2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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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 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 2024 champion, Ana Carrasco, was not defending her crown, instead moving up to the Supersport World Championship.
| 2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship | |||
| Champion: Maria Herrera | |||
| 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 won the championship title at the final round in Jerez.
Entry list
The provisional entry list was released by the FIM on 18 December 2024.[1]
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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 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, 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
- 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, who had raced in WorldWCR in 2024, 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
Location of races in 2025.
On 11 October 2024 the provisional 2025 WorldWCR calendar was published.[20] The scheduled rounds are:[21]
| Circuit | Date |
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 TT Circuit Assen |
11–13 April |
 Cremona Circuit |
2–4 May |
 Donington Park |
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] |
Results and standings
Points
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Riders' championship
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