2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship

2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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The 2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship was the second season of the FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR), the premier female only circuit racing series. Riders competed on identical Yamaha YZF-R7 motorcycles. The rounds were ran as support races for 6 of the European rounds of the Superbike World Championship. Format of each round was a Superpole qualifying session on Friday, Race 1 on Saturday and Race 2 on Sunday. The 2024 champion, Ana Carrasco, was not defending her crown, instead moving up to the Supersport World Championship.

Maria Herrera won the championship title at the final round in Jerez.

Entry list

The provisional entry list was released by the FIM on 18 December 2024.[1]

Provisional 2025 entry list[1]
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Affinity Sports Academy ROKiT Rookies Yamaha YZF-R7 88 Denise Dal Zotto 2–3
Ampito Crescent Yamaha 36 Beatriz Neila All
Carl Cox Motor Sports 21 Avalon Lewis All
29 Billee Fuller 1–4
66 Katie Hand 5
95 Tara Morrison 6
DafitMotoracing 19 Adéla Ouředníčková All
FB Racing Team 22 Madalena Simões All
FT Racing Academy 37 Line Vieillard 5
Full Throttle Racing 8 Tayla Relph All
GMT94-Yamaha 17 Lucie Boudesseul All
GR Motosport 15 Chloe Jones All
Hanks Racing 76 Jamie Hanks-Elliott All
Italika Racing FIMLA
Pons Italika Racing FIMLA 		83 Astrid Madrigal All
99 Isis Carreno 1–2, 5–6
5 Sara Varon 4
9 Karol Bezie 3
78 Elisa Gendron 4
Klint Forward Racing Team 6 María Herrera All
96 Roberta Ponziani All
MDS 25 Justine Pedemonte 5
MKD Racing Team 14 Mallory Dobbs All
Ongaro Racing Team 28 Ornella Ongaro All
PR46+1 Racing Team 46 Pakita Ruiz All
Tara Morrison Racing 95 Tara Morrison 3
Team GP3 TM36 94 Beatrice Barbera All
Team Trasimeno 32 Sonya Lloyd All
52 Jessica Howden All
Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team 20 Natalia Rivera All
64 Sara Sánchez All
TSL-Racing 16 Lucy Michel All
Vector Racing 53 Iryna Nadieieva 6
WT Team Taiwan 33 Chun Mei Liu All
YVS Sabadell 58 Paola Ramos 6
Zelos Trasimeno 4 Emily Bondi 1–5
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Team and rider changes

  • Reigning champion Ana Carrasco will not defend her crown in 2025, instead she moves to the Supersport World Championship, riding for Honda France[2] in the WorldSSP Challenge.[3] Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team, who entered Carrasco in 2024, are not competing in 2025.
  • Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Team are not competing in 2025. Riders Roberta Ponziani joined Klint Forward Team, who had increased their entry to two bikes for 2025,[4] and Ornella Ongaro races for Ongaro Racing.
  • Sonya Lloyd, who had participated in the series in 2024 as a wildcard at Jerez, joined Team Trasimeno[5] with factory support from Yamaha USA.[6]
  • Ran Yochay was replaced at Terra&Vita by Natalia Rivera, winner of the 2024 Women's European Championship.[7]
  • Isis Carreno moved from AD78 FIM Latinoamerica by Team GP3 to Italika Racing FIMLA, replacing Sarah Varon.
  • Carl Cox Motor Sports, who had entered Avalon Lewis as a wildcard at Cremona in 2024, are fielding two bikes for the full season with riders Lewis and Billee Fuller, winner of the 2024 WIL Sport Women’s Cup and also the Carl Cox Motorsport Ninja Cup.[8]
  • GR Motorsport, who have participated in BSB for many years,[9] are fielding Chloe Jones for the full season after entering her as a wildcard at Jerez in 2024.[10]
  • Sekhmet Motorcycle Racing Team are not participating in 2025. Mallory Dobbs moved to new entrants MKD Racing Team. Alyssia Whitmore is not competing this year, and Jamie Hanks-Elliott, who replaced an injured Whitmore for 3 rounds in 2024 competes for Hanks Racing in 2025.[11]
  • Team GP3, who had entered Beatrice Barbera as a wildcard at Misano in 2024,[12] are fielding Barbera for the full season in 2025.
  • FB Racing Team have entered the championship with Madalena Simões riding for them.[13]
  • Long-time Endurance and WorldSSP racing team GMT94 have entered the championship with Lucie Boudesseul, who previously competed in the French Superbike Championship, riding for them.[14]
  • Nicole Van Aswegen, Lena Kemmer, Andrea Sibaja, Iryna Nadieieva, Mia Rusthen and Luna Hirano, who all participated in 2024, were not entered this season.
  • Andalaft Racing, Bertl K. Racing, Deza - Box 77 Racing Team, Lloyd Motorsports, MPS.RT, Rusthen Racing and Team Luna are no longer participating in 2025.
  • Isis Carreno was unable to participate in rounds 3 and 4 whilst recovering from surgery. Pons Italika Racing FIMLA entered Mexican Karol Bezie as a replacement rider at Donington[15] and American Elisa Gendron at Balaton Park.[16]
  • Billee Fuller announced in August that she would not compete in the final 2 rounds of the championship. Carl Cox Motorsports replaced her with British rider Kate Hand at Magny-Cours[17] and Tara Morrison in Jerez.[18]

Wildcards

  • Italian rider Denise Dal Zotto joined the grid for round 2 at Cremona[19] and round 3 at Donington[15] with the Affinity Sports Academy Rokit Rookies team.
  • Australian Tara Morrison (Tara Morrison Racing) joined the grid for round 3 at Donington,[15] she also stood in for Billee Fuller at round 6 in Jerez for Carl Cox Motor Sports.[18]
  • Pons Italika Racing FIMLA entered Colombian Sara Varon as a wildcard at Balaton Park.[16]
  • At Magny-Cours MDS entered Justine Pedemonte and FT Racing Academy entered Line Vieillard as wildcards.[17]
  • Iryna Nadieieva (Vector Racing), who had raced in WorldWCR in 2024 and Spaniard Paola Ramos (YVS Sabadell) were entered as wildcards at round 6 in Jerez.[18]

Race calendar

On 11 October 2024 the provisional 2025 WorldWCR calendar was published.[20] The scheduled rounds are:[21]

Circuit Date
TT Circuit Assen 11–13 April
Cremona Circuit 2–4 May
Donington Park Circuit 11–13 July
Balaton Park Circuit 25–27 July[a]
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 5–7 September
Circuito de Jerez 17–19 October[b]
  1. ^ Subject to homologation
  2. ^ Subject to contract

Results and standings

2025 race results
Round Circuit Pole position[a] Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Source
1 R1 Dutch Round TT Circuit Assen María Herrera Beatriz Neila María Herrera Klint Forward Racing Team [22]
R2 Beatriz Neila Beatriz Neila Ampito Crescent Yamaha [23]
2 R1 Italian Round Cremona Circuit María Herrera Roberta Ponziani Roberta Ponziani Klint Forward Racing Team [24]
R2 Roberta Ponziani María Herrera Klint Forward Racing Team [25]
3 R1 UK Round Donington Park Beatriz Neila Beatriz Neila María Herrera Klint Forward Racing Team [26]
R2 Beatriz Neila Beatriz Neila Ampito Crescent Yamaha [27]
4 R1 Hungarian Round Balaton Park Circuit Beatriz Neila Roberta Ponziani María Herrera Klint Forward Racing Team [28]
R2 Chloe Jones Beatriz Neila Ampito Crescent Yamaha [29]
5 R1 French Round Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Chloe Jones Chloe Jones María Herrera Klint Forward Racing Team [30]
R2 Chloe Jones Beatriz Neila Ampito Crescent Yamaha [31]
6 R1 Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez María Herrera Paola Ramos María Herrera[b] Klint Forward Racing Team [32]
R2 Paola Ramos Paola Ramos YVS Sabadell [33]
  1. ^ Pole for race one set by Superpole, pole for Race 2 set by fastest lap in Race 1
  2. ^ Paola Ramos crossed the line first, but was penalized 3 seconds for irresponsible riding. María Herrera inherited the win.

Points

Points system[34]
Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1


Riders' championship

Pos. Rider ASS
 CRE
 DON
 BAL
 MAG
 JER
 Pts.
1 María Herrera 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 6 245
2 Beatriz Neila 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 240
3 Chloe Jones 6 7 11 8 3 11 2 2 2 2 2 5 164
4 Roberta Ponziani 5 4 1 2 10 5 4 4 4 5 5 7 156
5 Sara Sánchez 3 3 5 4 4 2 5 5 Ret DNS 9 8 126
6 Lucie Boudesseul Ret 9 8 9 5 4 9 9 5 3 6 3 113
7 Pakita Ruiz 12 5 10 7 6 6 6 6 13 9 8 4 101
8 Avalon Lewis 4 Ret 6 5 9 Ret 8 7 11 7 11 11 82
9 Astrid Madrigal 8 8 4 6 12 10 10 10 12 13 13 12 75
10 Tayla Relph 7 6 7 10 13 7 Ret 11 8 DSQ 7 9 75
11 Natalia Rivera DSQ 15 14 18 11 9 12 13 6 6 10 10 54
12 Jessica Howden 11 14 Ret 17 7 Ret 7 8 14 12 Ret DNS 39
13 Paola Ramos 4 1 38
14 Mallory Dobbs 15 13 Ret 12 25 12 15 15 10 10 12 Ret 30
15 Ornella Ongaro 13 12 18 15 8 8 Ret DNS 20 18 20 18 24
16 Isis Carreno 10 10 9 Ret 18 14 15 14 24
17 Lucy Michel Ret 17 12 11 14 13 13 16 15 17 14 13 23
18 Justine Pedemonte 7 9 16
19 Emily Bondi 9 11 Ret 13 19 18 17 17 Ret DNS 15
20 Line Vieillard 9 11 12
21 Sara Varon 11 12 9
22 Adéla Ouředníčková 14 16 13 16 15 14 16 18 17 16 16 15 9
23 Chun Mei Liu 17 19 16 19 16 17 14 14 16 15 17 16 5
24 Denise Dal Zotto 15 14 21 15 4
25 Jamie Hanks-Elliott 16 18 17 20 17 16 19 19 22 19 21 Ret 0
26 Madalena Simōes 21 23 22 Ret 20 19 18 20 19 Ret 19 17 0
27 Sonya Lloyd 18 20 19 21 24 22 20 22 Ret 21 18 19 0
28 Tara Morrison 18 20 23 20 0
29 Billee Fuller 19 21 20 22 22 21 21 21 0
30 Beatrice Barbera 20 22 21 23 23 23 22 23 23 22 24 22 0
31 Katie Hand 21 20 0
32 Iryna Nadieiva 22 21 0
33 Elisa Gendron 23 24 0
– Karol Bezie DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Rider ASS
 CRE
 DON
 BAL
 MAG
 JER
 Pts.
Source[35]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

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