2026 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
| 2026 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship | |||
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| Support series: Superbike World Championship Supersport World Championship Sportbike World Championship Yamaha R3 bLU cRU FIM World Cup | |||
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]
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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 2025 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] Cerpa was not in the initial entry list, but joined later on after Avalon Lewis put her plans to compete on hold due to sustaining an injury during pre-season training.
- 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 / Replacements
- The EEST NJT Racing Team contacted Muklada Sarapuech in January 2026 with an offer to race for them in WorldWCR. However the entry list for 2026 was already closed. Organisers Dorna were keen to have an Asian rider in the series so allowed her to ride as a wildcard, with that designation later converted to full-time by round 5.[18]
- Dutch racer Birgit Scheffer was entered in the second round at Assen by Motorradtechnik Geenen by Yamaha.[19]
- Team Trasimeno entered Italian racer Josephine Bruno as a wildcard at Misano.[20]
- Prata Motor Sport replaced Martina Guarino with Karolina Danak at Misano,[21] and Ornella Ongaro, who had raced in WorldWCR in 2024 and 2025, at Donington Park.[22]
- Yamaha AD78 FIMLA entered Brazilian racer Gabrielly Lewis as a replacement for Karolina Danak at Misano.
- After a crash in the French Superbike championship Lucie Boudesseul was forced to miss the Misano and Donington Park rounds with an injury, and was replaced by French rider Justine Pedemonte, who had previously raced as a wildcard at Magny-Cours in the 2025 season.[20]
- Team Trasimeno entered French racer Julie Ritaine as a replacement for Patrycja Sowa at Donington Park, as Sowa decided to compete in the Alpe Adria International Motorcycle Championship in Brno instead.
Race calendar
Location of races in 2026.
On 18 September 2025 the provisional 2026 WorldWCR calendar was published. The scheduled rounds were:[23]
| Circuit | Date |
|---|---|
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
10–12 July |
 Circuito de Jerez |
16–18 October[a] |
- ↑ Subject to contract
An official test day was held for 23 March 2026 at the Algarve International Circuit,[23] in which defending champion Herrera was fastest.[16]
Results and standings
- ↑ Pole for race one set by Superpole, pole for Race 2 set by fastest lap in Race 1
Points
| 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
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ASS
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BAL
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MIS
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DON
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JER
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Pts. | ||||||
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| 1 | María Herrera |
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 226 | ||
| 2 | Beatriz Neila |
3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 182 | ||
| 3 | Roberta Ponziani |
6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 118 | ||
| 4 | Paola Ramos |
2 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 3 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 2 | Ret | 117 | ||
| 5 |  Muklada Sarapuech |
11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 99 | ||
| 6 | Chloe Jones |
13 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 90 | ||
| 7 | Pakita Ruiz |
7 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 73 | ||
| 8 | Yvonne Cerpa |
9 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 72 | ||
| 9 | Natalia Rivera |
8 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 64 | ||
| 10 | Sara Sánchez |
5 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 59 | ||||
| 11 |  Astrid Madrigal |
18 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 58 | ||
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Tayla Relph |
10 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 46 | ||
| 13 |  Lucie Boudesseul |
4 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 9 | 7 | 45 | ||||||
| 14 |  Karolina Danak |
14 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 12 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 29 | ||||
| 15 |  Isis Carreño |
19 | Ret | 10 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 21 | ||
| 16 | Line Vieillard |
12 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 18 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 13 | 11 | 17 | ||
| 17 | Emily Bondi |
Ret | 16 | 19 | 15 | Ret | 14 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 19 | 15 | ||
| 18 | Justine Pedemonte |
Ret | 12 | 11 | 10 | 15 | ||||||||
| 19 | Arianna Barale |
20 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 11 | ||
| 20 | Denise Dal Zotto |
16 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Josephine Bruno |
Ret | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 22 |  Lucy Michel |
21 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 23 |  Mallory Dobbs |
23 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 17 | 21 | Ret | 20 | 20 | Ret | 6 | ||
| 24 | Patrycja Sowa |
22 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 6 | ||||
| 25 | Katie Hand |
Ret | 18 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 26 |  Adéla Ouředníčková |
15 | Ret | 15 | 20 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 27 | Martina Guarino |
17 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 19 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | Birgit Scheffer |
18 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Julie Ritaine |
22 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 |  Gabrielly Lewis |
20 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Ornella Ongaro |
21 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Rider | POR
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ASS
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BAL
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MIS
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DON
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JER
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Pts. | ||||||
| Source[30] | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "HERRERA TAKES 2025 TITLE: #6 wraps up Championship with P6, wildcard Ramos claims Race 2 victory". www.worldsbk.com. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2026 Provisional Permanent Entry List" (PDF). FIM. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 Close, Josh. "WorldWCR 2026: Chloe Jones joins Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha". www.motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Tayla Relph Confirmed for 2026 WorldWCR Championship". Australian Motorcycle News. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- 1 2 "Denise Dal Zotto occasione Mondiale Femminile! "Chi l'avrebbe detto... Ma devo meritarmelo"". Corsedimoto (in Italian). 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- 1 2 "2025 WorldWCR Champion Herrera completes move to race with GRT Yamaha in 2026". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- 1 2 Di Moro, Alessandro (3 October 2025). "WorldWCR, fiducia rinnovata: Natalia Rivera e GRT insieme anche nel 2026". www.motosprint.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Entry List: 24 riders confirmed for 2026 WorldWCR campaign!". www.worldsbk.com. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Whitworth, Alex (18 December 2024). "2025 WorldWCR entry list revealed with big name omission". www.crash.net. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "WorldWCR: Donington Park shines on Neila, the WorldWCR polesitter for Saturday's Race 1". Motorcycle News. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ↑ "HERRERA TAKES 2025 TITLE: #6 wraps up Championship with P6, wildcard Ramos claims Race 2 victory". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 3 "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.
- ↑ "Inaugural FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship entry list revealed". www.fim-moto.com. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ↑ "Schnelle Asiatin: Muklada Sarapuech ist eine Bereicherung für die Frauen-WM - Motorrad-Frauen-WM" [Fast Asian: Muklada Sarapuech is an asset to the Women's World Cup]. speedweek.com (in German). 9 May 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "SuperBike Magazine - Assen Awaits: Ramos edges Herrera in WorldWCR". www.superbike.co.uk. 10 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- 1 2 "WorldWCR 2026 in Misano: Rückkehrer, Wildcards und neue Gesichter - Motorrad-Frauen-WM" [WorldWCR 2026 in Misano: Returning riders, wildcards and new faces]. SPEEDWEEK.com (in German). 8 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "PREVIEW: WorldWCR's title fight set to ignite at Misano as 2026 hits Round 4". The Official Home of WorldSBK. 11 June 2026. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ Guerdoux, Charlotte (14 July 2026). "Women's World Championship, Donington: Herrera penalized after causing Neila and Ramos to crash, title postponed to Jerez". Paddock GP. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Provisional 2026 WorldWCR calendar unveiled, Portimao and Misano return to the schedule". www.worldsbk.com. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ↑ "World WCR Portuguese Race 1 Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "World WCR Portuguese Race 2 Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "World WCR Dutch Race 1 Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "World WCR Dutch Race 2 Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "World WCR Hungarian Race 1 Results" (PDF).
- 1 2 "World WCR Italian Race 1 Results" (PDF).
- ↑ "Results". www.worldsbk.com.