World WCR 2025 – insight on facts and figures from the season heading into 2026. With the Final Round completed at Jerez at the weekend, crowning Maria Herrera as Women’s Circuit Racing World Champion – what can be learnt from results posted over 6 Rounds and why is the data significant?
The wins: only 3 rider’s stood on the top step of the podium – Maria Herrera took 6 wins from 12 races, Beatriz Neila won 4 and Roberta Ponziani won 1 at Round 2 at Cremona. A total of 7 rider’s shared podium positions – Herrera took 10 podiums from 12 races, Neila claimed 12 podiums over 6 Rounds, Chloe Jones backed up her talent with 6 podiums, Sara Sanchez 3 podiums, Roberta Ponziani 2 podiums, Lucie Boudesseul 2 podiums in both Race 2 at Rounds 5 and 6, and Paola Ramos claimed her first podium winning the final race of the season.
Progression of results over 6 Rounds: Herrera claimed Superpole 3x and placed P2 on the starting grid 3x achieving highly consistent grid results for the season. Neila won Superpole 2x and British rider Chloe Jones gained her first Superpole in Round 5 on debut. Sara Sanchez, Astrid Madrigal, Luci Boudesseul, and Paola Ramos claimed P3 start positions with Roberta Ponziani and Avalon Lewis taking P4 grid positions in Rounds 4, 6, and 1 respectively.
Standout performances: Herrera claiming World WCR Championship on 245 points. Neila finishing P2 on 240 points. Chloe Jones rounding out the top 3 on 164 points in her rookie season. Lucie Boudesseul for achieving 2 P3 finishes at the tail end of the season, Australia’s Tayla Relph for her best Superpole result of P5 in Round 6, and Paola Ramos for her win in Race 2 at Jerez on Sunday.
And, so to the incredible victory of Ramos pulling a 9.578 second gap to Neila in P2 in the final race of the Series. Certainly, the wildcard entry of Ramos coupled with her speed challenged previous race positions with Paola out in front and rider’s from P2 to P8 battling for position within 100th second of each other. Such a commanding performance begs the question – if Ramos races World WCR 2026 – would she dominate up front in every race?
The data on Race 2 highlights a number of rider’s produced comparable speed and lap times – Ramos: fastest lap 1’51.849 Speed 198.8, Neila: 1’52.354 Speed 204.0, Boudesseul: 1’52.416 Speed 206.3, Pakita Ruiz: 1’52.496 Speed 207.8, Jones: 1’52.393 Speed 205.9, Herrera: 1’52.303 Speed 201.8, and Ponziani: 1’52.093 Speed 209.4. All of which suggests that rider’s who possess the combination of speed, race-craft, experience, and mental agility to produce best possible performances on the track remains an open ended question – not a fore-gone conclusion.
For World WCR, the battle for supremacy has just reached new heights – roll on the Opening Round in Portugal, March 27 – 29.
Header Photo: World WCR podiums at the Final Round in Jerez Image: MXLink.
Words: Sharon Cox.
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