomorrow in the last race that will assign the Title!
Pos. | Num. | Pilota | Nazione | Team | Moto | Km/h | Data e ora | Distanza 1st/Prev. |
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1 | 51 | Eric GRANADO | BRA | Avintia Esponsorama Racing | Energica | |||
2 | 4 | Hector GARZO | SPA | Tech 3 E-Racing | Energica | 0.576 / 0.576 | ||
3 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | One Energy Racing | Energica | 0.706 / 0.130 | ||
4 | 11 | Matteo FERRARI | ITA | TRENTINO Gresini MotoE | Energica | 3.213 / 2.507 | ||
5 | 10 | Xavier SIMEON | BEL | Avintia Esponsorama Racing | Energica | 6.310 / 3.097 | ||
6 | 5 | Alex DE ANGELIS | RSM | OCTO Pramac MotoE | Energica | 7.383 / 1.073 | ||
7 | 7 | Niccolo CANEPA | ITA | LCR E-Team | Energica | 7.732 / 0.349 | ||
8 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | SWI | Dynavolt Intact GP | Energica | 8.888 / 1.156 | ||
9 | 16 | Joshua HOOK | AUS | OCTO Pramac MotoE | Energica | 9.634 / 0.746 | ||
10 | 27 | Mattia CASADEI | ITA | Ongetta SIC58 Squadracorse | Energica | 10.676 / 1.042 | ||
11 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Energica | 10.923 / 0.247 | ||
12 | 15 | Sete GIBERNAU | SPA | Join Contract Pons 40 | Energica | 12.177 / 1.254 | ||
13 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | LCR E-Team | Energica | 15.569 / 3.392 | ||
14 | 18 | Nicolas TEROL | SPA | OpenBank Ángel Nieto Team | Energica | 15.783 / 0.214 | ||
15 | 6 | Maria HERRERA | SPA | OpenBank Ángel Nieto Team | Energica | 15.821 / 0.038 | ||
16 | 32 | Lorenzo SAVADORI | ITA | TRENTINO Gresini MotoE | Energica | 16.165 / 0.344 | ||
17 | 78 | Kenny FORAY | FRA | Tech 3 E-Racing | Energica | 21.668 / 5.503 |