MotoE to go on hiatus following 2025 season

The FIM and Dorna Sports have agreed to put the FIM MotoE World Championship on hiatus at the end of the 2025 season in a statement released this morning.

Since MotoE’s inaugural season in 2019, MotoE’s racing has also been electric and exciting – forgive the pun – the category has provided some brilliant racing in the support category for MotoGP. With Matteo Ferrari the inaugural winner, still in the championship this year and 20 points off the leader. The championship remains as close as ever. After the fifth round, Mattia Casadei sits at the top tied with Lorenzo Baldassarri on 132 points.

MotoGP and the FIM will continue to monitor and consult the direction of the industry to ensure the sport remains at the forefront of innovation. MotoE will be reconsidered should the relevance of electric motorcycles – or any other alternative sustainable technology – increase in the future.

In the statement, the FIM and Dorna Sports have said: “MotoE has not been able to gain sufficient traction within our fanbase during its seven seasons of competition, during which time the electric performance motorcycle market has not developed as expected.”

The motorcycle industry has moved towards the development of even more efficient combustion engines, alongside the use of non-fossil fuels. In the FIM MotoGP World Championship the fuels will become 100% non-fossil from 2027, increasing from a minimum of 40% non-fossil from 2024 serving as a clear statement of MotoGP’s commitment towards Racing for the Future.

The FIM President Jorge Viegas said: “Today we announce the suspension of the FIM MotoE World Championship as from the end of this season. In fact, and despite all the best efforts to promote this innovative category together with Dorna, the truth is that we haven’t reached our objectives, nor has the industry associated with performance electric bikes. The racing has been really fantastic and I would like to thank all the riders and teams that have competed in MotoE, and of course Dorna. Together we look to the future and are ready to embrace any new innovations and technologies.”

Carmelo Ezpeleta, the CEO of MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports said: “MotoE has delivered some incredible on-track action and crowned champions and winners, playing a valuable role in MotoGP’s mission to innovate, fearlessly, and never shy away from staging something new. As we continuously strive for innovation on and off track, we must be equally unafraid of listening to our fanbase and the new audiences we seek to connect with, and observe market development. In doing so, together with the FIM, we have decided that the time is right to put MotoE on hiatus at the end of this season. We would like to thank all the riders and teams, Ducati, Michelin, our partners and all the personnel who have made MotoE a reality since its inception in 2019. Thank you for joining us on this valuable journey.”