2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship

2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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The 2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship was the inaugural season of the FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR). It is the premier female only circuit racing series. Riders competed on identical Yamaha YZF-R7 motorcycles. The 6 rounds were run as support races for 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. ^[1] The championship was won by Ana Carrasco.

Entry list

A provisional entry list for the Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR) was released in February, with 24 participants selected from an initial 40-plus entries. ^[2]

On 3 June, María Herrera was announced as an entry to the championship. ^[3]

2024 entry list [2] [3] [4] Team No Rider Rounds 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team 10 Ran Yochay All 64 Sara Sánchez All AD78 FIM Latinoamerica by Team GP3 99 Isis Carreno 1, 5-6 Ampito/Pata Prometeon Yamaha 36 Beatriz Neila All Andalaft Racing 21 Nicole Van Aswegen 1–3 Bertl K. Racing 35 Lena Kemmer All Carl Cox Motor Sports 50 Avalon Lewis [5] 4 DafitMotoracing 19 Adela Ourednickova All Deza - Box 77 Racing Team 77 Andrea Sibaja All Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team 22 Ana Carrasco All GR Motosport 51 Chloe Jones [6] 6 ITALIKA Racing FIMLA 15 Sarah Varon 3-6 83 Astrid Madrigal All 5 Krystal Silfa [a] 1–2 Klint Forward Factory Team 6 María Herrera All Lloyd Motorsports 32 Sonya Lloyd [8] 6 MPS.RT 53 Iryna Nadieieva 1, 3-4 PS Racing Team 46+1 46 Pakita Ruiz All RP27 27 Rafaela Peixoto [9] 5 Rusthen Racing 29 Mia Rusthen 1 Sekhmet Motorcycle Racing Team 14 Mallory Dobbs All 34 Alyssia Whitmore 1–2, 4 76 Jamie Hanks-Elliott [b] 3, 5–6 TAYCO Motorsport 8 Tayla Relph All Team GP3 AD11 BY TIRSO 94 Beatrice Barbera [11] 1 Team Luna 44 Luna Hirano All Team Roc'n'dea - De Angelis Team 25 Irene Bramato [5] 4 Team Trasimeno 52 Jessica Howden 1, 3-6 TSL-Racing 16 Lucy Michel All WT Racing Team Taiwan 33 Chun Mei Liu 1–5 Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Team 28 Ornella Ongaro All 96 Roberta Ponziani All YART Zelos Black Knights Team 4 Emily Bondi  [ fr ] All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

1. Sarah Varon was injured pre-season and was replaced by Krystal Silfa ^[7]
2. Hanks-Elliott replaced Alyssia Whitmore who was recovering from a fractured wrist sustained during Round 2 at Donington Park. ^[10]

Testing

A two-day test was held at the Cremona racing circuit, Lombardy, Italy, on 16 & 17 May. ^[12] All 24 of the then confirmed riders were to participate but Emily Bondi was injured and did not take part. ^[13] There was inclement weather on day 1 and the fastest times were set on Day 2 which was dry. 2018 Supersport 300 World Champion Ana Carrasco set the fastest time. ^[14]

Cremona Test Times ^[13]

Order	Rider	Time
1	Ana Carrasco	1:41:446
2	Roberta Ponziani	1:42:121
3	Sara Sánchez	1:42:620
4	Beatriz Neila	1:42:952
5	Adela Ourednickova	1:43:261
6	Lucy Michel	1:43:446
7	Jessica Howden	1:43:497
8	Tayla Relph	1:43:571
9	Mallory Dobbs	1:43:881
10	Isis Carreno	1:43:928
11	Pakita Ruiz	1:44:147
12	Nicole Van Aswegen	1:44:213
13	Ran Yochay	1:44:379
14	Ornella Ongaro	1:44:815
15	Astrid Madrigal	1:44:986
16	Chun Mei Liu	1:45:198
17	Lena Kemmer	1:45:443
18	Luna Hirano	1:45:624
19	Iryna Nadieieva	1:45:860
20	Andrea Sibaja	1:47:192
21	Alyssia Whitmore	1:47:258
22	Mia Rusthen	1:47:337
23	Sarah Varon	1:48:067

Race calendar and results

The initial schedule included Balaton Park Circuit, Hungary on 23–25 August, ^[15] but this was later dropped as track improvements would not be completed on time, with Circuito do Estoril, Portugal added on 11–13 October. ^[16] Scheduled rounds are: ^[17]

2024 calendar and results

Round			Circuit	Date	Pole position [a]	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1 [18]	Emilia-Romagna Round	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	15 June	María Herrera [19]	Ana Carrasco	María Herrera	Klint Forward Factory Team
	R2 [20]			16 June		Beatriz Neila	María Herrera	Klint Forward Factory Team
2	R1 [21]	UK Round	Donington Park	13 July	Ana Carrasco [22]	Beatriz Neila	Ana Carrasco	Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
	R2 [23]			14 July		Ana Carrasco	María Herrera	Klint Forward Factory Team
3	R1 [24]	Portuguese Round	Algarve International Circuit	10 August	María Herrera [25]	Sara Sánchez	María Herrera	Klint Forward Factory Team
	R2 [26]			11 August		Sara Sánchez	Ana Carrasco	Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
4	R1 [27]	Italian Round [b]	Cremona Circuit	21 September	María Herrera [28]	Roberta Ponziani	María Herrera	Klint Forward Factory Team
	R2 [29]			22 September		Ana Carrasco	Ana Carrasco	Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
5	R1 [30]	Estoril Round [c]	Circuito do Estoril	12 October	Ana Carrasco [31]	Sara Sánchez	Ana Carrasco	Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
	R2 [32]			13 October		Ana Carrasco	Sara Sánchez	511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
6	R1 [33]	Spanish Round	Circuito de Jerez	19 October	Sara Sánchez [34]	Sara Sánchez	María Herrera	Klint Forward Factory Team
	R2			20 October		María Herrera	Sara Sánchez	511 Terra&Vita Racing Team

1. Pole for race one set by Superpole, pole for Race 2 set by fastest lap in Race 1
2. Subject to homologation
3. The Estoril round was added to the calendar on 7 June 2024. It replaced the Hungarian round.

Championship standings

Points system ^[35]

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

Pos. Rider MIS DON ALG CRE EST JER Pts. 1 Ana Carrasco 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 244 2 María Herrera 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 Ret 2 3 1 NC 215 3 Sara Sánchez 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 Ret 4 1 Ret 1 191 4 Beatriz Neila 5 4 2 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 172 5 Roberta Ponziani 4 5 5 Ret 6 5 4 2 7 5 4 4 135 6 Pakita Ruiz 10 9 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 112 7 Tayla Relph Ret 12 9 6 8 Ret 7 3 5 Ret 7 7 83 8 Astrid Madrigal 12 Ret 13 13 10 7 9 7 9 8 13 15 60 9 Ran Yochay 8 8 6 5 15 12 16 13 15 13 11 14 56 10 Ornella Ongaro Ret 7 7 Ret 13 8 12 9 14 12 12 11 55 11 Mallory Dobbs Ret 15 17 Ret Ret 9 10 Ret 8 7 9 9 45 12 Isis Carreno 6 6 13 9 10 10 42 13 Adela Ourednickova 13 14 11 10 14 13 15 11 10 10 Ret 16 39 14 Chun Mei Liu 7 Ret 10 Ret 12 11 13 12 NC DNS 31 15 Emily Bondi 15 Ret 20 11 Ret 10 11 8 11 15 Ret 17 31 16 Lucy Michel 9 10 15 7 16 15 17 10 19 16 17 18 30 17 Jessica Howden Ret DNS 7 Ret 19 Ret 21 Ret 8 8 25 18 Chloe Jones 6 6 20 19 Andrea Sibaja 16 19 19 16 11 16 20 14 12 11 18 12 20 20 Avalon Lewis 8 5 19 21 Nicole Van Aswegen 11 13 16 14 9 Ret 17 22 Lena Kemmer Ret 11 12 12 Ret 14 Ret 15 16 18 15 19 17 23 Luna Hirano 14 16 14 9 17 18 14 Ret 20 19 19 22 13 24 Jamie Hanks-Elliott Ret 17 18 14 14 13 7 25 Krystal Silfa 17 20 18 15 1 26 Sarah Varon 20 20 Ret Ret 17 17 16 20 0 27 Irene Bramato 18 16 0 28 Beatrice Barbera Ret 17 0 29 Iryna Nadieieva Ret 18 Ret 19 0 30 Alyssia Whitmore 18 DNS Ret DNS Ret 0 31 Rafaela Peixoto 22 20 0 32 Sonya Lloyd Ret 21 0 – Mia Rusthen Ret DNS 0 Pos. Rider MIS DON ALG CRE EST JER Pts. Source [36]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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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External links

WorldWCR's channel on YouTube