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2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship

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2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
Previous: 2024 Next: 2026
Support series:
Superbike World Championship
Supersport World Championship
Supersport 300 World Championship
Yamaha R3 bLU cRU FIM World Cup
Maria Herrera, (pictured in 2024), was the 2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Champion.

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

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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
United Kingdom Affinity Sports Academy ROKiT Rookies Yamaha YZF-R7 88 Italy Denise Dal Zotto 2–3
United Kingdom Ampito Crescent Yamaha 36 Spain Beatriz Neila All
United Kingdom Carl Cox Motor Sports 21 New Zealand Avalon Lewis All
29 New Zealand Billee Fuller 1–4
66 United Kingdom Katie Hand 5
95 Australia Tara Morrison 6
Czech Republic DafitMotoracing 19 Czech Republic Adéla Ouředníčková All
France FB Racing Team 22 Portugal Madalena Simões All
France FT Racing Academy 37 France Line Vieillard 5
Australia Full Throttle Racing 8 Australia Tayla Relph All
France GMT94-Yamaha 17 France Lucie Boudesseul All
United Kingdom GR Motosport 15 United Kingdom Chloe Jones All
United Kingdom Hanks Racing 76 United Kingdom Jamie Hanks-Elliott All
Mexico Italika Racing FIMLA
Mexico Pons Italika Racing FIMLA 		83 Mexico Astrid Madrigal All
99 Chile Isis Carreno 1–2, 5–6
5 Colombia Sara Varon 4
9 Mexico Karol Bezie 3
78 United States Elisa Gendron 4
Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team 6 Spain María Herrera All
96 Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] All
France MDS 25 France Justine Pedemonte 5
United States MKD Racing Team 14 United States Mallory Dobbs All
France Ongaro Racing Team 28 France Ornella Ongaro All
Spain PR46+1 Racing Team 46 Spain Pakita Ruiz All
Australia Tara Morrison Racing 95 Australia Tara Morrison 3
Italy Team GP3 TM36 94 Italy Beatrice Barbera All
Italy Team Trasimen 32 United States Sonya Lloyd All
52 South Africa Jessica Howden All
Italy Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team 20 Spain Natalia Rivera All
64 Spain Sara Sánchez All
Germany TSL-Racing 16 Germany Lucy Michel All
Ukraine Vector Racing 53 Ukraine Iryna Nadieieva 6
Taiwan WT Team Taiwan 33 Chinese Taipei Chun Mei Liu All
Spain YVS Sabadell 58 Spain Paola Ramos 6
Belgium Zelos Trasimeno 4 France Emily Bondi [fr] 1–5
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Team and rider changes

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  • 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 [it] 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 [fr], 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

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  • 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

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

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

Results and standings

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2025 race results
Round Circuit Pole position[a] Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Source
1 R1 Netherlands Dutch Round Netherlands TT Circuit Assen Spain María Herrera Spain Beatriz Neila Spain María Herrera Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [22]
R2 Spain Beatriz Neila Spain Beatriz Neila United Kingdom Ampito Crescent Yamaha [23]
2 R1 Italy Italian Round Italy Cremona Circuit Spain María Herrera Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [24]
R2 Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] Spain María Herrera Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [25]
3 R1 United Kingdom UK Round United Kingdom Donington Park Spain Beatriz Neila Spain Beatriz Neila Spain María Herrera Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [26]
R2 Spain Beatriz Neila Spain Beatriz Neila United Kingdom Ampito Crescent Yamaha [27]
4 R1 Hungary Hungarian Round Hungary Balaton Park Circuit Spain Beatriz Neila Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] Spain María Herrera Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [28]
R2 United Kingdom Chloe Jones Spain Beatriz Neila United Kingdom Ampito Crescent Yamaha [29]
5 R1 France French Round France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours United Kingdom Chloe Jones United Kingdom Chloe Jones Spain María Herrera Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [30]
R2 United Kingdom Chloe Jones Spain Beatriz Neila United Kingdom Ampito Crescent Yamaha [31]
6 R1 Spain Spanish Round Spain Circuito de Jerez Spain María Herrera Spain Paola Ramos Spain María Herrera[b] Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [32]
R2 Spain Paola Ramos Spain Paola Ramos Spain 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

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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

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Pos. Rider ASS
Netherlands 		CRE
Italy 		DON
United Kingdom 		BAL
Hungary 		MAG
France 		JER
Spain 		Pts.
1 Spain María Herrera 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 6 245
2 Spain Beatriz Neila 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 240
3 United Kingdom Chloe Jones 6 7 11 8 3 11 2 2 2 2 2 5 164
4 Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] 5 4 1 2 10 5 4 4 4 5 5 7 156
5 Spain Sara Sánchez 3 3 5 4 4 2 5 5 Ret DNS 9 8 126
6 France Lucie Boudesseul Ret 9 8 9 5 4 9 9 5 3 6 3 113
7 Spain Pakita Ruiz 12 5 10 7 6 6 6 6 13 9 8 4 101
8 New Zealand Avalon Lewis 4 Ret 6 5 9 Ret 8 7 11 7 11 11 82
9 Mexico Astrid Madrigal 8 8 4 6 12 10 10 10 12 13 13 12 75
10 Australia Tayla Relph 7 6 7 10 13 7 Ret 11 8 DSQ 7 9 75
11 Spain Natalia Rivera DSQ 15 14 18 11 9 12 13 6 6 10 10 54
12 South Africa Jessica Howden 11 14 Ret 17 7 Ret 7 8 14 12 Ret DNS 39
13 Spain Paola Ramos 4 1 38
14 United States Mallory Dobbs 15 13 Ret 12 25 12 15 15 10 10 12 Ret 30
15 France Ornella Ongaro 13 12 18 15 8 8 Ret DNS 20 18 20 18 24
16 Chile Isis Carreno 10 10 9 Ret 18 14 15 14 24
17 Germany Lucy Michel Ret 17 12 11 14 13 13 16 15 17 14 13 23
18 France Justine Pedemonte 7 9 16
19 France Emily Bondi [fr] 9 11 Ret 13 19 18 17 17 Ret DNS 15
20 France Line Vieillard 9 11 12
21 Colombia Sara Varon 11 12 9
22 Czech Republic Adéla Ouředníčková 14 16 13 16 15 14 16 18 17 16 16 15 9
23 Chinese Taipei Chun Mei Liu 17 19 16 19 16 17 14 14 16 15 17 16 5
24 Italy Denise Dal Zotto 15 14 21 15 4
25 United Kingdom Jamie Hanks-Elliott 16 18 17 20 17 16 19 19 22 19 21 Ret 0
26 Portugal Madalena Simōes 21 23 22 Ret 20 19 18 20 19 Ret 19 17 0
27 United States Sonya Lloyd 18 20 19 21 24 22 20 22 Ret 21 18 19 0
28 Australia Tara Morrison 18 20 23 20 0
29 New Zealand Billee Fuller 19 21 20 22 22 21 21 21 0
30 Italy Beatrice Barbera 20 22 21 23 23 23 22 23 23 22 24 22 0
31 United Kingdom Katie Hand 21 20 0
32 Ukraine Iryna Nadieiva 22 21 0
33 United States Elisa Gendron 23 24 0
– Mexico Karol Bezie DNQ DNQ 0
Pos. Rider ASS
Netherlands 		CRE
Italy 		DON
United Kingdom 		BAL
Hungary 		MAG
France 		JER
Spain 		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

References

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  3. ^ González, Mar Fucho (30 November 2024). "La campeona Ana Carrasco confirma su nuevo proyecto para 2025 | MOTOSAN". MOTOSAN (in Spanish). Champion Ana Carrasco confirms her new project for 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Roberta Ponziani ficha por el Forward Racing para el WorldWCR 2025" [Roberta Ponziani signs for Forward Racing for the 2025 WorldWCR]. super7moto (in European Spanish). 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  5. ^ Gougis, Michael (8 December 2024). "WorldWCR: American Sonya Lloyd Racing Full 2025 Season". Roadracing World Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ "2025 Team Trasimeno!". Sonya Lloyd. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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  8. ^ "Champions". Carl Cox Motorsport Cup. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  9. ^ "GR-Motosport-Kawasaki". www.britishsuperbike.com. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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  11. ^ "Jamie Hanks-Elliott steps in for recovering Lissy Whitmore". us17.campaign-archive.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  12. ^ "María Herrera es la primera ganadora de la historia de WorldWCR" [Maria Herrera is the first winner in the history of WorldWCR]. www.worldsbk.com. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  13. ^ Harrison, Carl (18 December 2024). "Una portuguesa entre las mejores: Madalena Simões en el Mundial Femenino WorldWCR en 2025" [A Portuguese among the best: Madalena Simões at the WorldWCR Women's World Championship in 2025]. Motociclismo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  14. ^ Picard, Yannick (13 November 2024). "La Rochelle. En 2025, Lucie Boudesseul participera au championnat du monde de vitesse moto" [La Rochelle. In 2025, Lucie Boudesseul will participate in the motorcycle speed world championship]. lhebdo17.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "WorldWCR: Donington Park shines on Neila, the WorldWCR polesitter for Saturday's Race 1". Motorcycle News. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  16. ^ a b "PREVIEW: Herrera's WorldWCR title lead down to nine points as Neila hunts a comeback ahead of all-new Balaton Park Circuit". www.worldsbk.com. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  17. ^ a b "PREVIEW: Herrera, Neila and the rest of the grid get set to lock horns in France in the 2025 WorldWCR season's penultimate round". www.worldsbk.com. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  18. ^ a b c "JEREZ SHOWDOWN: Herrera leads Neila by six points as 2025 WorldWCR campaign finishes with title decider". www.worldsbk.com. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
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