Just a few weeks after winning the MotoE World Championship, Mattia Casadei had the opportunity to compete in the Moto2 World Championship this weekend.

The Italian rider was called up by Fantic Racing to replace the injured Borja Gómez, allowing him to explore the intermediate category again.

Naturally, it was a challenging task as he had to adapt to a new bike and a new team, ultimately finishing in 26th place. This marked an improvement compared to his last experience when he retired at the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP.

O conteúdo Mattia Casadei, from winning the MotoE title to the Moto2 Japanese GP aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Mattia Casadei positioned himself well to potentially become the MotoE world champion in the first race at Misano by clinching pole position in the San Marino GP qualifying.

In Q1, Jordi Torres was the fastest rider. The Openbank Aspar rider was one of the four riders leading the session, edging out Miquel Pons (LCR E-Team) by just 0.060s, who also qualified on his first flying lap. Eric Granado (LCR E-Team) finished third, missing out the Q2 by only four thousandths of a second.

Torres was the first to complete a flying lap in Q2 but was soon overtaken by Casadei. The Italian improved his lap time and held onto the lead until the end. His HP Pons Los40 teammate, Nicolas Spinelli, was the closest contender, trailing by 0.073s. Héctor Garzó (Dynavolt Intact GP) finished in third place.

As for the other title contenders, Torres will start from fifth, while Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini) will begin from tenth. The Italian was penalized due to a technical infraction but still couldn’t manage to secure a lap time to be in a higher position.

Results:

O conteúdo Mattia Casadei secured pole position for the decisive round of MotoE in Misano aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Andrea Mantovani and Mattia Casadei were the winners of the MotoE races at the Catalan GP. The Italian riders showed their superiority over the rivals this afternoon in Barcelona.

In the first race, Jordi Torres (Openbank Aspar) started from pole position and led for more than half of the distance until he was overtaken by Casadei (HP Pons Los40) on the fifth lap. Casadei couldn’t hold on to the lead until the end, losing it on the final lap to Mantovani (RNF MotoE Team), who then secured the win by just 44 thousandths of a second. Héctor Garzó (Dynavolt Intact GP) completed the podium ahead of Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini). Torres, who had led for more than half of the race, faltered in the final stages and finished only seventh.

Different events unfolded in the second race, as Casadei took the lead from Torres on the very first lap. The battle for the lead involved not only these two riders but also many others, including Mantovani, who was strong again once again after his second win of the year.

Decisions were once again made only on the final lap when Casadei claimed the lead for good and then crossed the finish line just 0.072s ahead of Mantovani. Nicolas Spinelli (HP Pons Los40) secured third place, with Garzó and Ferrari rounding out the top five. Torres crashed on the fifth lap and retired.

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O conteúdo Andrea Mantovani and Mattia Casadei won MotoE races at Barcelona aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.