The testing sessions for the Women’s World Circuit Racing Championship (WorldWCR) concluded this afternoon in Cremona. Ana Carrasco, the 2018 Supersport 300 World Champion, emerged as the fastest rider, being the only one to lap in the 1m41s range.

The lap times improved during the final afternoon session, and the Spaniard from the Evan Bros. Racing Yamaha Team completed her fastest lap with an impressive 1m41.446s in the seventh and final session. Roberta Ponziani (Yamaha Motoxracing) led the morning session but ended up second in the afternoon and overall, trailing Carrasco by 0.675s.

Third place went to Sara Sánchez (511 Terra&Vita Racing Team), followed by Beatriz Neila (Ampito Pata Prometeon Yamaha) and Adela Ourednickova (DafitMotoracing) who completed the top five. Both Neila and Ourednickova worked with Jonathan Rea’s chief mechanic in MotoGP, Andrew Pitt, during this test.

The WorldWCR will return to action from June 14-16 for the inaugural round in Misano. The first season of the championship will include five more races, concluding in Aragón, with stops at Donington Park, Portimão, Hungary, and Cremona.

O conteúdo Ana Carrasco dominates competition in Women’s World Championship testing aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

Preparations for the inaugural season of the new Women’s World Motorcycle Championship (WorldWCR) began this Thursday in Cremona and continued today.

After a rainy first day, the sun shone on the Italian track this morning, giving the riders a chance to continue adapting to the bikes, track, teams, and tires.

The fastest was Roberta Ponziani (Yamaha Motoxracing), who completed her first lap on the circuit in 1m42s. She finished with a time of 1m42.438s, beating Ana Carrasco (Evan Bros. Racing Yamaha) by 0.606s. Adela Ourednickova (DafitMotoracing) was third, 0.936s off the top.

The top five were completed by Lucy Michel (TSL-Racing) and Sara Sánchez (511 Terra&Vita Racing Team), both over a second behind Ponziani. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Pata Prometeon Yamaha) followed.

The tests in Cremona continue this afternoon, with 23 riders in action.

O conteúdo The Fastest Women in the World: Tests for the First Season of WorldWCR Have Begun aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

This year, the Women’s Motorcycle World Championship (WorldWCR) debuts alongside the World Superbike Championship, and the line-up has already been completed. The first round will take place from June 14th to 16th at Imola.

Twenty-four riders have been selected from over 40 who applied. There are some names more familiar than others, but the most prominent is undoubtedly Ana Carrasco – the first woman to win a road racing motorcycle world championship in a mixed category, specifically in the World Supersport 300 in 2018. She will compete for Evan Bros. Yamaha.

All 24 riders will use the same bikes, the Yamaha YZF-R7, but they are operated by various different teams. In total, the championship will have six rounds, also visiting the newest addition Balaton Park Circuit in Hungary.

WorldWCR line-up for 2024:

• 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
  • #10 Ran Yochay
  • #64 Sara Sánchez Tamayo
• AD78 FIM Latinoamerica by Team GP3
  • #99 Isis Carreno Avila
• Andalaft Racing
  • #21 Nicole Van Aswegen
• Berti K. Racing Team
  • #35 Lena Kemmer
• DaFitMotoracing
  • #19 Adela Ourednickova
• Deza-Box 77 Racing Team
  • #7 Andrea Sibaja Moreno
• Evan Bros. Racing Yamaha Team
  • #22 Ana Carrasco
• ITALIKA Racing FIMLA
  • #15 Sarah Varon
  • #83 Aastrid Madrigal
• MPS.RT
  • #53 Iryna Nadieiva
• Pata Prometeon Yamaha
  • #36 Beatriz Neila
• PS Racing Team 46+1
  • #46 Francisca Ruiz Vidal
• Rushten Racing
  • #29 Mia Stenseth Rushten
• Sekhmet Motorcycle Racing Team
  • #14 Mallory Dobbs
  • #34 Alyssia Whitmore
• TAYCO Motorsport
  • #8 Tayla Relph
• Team Flembbo PL Performances
  • #28 Ornella Ongaro
• Team Luna
  • #44 Luna Hirano
• Team Trasimeno
  • #52 Jessica Howden
• TSL-Racing
  • #16 Lucy Michel
• WT Racing Team Taiwan
  • #33 Chun Mei Liu
• Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Team
  • #96 Roberta Ponziani
• YART Zelos Black Knights Team
  • #4 Emily Bondi

O conteúdo Line-up for the inaugural Women’s Motorcycle World Championship has been revealed… with a heavyweight name aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

This year, the World Superbike Championship will bring significant changes to the Portimão round, scheduled for August 9-11. Unlike usual, the main category races will take place in the late afternoon (local time).

For this reason, the main races will be held at sunset. Additionally, the program will start at noon each day instead of in the morning. In addition to WSBK, there will be races for the World Supersport, Supersport 300, and Women’s World Cup (WorldWCR) championships.

The concept was announced this Monday. According to a statement, the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve is also preparing a special «Summer Fest» in addition to the races, featuring dining areas, musical concerts, autograph sessions, a parade lap, and even a new trackside bus tour. Thus, according to the note to the press, emphasis is placed on creating a festival atmosphere and celebrating motorcycling.

Schedule for WSBK Portimão round (local time):

• Friday, August 9
  • 12h00-12h25: FP WorldWCR
  • 12h40-13h05: FP1 WSSP300
  • 13h20-14h00: FP WSSP
  • 14h15-15h00: FP1 WSBK
  • 16h25-16h50: Superpole WorldWCR
  • 17h10-17h35: Superpole WSSP300
  • 17h55-18h35: Superpole WSSP19h00-19h45: FP2 WSBK
• Saturday, August 10
  • 12h00-12h10: Warm-up WorldWCR
  • 12h20-12h30: Warm-up WSSP300
  • 12h40-12h50: Warm-up WSSP
  • 13h10-13h30: FP3 WSBK
  • 14h45: Race 1 WorldWCR
  • 15h45-16h00: Superpole WSBK
  • 16h30: Race 1 WSSP300
  • 17h30: Race 1 WSSP
  • 19h00: Race 1 WSBK
• Saturday, August 11
  • 12h00-12h10: Warm-up WorldWCR
  • 12h20-12h30: Warm-up WSSP300
  • 12h40-12h50: Warm-up WSSP
  • 13h00-13h10: Warm-up WSBK
  • 14h45: Race 2 WorldWCR
  • 15h45: Race Superpole WSBK
  • 16h30: Race 2 WSSP300
  • 17h30: Race 2 WSSP
  • 19h00: Race 2 WSBK

O conteúdo The Portimão round of the WSBK innovates with twilight races aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

María Herrera returns to compete in the MotoE World Championship this year, now joining the Klint Forward Factory Team. Also this year, the Women’s World Championship begins, but the rider rules out participating in the future.

The Swiss team gave her the opportunity to continue competing in conventional championships when she was close to being without a seat, and the Spanish rider did not hide it in an interview with Corse di Moto:

– I had nothing. I would have gone to the Women’s World Championship, but that would have been like losing my way. I have always fought to be in MotoGP or in Superbike, the only woman left… but Forward gave me this opportunity, and I have to grab it tightly.

O conteúdo María Herrera rules out competing in the Women’s World Championship: ‘It would have been to lose my way’ aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

An unusual concept has been approved for the new season of the Supersport, Supersport 300, and Women’s World Championship (WorldWCR): the first race will serve to define part of the starting grid for the second race of each round.

The most unusual aspect is how this will happen. It will not be the absolute positions that count, but rather the lap times: the first nine positions of the starting grid will be established based on the fastest lap times in Race 1.

This is one of the new format changes for 2024. As we have already reported, WSSP and WSSP300 will only have one free practice session, with Superpole moving to Friday, and warm-ups taking place before the races on Saturday and Sunday. The same applies to WorldWCR, making its debut.

O conteúdo WSSP, WSSP300, and WorldWCR debut unprecedented format to determine the starting grid for Race 2 aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.

This year, the structure of the WSBK race weekend will change with the introduction of the Women’s World Championship (WorldWCR). Fridays will now feature Superpole (qualifications), and there are changes to the durations of free practices. The changes were agreed upon in recent months between the FIM, Dorna, and the Manufacturers’ Association (MSMA).

In the World Supersport and World Supersport 300 Championships, there will be only one free practice session for each class – 40 minutes for WSSP and 25 minutes for WSSP300 – both on Friday morning. WSBK will maintain two 45-minute sessions on Friday, but FP3 on Saturday will be shortened to 20 minutes.

On Fridays, there will also be a WorldWCR practice session of 25 minutes in the morning, in addition to the Superpole sessions for WorldWCR (25 minutes), WSSP300 (25 minutes), and WSSP (40 minutes).

As for Saturdays, in addition to WSBK FP3, mornings will include warm-up sessions for WorldWCR, WSSP300, and WSSP, each lasting 10 minutes, the usual WSBK Superpole, and the first races for all categories. Sundays are reserved for 10-minute warm-up sessions in all classes, as well as for the second races. Between the warm-up sessions and the second races, as is customary, the WSBK Superpole race will be held.

Weekend format for WSBK rounds in 2024 (local times):

• Friday
  • 09h00-09h25: FP WorldWCR (25 minutes)
  • 09h40-10h05: FP WSSP300 (25 minutes)
  • 10h20-11h05: FP1 WSSBK (45 minutes)
  • 11h20-12h00: FP WSSP (40 minutes)
  • 13h30-13h55: Superpole WorldWCR (25 minutes)
  • 14h15-14h40: Superpole WSSP300 (25 minutes)
  • 15h00-15h45: FP2 WSBK (45 minutes)
  • 16h00-16h40: Superpole WSSP (40 minutes)
• Saturday
  • 09h00-09h20: FP3 WSBK (20 minutes)
  • 09h30-09h40: Warm-up WorldWCR (10 minutes)
  • 09h50-10h00: Warm-up WSSP300 (10 minutes)
  • 10h10-10h20: Warm-up WSSP (10 minutes)
  • 11h00-11h15: Superpole WSBK (15 minutes)
  • 11h50: Race 1 WorldWCR
  • 12h45: Race 1 WSSP300
  • 14h00: Race 1 WSBK
  • 15h15: Race 1 WSSP
• Sunday
  • 09h00-09h10: Warm-up WSBK (10 minutes)
  • 09h20-09h30: Warm-up WorldWCR (10 minutes)
  • 09h40-09h50: Warm-up WSSP300 (10 minutes)
  • 10h00-10h10: Warm-up WSSP (10 minutes)
  • 11h00: Superpole Race WSBK
  • 11h50: Race 2 WorldWCR
  • 12h45: Race 2 WSSP300
  • 14h00: Race 2 WSBK
  • 15h15: Race 2 WSSP

O conteúdo Revolution in the format of the WSBK championships for 2024 aparece primeiro em Motorcycle Sports.