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.

Entry list The FIM published the provisional entry list on 15 December 2025. Provisional 2026 entry listTeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Ampito Crescent Yamaha/Monster Energy Crescent YamahaYamahaYZF-R715 Chloe Jones1–536 Beatriz Neila1–5 Carl Cox Motor Sports21 Avalon LewisTBC DafitMotoracing19 Adéla Ouředníčková1–5 EEST NJT Racing Team12 Muklada Sarapuech1–5 FT Racing Academy4 Emily Bondi1–537 Line Vieillard1–5 Full Throttle Racing8 Tayla Relph1–5 GMT94-Yamaha94 Lucie Boudesseul1–325 Justine Pedemonte4–5 Hadden Racing Team41 Arianna Barale1–564 Sara Sánchez1–2, 4-5 Klint Racing Team58 Paola Ramos1–596 Roberta Ponziani1–5 Motorradtechnik Geenen by Yamaha61 Birgit Scheffer2 MotosCerpa11 Yvonne Cerpa1–5 Pata AG Motorsport Italia88 Denise Dal Zotto1–5 Pons Italika Racing FIMLA83 Astrid Madrigal1–599 Isis Carreño1–5 PR46+1 Racing Team46 Pakita Ruiz1–5 Prata Motor Sport22 Martina Guarino1–366 Karolina Danak428 Ornella Ongaro5 Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team6 María Herrera1–520 Natalia Rivera1–5 Team Trasimeno26 Katie Hand1–544 Patrycja Sowa1–480 Josephine Bruno493 Julie Ritaine5 TSL-Racing16 Lucy Michel1–5 YVS Sabadell Diva Racing14 Mallory Dobbs1–5 Yamaha AD78 FIMLA66 Karolina Danak1–317 Gabrielly Lewis4 Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team and rider changes Defending champion María Herrera left Forward Racing to join Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team. Sara Sanchez left the Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team and joined Hadden Racing Team. Chloe Jones, who rode with GR Motosport in 2025, joins Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha. Mallory Dobbs changed from MKD Racing Team to YVS Sabadell Diva Racing. Emily Bondi changed from Zelos Trasimeno to FT Racing Academy Denise Dal Zotto who rode as a wildcard for Affinity Sports Academy Rokit Rookies team at Cremona and Donington in 2025, becomes a full time rider for Pata AG Motorsport Italia. Paola Ramos, who claimed victory at Jerez in 2025 as a wildcard, joined Klint Racing Team as a full time rider, Line Vieillard, who competed for FT Racing Academy as a wildcard at Magny-Cours in 2025, has been entered by the team for a full time ride, Katie Hand, who competed at Magny-Cours in 2025 for Carl Cox Motorsports, joined Team Trasimeno as a full time rider. 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. 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, will not compete as full time riders in 2026. 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. Hadden Racing Team, MotoCerpa, Pata AG Motorsport Italia and Prata Motor Sport are entering riders for the first time in 2025. Yamaha AD78 FIMLA who entered a rider in 2024 return in 2026.

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. Dutch racer Birgit Scheffer was entered in the second round at Assen by Motorradtechnik Geenen by Yamaha. Team Trasimeno entered Italian racer Josephine Bruno as a wildcard at Misano. Prata Motor Sport replaced Martina Guarino with Karolina Danak at Misano, and Ornella Ongaro, who had raced in WorldWCR in 2024 and 2025, at Donington Park. 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. 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

On 18 September 2025 the provisional 2026 WorldWCR calendar was published. The scheduled rounds were:

CircuitDate Algarve International Circuit27–29 March TT Circuit Assen17–19 April Balaton Park Circuit1-3 May Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli12–14 June Donington Park Circuit10–12 July Circuito de Jerez16–18 October

An official test day was held for 23 March 2026 at the Algarve International Circuit, in which defending champion Herrera was fastest.

Results and standings

+ 2026 calendar and results Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Ref 1 R1 Portuguese Round Algarve International Circuit María Herrera María Herrera María Herrera Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team R2 Beatriz Neila Paola Ramos Klint Racing Team 2 R1 Dutch Round TT Circuit Assen María Herrera Beatriz Neila María Herrera Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team R2 Beatriz Neila Beatriz Neila Ampito Crescent Yamaha 3 R1 Hungarian Round Balaton Park Circuit María Herrera Paola Ramos María Herrera Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team R2 Paola Ramos Paola Ramos Klint Racing Team 4 R1 Italian Round Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Paola Ramos Roberta Ponziani María Herrera Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team R2 María Herrera María Herrera Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team 5 R1 UK Round Donington Park Circuit María Herrera María Herrera María Herrera Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team R2 Paola Ramos Beatriz Neila Ampito Crescent Yamaha 6 R1 Spanish Round Circuito de Jerez R2

Points + Points system 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 RiderPORASSBALMISDONJER1 María Herrera 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 22262 Beatriz Neila 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 11823 Roberta Ponziani 6 4 3 4 4 5 Ret 4 4 31184 Paola Ramos 2 1 Ret DNS 3 1 Ret 5 2 Ret1175 Muklada Sarapuech 11 10 5 5 5 4 7 3 3 Ret996 Chloe Jones 13 14 4 6 6 9 3 10 6 4907 Pakita Ruiz 7 5 Ret 9 8 10 6 11 9 6738 Yvonne Cerpa 9 6 17 7 14 12 4 6 7 8729 Natalia Rivera 8 7 6 11 7 8 11 8 14 176410 Sara Sánchez 5 9 Ret 13 8 7 5 55911 Astrid Madrigal 18 11 7 12 10 6 12 13 8 75812 Tayla Relph 10 8 Ret 8 11 11 9 Ret Ret 94613 Lucie Boudesseul 4 Ret Ret 3 9 74514 Karolina Danak 14 12 8 24 12 Ret 5 Ret2915 Isis Carreño 19 Ret 10 18 13 13 13 14 12 162116 Line Vieillard 12 13 Ret 17 18 15 Ret 15 13 111717 Emily Bondi Ret 16 19 15 Ret 14 10 Ret 10 191518 Justine Pedemonte Ret 12 11 101519 Arianna Barale 20 21 9 19 21 20 16 22 15 131120 Denise Dal Zotto 16 15 11 14 15 17 17 19 16 151021 Josephine Bruno Ret 9722 Lucy Michel 21 19 13 25 16 18 18 18 18 12723 Mallory Dobbs 23 17 Ret 10 17 21 Ret 20 20 Ret624 Patrycja Sowa 22 22 12 21 22 22 14 17625 Katie Hand Ret 18 14 23 20 19 19 21 17 14426 Adéla Ouředníčková 15 Ret 15 20 Ret 16 15 16 19 18327 Martina Guarino 17 20 16 16 19 Ret028 Birgit Scheffer 18 22029 Julie Ritaine 22 20030 Gabrielly Lewis 20 23031 Ornella Ongaro 21 210RiderPORASSBALMISDONJERSource

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