Roberta Ponziani

The beginnings

Fascinated by the motorcycle races seen on the mini-bike track near her home, she convinces her father to let her try a motorbike. She then begins to compete at the age of nine. In the two-year period 2014-2015 she is champion of the CIV Junior Minimoto.^[1] In 2016 she takes part in the Italian R3 Cup, an event that she competes in until 2019, the year in which she ranks eleventh overall and first among women.^[2] from 2019 to 2022 she was involved in the European women's championship where she ranks third four times.^[3] The series was upgraded to a championship in 2023, the Supersport 300 Women’s European Championship,^[4] and Ponziani was the first champion.^[5] Ponziani also competed in the 2022 ESkootr Championship.^[6]

WCR World Championship

In 2024 she was a regular rider in the inaugural edition of the WCR World Championship riding for the Yamaha Motoxracing team. Despite the greater experience and preparation of her Spanish colleagues, she still managed to consistently obtain important placings (she never finished lower than seventh in the races she completed). On the occasion of the Cremona Grand Prix, thanks to the fastest lap in race one, she ensured the start in first position for the second race: on this occasion she achieved her first world championship podium by finishing second.^[7] At the end of the season she was fifth overall and her move to Klint Forward Team for 2025 alongside vice-champion María Herrera was announced.^[8]

In 2025 she won at Cremona^[9] and finished fourth overall in the season's standings.^[10]

Women's Circuit Racing World Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

• Season still in progress