2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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
[edit]The provisional entry list was released by the FIM on 18 December 2024.[1]
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Team and rider changes
[edit]- 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 participate in 2025.
Race Calendar
[edit]On 11 October 2024 the provisional 2025 WorldWCR calendar was published.[15] The scheduled rounds are:[16]
| Circuit | Date |
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 TT Circuit Assen
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11–13 April |
 Cremona Circuit
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2–4 May |
 Donington Park Circuit
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11–13 July |
 Balaton Park Circuit
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25–27 July[a] |
 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
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5–7 September |
 Circuito de Jerez
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17–19 October[b] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Whitworth, Alex (18 December 2024). "2025 WorldWCR entry list revealed with big name omission". www.crash.net. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gougis, Michael (8 December 2024). "WorldWCR: American Sonya Lloyd Racing Full 2025 Season". Roadracing World Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "2025 Team Trasimeno!". Sonya Lloyd. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Champions". Carl Cox Motorsport Cup. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "GR-Motosport-Kawasaki". www.britishsuperbike.com. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jamie Hanks-Elliott steps in for recovering Lissy Whitmore". us17.campaign-archive.com. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2025 WorldSBK & WorldWCR calendar announced". www.fim-moto.com. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "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.