Hikari Okubo will compete in the first round of the 2021 FIM MotoE World Cup this weekend, at the Jerez-Angel Nieto Circuit.

This week, Avant Ajo MotoE and Hikari Okubo travel to the Jerez-Angel Nieto Circuit for the first round of the 2021 FIM MotoE World Cup season, coinciding with the Spanish Grand Prix at the same venue. The weekend sees the third campaign for the team in the electric motorcycle racing championship get underway. The Japanese rider will represent the structure with which, after an intense pre-season, he hopes to achieve good results.

Hikari Okubo showed early and positive progress onboard the Avant Ajo MotoE bike, completing two positive three-day tests in Jerez. Now the Japanese faces what will be his first campaign in the competition with great motivation. Okubo will try to apply everything he learned about the motorcycle and the Spanish circuit in the first round of the FIM MotoE World Cup.

The 8-lap race for the Avant Ajo MotoE rider will take place on Sunday at 10:05 AM local time.

Circuit information – Jerez-Angel Nieto Circuit
Length: 4.423 m / 2.748 miles
Width: 11 metres / 36.09 ft.
Left corners: 5
Right corners: 8
Longest straight: 607 m / 0.377 miles
Constructed: 1986

#78 Hikari Okubo
“This will be my first race in the FIM MotoE World Cup. In the last months, we completed two good tests in Jerez, so I think that we will be able to achieve good results this weekend. The goal is to be on the podium and get the maximum number of points. I feel ready, we proved that we had a fast pace in the Andalusian track. The race simulation we did in early April was very positive for us. I will give my best in my Avant Ajo MotoE debut.”