23 WorldWCR riders have accomplished their first ever outing collectively forward of subsequent month’s inaugural spherical in Misano.
The FIM Girls’s Circuit Racing World Championship check on the Cremona Circuit concluded on Friday afternoon with Ana Carrasco (Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Crew) main the time sheets with a giant margin over her rivals. The 2018 WorldSSP300 Champion posted the one 1’41s lap time of the check to complete seventh tenths away from her rivals forward of the Championship’s inaugural season beginning subsequent month at Misano.
Carrasco led the instances on the finish of Day 2, which featured a totally dry day after yesterday’s afternoon rain, however needed to struggle with Roberta Ponziani (Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Crew) for prime spot, with the pair pushing one another nearer to the 1’41s. The #22 of Carrasco smashed that barrier with a 1’41.446s, which she set within the seventh and ultimate session of the day, whereas Ponziani’s 1’42.121s got here within the fifth session. Sara Sanchez (511 Terra&Vita Racing Crew) was third and round half-a-second again from Carrasco. Occasions on Friday began within the 1’44s and 1’45s brackets however dropped quickly throughout observe motion, with Carrasco discovering greater than 4 seconds because the day progressed.
With this check the primary time riders have been on observe collectively for the WorldWCR, however at a circuit none of them had been on with the Yamaha R7, a pecking order might need began to kind. Beatriz Neila (Ampito / Pata Prometeon Yamaha) improved constantly all through the check to complete in fourth place, forward of Adela Ourednickova (DafitMotoracing) in fifth. Only a tenth separated the Spaniard, who had Jonathan Rea’s (Pata Prometeon Yamaha) Crew Chief, Andrew Pitt working along with her on Friday, and Ourednickova. Tayla Relph (TAYCO Motorsport) was considered one of a number of riders who used the ultimate 10-minute session to full impact, transferring up the order to assert sixth with a 1’43.571s
Relph’s late surge meant Jessica Howden (Crew Trasimeno) was demoted out of the highest six and completed in seventh, forward of Mallory Dobbs (Sekhmet Motorbike Racing Crew) who additionally climbed up the order. Operating in fifteenth till the ultimate session, the American was categorized in eighth after setting a 1’43.881s within the ultimate moments of the check. Lucy Michel (TSL-Racing) was ninth with Isis Carreno (AD78 FIM Latinoamerica by Crew GP3), one of many few riders whose greatest instances didn’t are available both of the ultimate two classes, ending the day in tenth.
Pakita Ruiz (PS Racing Crew 46+1) completed simply outdoors the highest ten with a 1’44.147s, ending the second day in eleventh place. She was only a tenth forward of South Africa’s Nicole Van Aswegen (Andalaft Racing) in twelfth, whose greatest time of 1’44.213s got here within the penultimate session. Ran Yochay (511 Terra&Vita Racing Crew) was thirteenth, setting her greatest time within the ultimate session, with Ornella Ongaro (Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Crew) and Chun Mei Liu (WT Racing Crew Taiwan) finishing the highest 15.
Only a tenth stopped Astrid Madrigal (ITALIKA Racing FIMLA) claiming a top-15 spot, with the Mexican rider’s 1’44.986s unable to maneuver her into the highest 15 locations. She did, nevertheless, have a giant margin to Lena Kemmer (Bertl Ok. Racing Crew) in seventeenth, with the Austrian rider round half a second again from Madrigal. Luna Hirano (Crew Luna) got here dwelling in 18th, two tenths again from Kemmer, with Iryna Nadieieva (MPS.RT) and Andrea Sibaja (Deza – Field 77 Racing Crew) finishing the highest 20. Alyssia Whitmore (Sekhmet Motorbike Racing Crew), Mia Rusthen (Rusthen Racing) and Sara Varon (ITALIKA Racing FIMLA) have been the ultimate categorized riders; Varon’s day ended early with the Colombian rider’s time – a 1’48.067s – coming within the third session of the day and she or he didn’t set any instances in any later classes.
The 2024 FIM Girls’s Circuit Racing World Championship will get underway with the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Spherical on the Misano World Circuit – Marco Simoncelli on June 14th-Sixteenth.
2024 WorldWCR calendar at a look
1. Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Spherical, MWC “Marco Simoncelli” – 14-16 June
2. Prosecco DOC UK Spherical, Donington Park – 12-14 July
3. Pirelli Portuguese Spherical, Autodromo Internacional do Algarve – Sep 11 August
4. Hungarian Spherical, Balaton Park Circuit* – 23-25 August
5. Acerbis Italian Spherical, Cremona Circuit* – 20-22 September
6. Prometeon Spanish Spherical, Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto – 18-20 October
* Topic to homologation
About WorldWCR
The FIM Girls’s Circuit Racing World Championship, with six rounds in 2024, is a pioneering single-make collection completely for aspiring feminine riders, that includes the Yamaha R7. A daring step in the direction of inclusivity, the WorldWCR debuts in 2024, providing rising expertise an equal footing with the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. Addressing disparities, it opens doorways to advantages on and off the observe. As a devoted area for ladies in skilled racing, the WorldWCR breaks stereotypes, will increase illustration, and conjures up the following technology. Celebrating ability and fervour, it establishes a brand new platform the place expertise takes centre stage and breaks obstacles.
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