Maria Herrera wins 2025 World WCR at the Final Round of WSBK at Jerez, taking Race 1 victory and finishing P6 in Race 2 in front of cheering fans trackside. In what has been an intense battle for supremacy across 6 Rounds, the Klint Forward Racing Team rider has produced 7 wins from 12 races, along with 11 podiums to take the coveted World Championship from fellow Spanish rider – Beatriz Neila in P2 and British rider – Chloe Jones completing the top 3 in P3 overall.
For Herrera, winning the Women’s Circuit World Championship caps an amazing career spanning over a decade racing Moto3, WSBK SSP, WSBK SSP300, MotoE, and World WCR. Most certainly, 2024 and 2025 race seasons have pushed the Spanish rider to deliver optimal performances competing in both MotoE 7 Rounds and World WCR 6 Rounds from April through to November.
Such tight schedules have prompted Maria to redefine her mental, physical, and technical capabilities to be able to race on board Moto E Ducati V21L bike then switch to race on World WCR specified Yamaha YZF-R7 bike. As Maria freely admits, the adaptation has taken full focus to face and overcome all challenges presented, all the while proving highly rewarding for Maria’s development as a rider from one race season to the next.
All of which speaks volumes on Maria’s sheer will power to compete in two different Championships gaining knowledge, race-craft, and wisdom to handle the changing conditions of racing against equally determined competition. Such was the case today in Race 2, when Spanish wildcard rider – Paola Ramos stretched a gap up front creating additional suspense among Teams, fans, family and friends on whether Herrera would ultimately clinch the Title.
In MH6 style, Maria remained as focused as ever, embracing the battle to gain her first World WCR Championship win – a remarkable feat indeed.
Header photo: Maria racing World WCR 2025 Image: Team.
Words: Sharon Cox.
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