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2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
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The 2024 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship was the inaugural season of the FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR). It is the premier female only circuit racing series. Riders competed on identical Yamaha YZF-R7. The 6 rounds were run as support races for the European rounds of the Superbike World Championship. Format of each round was a Superpole qualifying session of Friday, Race 1 on Saturday and Race 2 on Sunday.[1] The championship was won by Ana Carrasco.

Entry list

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A provisional entry list for the Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR) was released in February, with 24 participants selected from an initial 40-plus entries.[2]

On 3 June, María Herrera was announced as an entry to the championship.[3]

2024 entry list[2][3][4]
Team No Rider Rounds
Italy 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team 10 Israel Ran Yochay All
64 Spain Sara Sánchez All
Italy AD78 FIM Latinoamerica by Team GP3 99 Chile Isis Carreno 1, 5-6
United Kingdom Ampito/Pata Prometeon Yamaha 36 Spain Beatriz Neila All
South Africa Andalaft Racing 21 South Africa Nicole Van Aswegen 1–3
Austria Bertl K. Racing 35 Austria Lena Kemmer All
United Kingdom Carl Cox Motor Sports 50 New Zealand Avalon Lewis[5] 4
Czech Republic DafitMotoracing 19 Czech Republic Adela Ourednickova All
Spain Deza - Box 77 Racing Team 77 Spain Andrea Sibaja All
Italy Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team 22 Spain Ana Carrasco All
United Kingdom GR Motosport 51 United Kingdom Chloe Jones[6] 6
Mexico ITALIKA Racing FIMLA 15 Colombia Sarah Varon 3-6
83 Mexico Astrid Madrigal All
5 Dominican Republic Krystal Silfa[a] 1–2
Switzerland Klint Forward Factory Team 6 Spain María Herrera All
United States Lloyd Motorsports 32 United States Sonya Lloyd[8] 6
Ukraine MPS.RT 53 Ukraine Iryna Nadieieva 1, 3-4
Spain PS Racing Team 46+1 46 Spain Pakita Ruiz All
Portugal RP27 27 Portugal Rafaela Peixoto[9] 5
Norway Rusthen Racing 29 Norway Mia Rusthen 1
United Kingdom Sekhmet Motorcycle Racing Team 14 United States Mallory Dobbs All
34 United Kingdom Alyssia Whitmore 1–2, 4
76 United Kingdom Jamie Hanks-Elliott[b] 3, 5–6
Australia TAYCO Motorsport 8 Australia Tayla Relph All
Italy Team GP3 AD11 BY TIRSO 94 Italy Beatrice Barbera[11] 1
Japan Team Luna 44 Japan Luna Hirano All
Italy Team Roc'n'dea - De Angelis Team 25 Italy Irene Bramato[5] 4
Italy Team Trasimeno 52 South Africa Jessica Howden 1, 3-6
Germany TSL-Racing 16 Germany Lucy Michel All
Taiwan WT Racing Team Taiwan 33 Chinese Taipei Chun Mei Liu 1–5
Italy Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Team 28 France Ornella Ongaro All
96 Italy Roberta Ponziani All
Belgium YART Zelos Black Knights Team 4 France Emily Bondi All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
  1. ^ Sarah Varon was injured pre-season and was replaced by Krystal Silfa[7]
  2. ^ Hanks-Elliott replaced Alyssia Whitmore who was recovering from a fractured wrist sustained during Round 2 at Donington Park.[10]

Testing

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A two-day test was held at the Cremona racing circuit, Lombardy, Italy, on 16 & 17 May.[12] All 24 of the then confirmed riders were to participate but Emily Bondi was injured and did not take part.[13] There was inclement weather on day 1 and the fastest times were set on Day 2 which was dry. 2018 Supersport 300 World Champion Ana Carrasco set the fastest time.[14]

Cremona Test Times[13]
Order Rider Time
1 Spain Ana Carrasco 1:41:446
2 Italy Roberta Ponziani 1:42:121
3 Spain Sara Sánchez 1:42:620
4 Spain Beatriz Neila 1:42:952
5 Czech Republic Adela Ourednickova 1:43:261
6 Germany Lucy Michel 1:43:446
7 South Africa Jessica Howden 1:43:497
8 Australia Tayla Relph 1:43:571
9 United States Mallory Dobbs 1:43:881
10 Chile Isis Carreno 1:43:928
11 Spain Pakita Ruiz 1:44:147
12 South Africa Nicole Van Aswegen 1:44:213
13 Israel Ran Yochay 1:44:379
14 France Ornella Ongaro 1:44:815
15 Mexico Astrid Madrigal 1:44:986
16 Chinese Taipei Chun Mei Liu 1:45:198
17 Austria Lena Kemmer 1:45:443
18 Japan Luna Hirano 1:45:624
19 Ukraine Iryna Nadieieva 1:45:860
20 Spain Andrea Sibaja 1:47:192
21 United Kingdom Alyssia Whitmore 1:47:258
22 Norway Mia Rusthen 1:47:337
23 Colombia Sarah Varon 1:48:067

Race calendar and results

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The initial schedule included Balaton Park Circuit, Hungary on 23–25 August,[15] but this was later dropped as track improvements would not be completed on time, with Circuito do Estoril, Portugal added on 11–13 October.[16] Scheduled rounds are:[17]

2024 calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole position[a] Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team
1 R1[18] Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna Round Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 15 June Spain María Herrera[19] Spain Ana Carrasco Spain María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2[20] 16 June Spain Beatriz Neila Spain María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
2 R1[21] United Kingdom UK Round Donington Park 13 July Spain Ana Carrasco[22] Spain Beatriz Neila Spain Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
R2[23] 14 July Spain Ana Carrasco Spain María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
3 R1[24] Portugal Portuguese Round Algarve International Circuit 10 August Spain María Herrera[25] Spain Sara Sánchez Spain María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2[26] 11 August Spain Sara Sánchez Spain Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
4 R1[27] Italy Italian Round[b] Cremona Circuit 21 September Spain María Herrera[28] Italy Roberta Ponziani Spain María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2[29] 22 September Spain Ana Carrasco Spain Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
5 R1[30] Portugal Estoril Round[c] Circuito do Estoril 12 October Spain Ana Carrasco[31] Spain Sara Sánchez Spain Ana Carrasco Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
R2[32] 13 October Spain Ana Carrasco Spain Sara Sánchez 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
6 R1[33] Spain Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez 19 October Spain Sara Sánchez[34] Spain Sara Sánchez Spain María Herrera Klint Forward Factory Team
R2 20 October Spain María Herrera Spain Sara Sánchez 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
  1. ^ Pole for race one set by Superpole, pole for Race 2 set by fastest lap in Race 1
  2. ^ Subject to homologation
  3. ^ The Estoril round was added to the calendar on 7 June 2024. It replaced the Hungarian round.

Championship standings

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Points system[35]
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
Pos. Rider MIS
Emilia-Romagna 		DON
United Kingdom 		ALG
Portugal 		CRE
Italy 		EST
Portugal 		JER
Spain 		Pts.
1 Spain Ana Carrasco 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 244
2 Spain María Herrera 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 Ret 2 3 1 NC 215
3 Spain Sara Sánchez 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 Ret 4 1 Ret 1 191
4 Spain Beatriz Neila 5 4 2 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 172
5 Italy Roberta Ponziani 4 5 5 Ret 6 5 4 2 7 5 4 4 135
6 Spain Pakita Ruiz 10 9 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 112
7 Australia Tayla Relph Ret 12 9 6 8 Ret 7 3 5 Ret 7 7 83
8 Mexico Astrid Madrigal 12 Ret 13 13 10 7 9 7 9 8 13 15 60
9 Israel Ran Yochay 8 8 6 5 15 12 16 13 15 13 11 14 56
10 France Ornella Ongaro Ret 7 7 Ret 13 8 12 9 14 12 12 11 55
11 United States Mallory Dobbs Ret 15 17 Ret Ret 9 10 Ret 8 7 9 9 45
12 Chile Isis Carreno 6 6 13 9 10 10 42
13 Czech Republic Adela Ourednickova 13 14 11 10 14 13 15 11 10 10 Ret 16 39
14 Chinese Taipei Chun Mei Liu 7 Ret 10 Ret 12 11 13 12 NC DNS 31
15 France Emily Bondi 15 Ret 20 11 Ret 10 11 8 11 15 Ret 17 31
16 Germany Lucy Michel 9 10 15 7 16 15 17 10 19 16 17 18 30
17 South Africa Jessica Howden Ret DNS 7 Ret 19 Ret 21 Ret 8 8 25
18 United Kingdom Chloe Jones 6 6 20
19 Spain Andrea Sibaja 16 19 19 16 11 16 20 14 12 11 18 12 20
20 New Zealand Avalon Lewis 8 5 19
21 South Africa Nicole Van Aswegen 11 13 16 14 9 Ret 17
22 Austria Lena Kemmer Ret 11 12 12 Ret 14 Ret 15 16 18 15 19 17
23 Japan Luna Hirano 14 16 14 9 17 18 14 Ret 20 19 19 22 13
24 United Kingdom Jamie Hanks-Elliott Ret 17 18 14 14 13 7
25 Dominican Republic Krystal Silfa 17 20 18 15 1
26 Colombia Sarah Varon 20 20 Ret Ret 17 17 16 20 0
27 Italy Irene Bramato 18 16 0
28 Italy Beatrice Barbera Ret 17 0
29 Ukraine Iryna Nadieieva Ret 18 Ret 19 0
30 United Kingdom Alyssia Whitmore 18 DNS Ret DNS Ret 0
31 Portugal Rafaela Peixoto 22 20 0
32 United States Sonya Lloyd Ret 21 0
– Norway Mia Rusthen Ret DNS 0
Pos. Rider MIS
Emilia-Romagna 		DON
United Kingdom 		ALG
Portugal 		CRE
Italy 		EST
Portugal 		JER
Spain 		Pts.
Source[36]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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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