MotoE: Casadei clinches Balaton double to claim championship lead

MotoE: Round 4 sees the Italian enjoy a perfect weekend as Baldassarri, Granado, Spinelli and Ferrari taste podium success.

RACE 1
Following a red-flagged initial start after home hero Tibor Erik Varga (Rivacold Snipers Team MotoE) suffered a crash on Lap 1, which subsequently saw the Hungarian miss both races, Mattia Casadei (LCR E-Team) fended off the challenge of Lorenzo Baldassarri (Dynavolt Intact GP) to clinch victory.

Eric Granado completed the Race 1 podium to hand LCR E-Team a double top three, and after exceeding track limits on the final lap, Alessandro Zaccone (Aruba Cloud MotoE Team) was demoted one position to P5 to hand Matteo Ferrari (Felo Gresini MotoE) a promotion to P4.

RACE 2
In the seven-lap dash for victory in Race 2, it was once again Casadei who emerged victorious after an early battle with Baldassarri. Nicholas Spinelli (Rivacold Snipers Team MotoE) kept his compatriot honest to come home in a confidence-boosting P2, while Ferrari strung together a fantastic final lap to climb from P5 to P3.

That saw early race leader Baldassarri drop to P4 at the chequered flag, with reigning Champion Hector Garzo (Dynavolt Intact GP) picking up P5 after showing strong late pace.

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