2026 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship

2026 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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The 2026 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship is the third 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 was a Superpole qualifying session on Friday, Race 1 on Saturday and Race 2 on Sunday. The defending champion is Maria Herrera. ^[1]

Entry list

The FIM published the provisional entry list on 15 December 2025. ^[2]

Provisional 2026 entry list Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ampito Crescent Yamaha/Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R7 15 Chloe Jones [3] 1–2 36 Beatriz Neila [3] 1–2 Carl Cox Motor Sports 21 Avalon Lewis TBC DafitMotoracing 19 Adéla Ouředníčková 1–2 EEST NJT Racing Team 12 Muklada Sarapuech 1–2 FT Racing Academy 4 Emily Bondi 1–2 37 Line Vieillard 1–2 Full Throttle Racing 8 Tayla Relph [4] 1–2 GMT94-Yamaha 94 Lucie Boudesseul 1–2 Hadden Racing Team 41 Arianna Barale 1–2 64 Sara Sánchez 1–2 Klint Racing Team 58 Paola Ramos 1–2 96 Roberta Ponziani 1–2 Motorradtechnik Geenen by Yamaha 61 Birgit Scheffer 2 MotosCerpa 11 Yvonne Cerpa 1–2 Pata AG Motorsport Italia 88 Denise Dal Zotto [5] 1–2 Pons Italika Racing FIMLA 83 Astrid Madrigal 1–2 99 Isis Carreno 1–2 PR46+1 Racing Team 46 Pakita Ruiz 1–2 Prata Motor Sport 22 Martina Guarino 1–2 Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team 6 María Herrera [6] 1–2 20 Natalia Rivera [7] 1–2 Team Trasimeno 26 Katie Hand 1–2 44 Patrycja Sowa 1–2 TSL-Racing 16 Lucy Michel 1–2 YVS Sabadell Diva Racing 14 Mallory Dobbs 1–2 Yamaha AD78 FIMLA 66 Karolina Danak 1–2

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team and rider changes

• Defending champion María Herrera left Forward Racing to join Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team. ^[6]
• Sara Sanchez left the Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team ^[7] and joined Hadden Racing Team. ^[8]
• Chloe Jones, who rode with GR Motosport in 2025, ^[9] joins Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha. ^[3]
• Mallory Dobbs changed from MKD Racing Team ^[10] to YVS Sabadell Diva Racing. ^[2]
• Emily Bondi changed from Zelos Trasimeno ^[11] to FT Racing Academy ^[2]
• Denise Dal Zotto who rode as a wildcard for Affinity Sports Academy Rokit Rookies team at Cremona ^[12] and Donington ^[13] in 2025, becomes a full time rider for Pata AG Motorsport Italia. ^[5]
• Paola Ramos, who claimed victory at Jerez in 2025 as a wildcard, ^[14] joined Klint Racing Team as a full time rider, ^[8]
• Line Vieillard, who competed for FT Racing Academy as a wildcard at Magny-Cours in 2025, ^[15] has been entered by the team for a full time ride, ^[8]
• Katie Hand, who competed at Magny-Cours in 2026 for Carl Cox Motorsports, ^[15] joined Team Trasimeno as a full time rider. ^[8]
• Yvonne Cerpa (MotoCerpa), Martina Guarino (Prata Motor Sport), Arianna Barale (Hadden Racing Team), Patrycja Sowa (Team Trasimeno) and Karolina Danak (Yamaha AD78 FIMLA) joined the grid. ^{[2] [8] [16]}
• Billee Fuller, Madalena Simões, Jamie Hanks-Elliott, Ornella Ongaro, Beatrice Barbera, Sonya Lloyd, Jessica Howden and Chun Mei Liu, who all raced in 2025, ^[11] will not compete as full time riders in 2026. ^[2]
• Affinity Sports Academy ROKiT Rookies, FB Racing Team, GR Motosport, Hanks Racing, MKD Racing Team, Ongaro Racing Team, WT Team Taiwan and Zelos Trasimeno teams are not entering full time riders. ^[2]
• Hadden Racing Team, MotoCerpa, Pata AG Motorsport Italia and Prata Motor Sport are entering riders for the first time in 2025. ^{[2] [16]} Yamaha AD78 FIMLA who entered a rider in 2024 ^[17] return in 2026. ^[2]

Wildcards

• EEST NJT Racing Team entered Thai racer Muklada Sarapuech as a wildcard at Portimao and Assen. ^[16]
• Dutch racer Birgit Scheffer was entered in the second round at Assen by Motorradtechnik Geenen by Yamaha. ^[18]

Race calendar

On 18 September 2025 the provisional 2026 WorldWCR calendar was published. The scheduled rounds were: ^[19]

Circuit	Date
Algarve International Circuit	27–29 March
TT Circuit Assen	17–19 April
Balaton Park Circuit	1-3 May
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	12–14 June
Donington Park Circuit	10–11 July
Circuito de Jerez	16–18 October [a]

1. Subject to contract

An official test day was held for 23 March 2026 at the Algarve International Circuit, ^[19] in which defending champion Herrera was fastest. ^[16]

Results and standings

2026 calendar and results

Round			Circuit	Pole position [a]	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
1	R1	Portuguese Round	Algarve International Circuit	María Herrera	María Herrera	María Herrera	Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team
	R2				Beatriz Neila	Paola Ramos	Klint Racing Team
2	R1	Dutch Round	TT Circuit Assen	María Herrera	Beatriz Neila	María Herrera	Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team
	R2				Beatriz Neila	Beatriz Neila	Ampito Crescent Yamaha
3	R1	Hungarian Round	Balaton Park Circuit
	R2
4	R1	Italian Round	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
	R2
5	R1	UK Round	Donington Park Circuit
	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

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	POR		ASS		BAL		MIS		DON		JER		Pts.
1	María Herrera	1	2	1	2									90
2	Beatriz Neila	3	3	2	1									77
3	Roberta Ponziani	6	4	3	4									52
4	Paola Ramos	2	1	Ret	DNS									45
5	Muklada Sarapuech	11	10	5	5									33
6	Natalia Rivera	8	7	6	11									32
7	Lucie Boudesseul	4	Ret	Ret	3									29
8	Chloe Jones	13	14	4	6									28
9	Pakita Ruiz	7	5	Ret	9									27
10	Yvonne Cerpa	9	6	17	7									26
11	Tayla Relph	10	8	Ret	8									22
12	Sara Sánchez	5	9	Ret	13									21
13	Astrid Madrigal	18	11	7	12									18
14	Karolina Danak	14	12	8	24									14
15	Denise Dal Zotto	16	15	11	14									8
16	Arianna Barale	20	21	9	19									7
17	Line Vieillard	12	13	Ret	17									7
18	Mallory Dobbs	23	17	Ret	10									6
19	Isis Carreno	19	Ret	10	18									6
20	Patrycja Sowa	22	22	12	21									4
21	Lucy Michel	21	19	13	25									3
22	Katie Hand	Ret	18	14	23									2
23	Adéla Ouředníčková	15	Ret	15	20									2
24	Emily Bondi	Ret	16	19	15									1
25	Martina Guarino	17	20	16	16									0
26	Birgit Scheffer			18	22									0
Pos.	Rider	POR		ASS		BAL		MIS		DON		JER		Pts.
Source [20]

References

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13. "WorldWCR: Donington Park shines on Neila, the WorldWCR polesitter for Saturday's Race 1". Motorcycle News . 12 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
14. "HERRERA TAKES 2025 TITLE: #6 wraps up Championship with P6, wildcard Ramos claims Race 2 victory". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
15. "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.
16. "Preview: WorldWCR locked and loaded to kick off 2026 at Portimao with Herrera as the rider to beat". www.worldsbk.com. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
17. "Inaugural FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship entry list revealed". www.fim-moto.com. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
18. "SuperBike Magazine - Assen Awaits: Ramos edges Herrera in WorldWCR". www.superbike.co.uk. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
19. "Provisional 2026 WorldWCR calendar unveiled, Portimao and Misano return to the schedule". www.worldsbk.com. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
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External links

WorldWCR's channel on YouTube