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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

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

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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 Ampito Crescent Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R7 36 Spain Beatriz Neila 1-2
United Kingdom Carl Cox Motor Sports 21 New Zealand Avalon Lewis 1-2
29 New Zealand Billee Fuller 1-2
Czech Republic DafitMotoracing 19 Czech Republic Adela Ourednickova 1-2
France FB Racing Team 22 Portugal Madalena Simões 1-2
France GMT94-Yamaha 17 France Lucie Boudesseul 1-2
United Kingdom GR Motosport 15 United Kingdom Chloe Jones 1-2
United Kingdom Hanks Racing 76 United Kingdom Jamie Hanks-Elliott 1-2
Mexico Italika Racing FIMLA 83 Mexico Astrid Madrigal 1-2
99 Chile Isis Carreno 1-2
Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team 6 Spain María Herrera 1-2
96 Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] 1-2
United States MKD Racing Team 14 United States Mallory Dobbs 1-2
France Ongaro Racing Team 28 France Ornella Ongaro 1-2
Spain PR46+1 Racing Team 46 Spain Pakita Ruiz 1-2
Australia TAYCO Motorsport 8 Australia Tayla Relph 1-2
Italy Team GP3 TM36 94 Italy Beatrice Barbera 1-2
Italy Team Trasimeno 52 South Africa Jessica Howden 1-2
32 United States Sonya Lloyd 1
Italy Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team 20 Spain Natalia Rivera 1-2
64 Spain Sara Sánchez 1-2
Germany TSL-Racing 16 Germany Lucy Michel 1-2
Taiwan WT Team Taiwan 33 Chinese Taipei Chun Mei Liu 1-2
Belgium Zelos Trasimeno 4 France Emily Bondi [fr] 1-2
United Kingdom Affinity Sports Academy ROKiT Rookies 88 Italy Denise Dal Zotto 2

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 participate in 2025.

Wildcards

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  • Italian rider Denise Dal Zotto joined the grid for round 2 at Cremona with the Affinity Sports Academy Rokit Rookies team.[15]

Race Calendar

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On 11 October 2024 the provisional 2025 WorldWCR calendar was published.[16] The scheduled rounds are:[17]

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 [18]
R2 Spain Beatriz Neila Spain Beatriz Neila United Kingdom Ampito Crescent Yamaha [19]
2 R1 Italy Italian Round Italy Cremona Circuit Spain María Herrera Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [20]
R2 Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] Spain María Herrera Switzerland Klint Forward Racing Team [21]
3 R1 United Kingdom UK Round United Kingdom Donington Park
R2
4 R1 Hungary Hungarian Round Hungary Balaton Park Circuit
R2
5 R1 France French Round France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
R2
6 R1 Spain Spanish Round Spain Circuito de Jerez
R2
  1. ^ Pole for race one set by Superpole, pole for Race 2 set by fastest lap in Race 1

Points

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Points system[22]
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 90
2 Spain Beatriz Neila 2 1 3 3 77
3 Italy Roberta Ponziani [it] 5 4 1 2 69
4 Spain Sara Sánchez 3 3 5 4 56
5 Mexico Astrid Madrigal 8 8 4 6 39
6 New Zealand Avalon Lewis 4 Ret 6 5 34
7 Australia Tayla Relph 7 6 7 10 34
8 United Kingdom Chloe Jones 6 7 11 8 32
9 Spain Pakita Ruiz 12 5 10 7 30
10 France Lucie Boudesseul Ret 9 8 9 22
11 Chile Isis Carreno 10 10 9 Ret 19
12 France Emily Bondi [fr] 9 11 Ret 13 15
13 Germany Lucy Michel Ret 17 12 11 9
14 United States Mallory Dobbs 15 13 Ret 12 8
15 France Ornella Ongaro 13 12 18 15 8
16 South Africa Jessica Howden 11 14 Ret 17 7
17 Czech Republic Adela Ourednickova 14 16 13 16 5
18 Italy Denise Dal Zotto 15 14 3
19 Spain Natalia Rivera DSQ 15 14 18 3
20 United Kingdom Jamie Hanks-Elliott 16 18 17 20 0
21 Chinese Taipei Chun Mei Liu 17 19 16 19 0
22 United States Sonya Lloyd 18 20 19 21 0
23 New Zealand Billee Fuller 19 21 20 22 0
24 Italy Beatrice Barbera 20 22 21 23 0
25 Portugal Madalena Simōes 21 23 22 Ret 0
Pos. Rider ASS
Netherlands
CRE
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
BAL
Hungary
MAG
France
JER
Spain
Pts.
Source[23]
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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  1. ^ a b Whitworth, Alex (18 December 2024). "2025 WorldWCR entry list revealed with big name omission". www.crash.net. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Ana Carrasco no defenderá el número 1 del WorldWCR ¡Da el salto al Mundial de Supersport!" [Ana Carrasco will not defend her WorldWCR number 1. She is making the jump to the Supersport World Championship!]. soymotero.net (in Spanish). 2 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  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.
  7. ^ "Natalia Rivera Campeona Del Women's European Championship 2024" [Natalia Rivera Champion Of The Women’s European Championship 2024]. motoracing-magazine.com (in Spanish). 30 September 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Champions". Carl Cox Motorsport Cup. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  9. ^ "GR-Motosport-Kawasaki". www.britishsuperbike.com. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  10. ^ Whitworth, Alex (18 December 2024). "GR Motorsport makes shock BSB decision as WorldSBK future emerges | British Superbikes | Crash.net". www.crash.net. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  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. ^ "SuperBike Magazine - Neila and Herrera tied at the top as WorldWCR heads to Cremona". www.superbike.co.uk. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  16. ^ "2025 WorldSBK & WorldWCR calendar announced". www.fim-moto.com. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  17. ^ "MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship/ FIM Supersport and Supersport 300 World Championships FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship 2025 provisional calendar" (PDF). FIM. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Pirelli Dutch Round, 11-13 April 2025 Results Race 1" (PDF). WorldSBK.com. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  19. ^ "Pirelli Dutch Round, 11-13 April 2025 Results Race 2" (PDF). WorldSBK.com. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  20. ^ "Acerbis Italian Round, 2-4 May 2025 Results Race 1" (PDF). WorldSBK.com. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Herrera weathers the storm at Cremona Race 2 to take second win of the 2025 WorldWCR season". www.worldsbk.com. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  22. ^ Swarts, David (15 June 2024). "WorldWCR: Race One Results From Misano". Roadracing World Magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Results". www.worldsbk.com.
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