2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship

2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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Support series: Superbike World Championship Supersport World Championship Supersport 300 World Championship Yamaha R3 bLU cRU FIM World Cup

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

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 1–4 Carl Cox Motor Sports 21 Avalon Lewis 1–4 29 Billee Fuller 1–4 DafitMotoracing 19 Adéla Ouředníčková 1–4 FB Racing Team 22 Madalena Simões 1–4 GMT94-Yamaha 17 Lucie Boudesseul 1–4 GR Motosport 15 Chloe Jones 1–4 Hanks Racing 76 Jamie Hanks-Elliott 1–4 Italika Racing FIMLA Pons Italika Racing FIMLA 83 Astrid Madrigal 1–4 99 Isis Carreno 1–2 5 Sara Varon 4 9 Karol Bezie 3 78 Elisa Gendron 4 Klint Forward Racing Team 6 María Herrera 1–4 96 Roberta Ponziani  [ it ] 1–4 MKD Racing Team 14 Mallory Dobbs 1–4 Ongaro Racing Team 28 Ornella Ongaro 1–4 PR46+1 Racing Team 46 Pakita Ruiz 1–4 TAYCO Motorsport 8 Tayla Relph 1–4 Tara Morrison Racing 95 Tara Morrison 3 Team GP3 TM36 94 Beatrice Barbera 1–4 Team Trasimen 32 Sonya Lloyd 1–4 52 Jessica Howden 1–4 Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team 20 Natalia Rivera 1–4 64 Sara Sánchez 1–4 TSL-Racing 16 Lucy Michel 1–4 WT Team Taiwan 33 Chun Mei Liu 1–4 Zelos Trasimeno 4 Emily Bondi  [ fr ] 1–4

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  [ 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 Donnington ^[15] and American Elisa Gendron at Balaton Park. ^[16]

Wildcards

• Italian rider Denise Dal Zotto joined the grid for round 2 at Cremona ^[17] 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]

• Pons Italika Racing FIMLA entered Colombian Sara Varon as a wildcard at Balaton Park. ^[16]

Race calendar

On 11 October 2024 the provisional 2025 WorldWCR calendar was published. ^[18] The scheduled rounds are: ^[19]

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	[20]
	R2				Beatriz Neila	Beatriz Neila	Ampito Crescent Yamaha	[21]
2	R1	Italian Round	Cremona Circuit	María Herrera	Roberta Ponziani  [ it ]	Roberta Ponziani  [ it ]	Klint Forward Racing Team	[22]
	R2				Roberta Ponziani  [ it ]	María Herrera	Klint Forward Racing Team	[23]
3	R1	UK Round	Donington Park	Beatriz Neila	Beatriz Neila	María Herrera	Klint Forward Racing Team	[24]
	R2				Beatriz Neila	Beatriz Neila	Ampito Crescent Yamaha	[25]
4	R1	Hungarian Round	Balaton Park Circuit	Beatriz Neila	Roberta Ponziani  [ it ]	María Herrera	Klint Forward Racing Team	[26]
	R2				Chloe Jones	Beatriz Neila	Ampito Crescent Yamaha	[27]
5	R1	French Round	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
	R2
6	R1	Spanish Round	Circuito de Jerez
	R2

1. Pole for race one set by Superpole, pole for Race 2 set by fastest lap in Race 1

Points

Points system ^[28]

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 3 172 2 Beatriz Neila 2 1 3 3 2 1 3 1 163 3 Roberta Ponziani  [ it ] 5 4 1 2 10 5 4 4 112 4 Sara Sánchez 3 3 5 4 4 2 5 5 111 5 Chloe Jones 6 7 11 8 3 11 2 2 93 6 Pakita Ruiz 12 5 10 7 6 6 6 6 70 7 Astrid Madrigal 8 8 4 6 12 10 10 10 61 8 Lucie Boudesseul Ret 9 8 9 5 4 9 9 60 9 Avalon Lewis 4 Ret 6 5 9 Ret 8 7 58 10 Tayla Relph 7 6 7 10 13 7 Ret 11 51 11 Jessica Howden 11 14 Ret 17 7 Ret 7 8 33 12 Ornella Ongaro 13 12 18 15 8 8 Ret DNS 24 13 Natalia Rivera DSQ 15 14 18 11 9 12 13 22 14 Isis Carreno 10 10 9 Ret 19 15 Lucy Michel Ret 17 12 11 14 13 13 16 17 16 Emily Bondi  [ fr ] 9 11 Ret 13 19 18 17 17 15 17 Mallory Dobbs 15 13 Ret 12 25 12 15 15 14 18 Sara Varon 11 12 9 19 Adéla Ouředníčková 14 16 13 16 15 14 16 18 8 20 Chun Mei Liu 17 19 16 19 16 17 14 14 4 21 Denise Dal Zotto 15 14 21 15 4 22 Jamie Hanks-Elliott 16 18 17 20 17 16 19 19 0 23 Sonya Lloyd 18 20 19 21 24 22 20 22 0 24 Madalena Simōes 21 23 22 Ret 20 19 18 20 0 25 Tara Morrison 18 20 0 26 Billee Fuller 19 21 20 22 22 21 21 21 0 27 Beatrice Barbera 20 22 21 23 23 23 22 23 0 28 Elisa Gendron 23 24 0 – Karol Bezie DNQ DNQ 0 Pos. Rider ASS CRE DON BAL MAG JER Pts. Source [29]

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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External links

WorldWCR's channel on YouTube