The first FIM Women’s World Championship (WorldWCR) will start the preseason this Thursday and Friday at the Cremona test where the 24 drivers registered for the championship will share the track for the first time. This is a competition of one brand, all participants will compete on a Yamaha YZF-R7 whose maintenance will be managed by a technical team led by Luca Montiron (JiR) and assigned to them before the start of the test.
The championship will consist of six rounds starting in a month (June 14-16) in Emilia-Romagna (Misano) and will be completed in Donington Park (July 12-14), Portimao (August 9-11), Balaton Park (August 23 -25). ), Cremona (September 20-22) and Jerez (October 18-20)
The pilots will participate in initial briefings and be assigned a Yamaha YZF-R7 – the latest in the R series, with its high-torque 689cc engine and compact chassis – on which they will compete throughout the six rounds of the season .
Once the initial configuration of the bike is complete, they will do several test sessions totaling one hour and 40 minutes of track time on Thursday and two hours on Friday spread over several sessions to fine tune their settings.
The Supersport300 world champion in 2018 Ana Carrasco (Evan Bros. Racing Yamaha Team) is the most recognizable name of the inaugural Women’s World Championship. He acknowledges that “I hardly know anyone because they are from different countries! I only know the Spanish drivers. I have never been on the track with the others. After the test it will be easier to see which drivers will ride. top. “
“It’s a new circuit for everyone, so it will be good. We will test the bikes there, and being on a neutral track will be good to see exactly what the level is. If you ride a lot on a circuit, you can be fast, but then on other tracks, things change.
Spain is the country with the most pilots, five -Ana Carrasco, Beatriz Neila, Sara Sánchez, Paquita Ruiz and Andrea Sibaja-, followed by France and South Africa, with two. Taiwan, Colombia, Mexico, Norway, Chile, Ukraine, Israel, Australia, United States, Germany, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Austria, Japan and Italy are represented.
The women’s World Cup grid
4- Emily Bondi (FRA), YART Zelos Black Knights Team
7- Andrea Sibaja (ESP), Deza – Box 77 Racing Team
8- Tayla Relph (AUS), TAYCO Motorsport
10- Ran Yochay (ISR), 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
14- Mallory Dobbs (USA), Sekhmet Motorcycle Racing Team
15- Sarah Varon (COL), ITALIKA Racing FIMLA
16- Lucy Michel (GER), TSL-Racing
19- Adela Ourednickova (CHE), DafitMotorracing
21- Nicole Van Aswegen (RSA), Andalaft Racing
22- Ana Carrasco (ESP), Evan Bros Racing Yamaha Team
28- Ornella Ongaro (FRA), Team Flemmbo PL Performances
29- Mia Stenseth Rusthen (NOR), Rusthen Racing
33- Chun Mei Liu (TPE), WT Racing Team Taiwan
34- Alyssia Whitmore (GBR), Sekhmet Motorcycle Racing Team
35- Lena Kemmer (AUT), Bertl K. Racing Team
36- Beatriz Neila (ESP), Pata Prometeon Yamaha
44- Luna Hirano (JPN), Team Luna
46- Paquita Ruiz (ESP), PS Racing Team 46+1
52- Jessica Howden (RSA), Team Trasimeno
53- Iryna Nadieieva (UKR), MPS.RT
64- Sara Sánchez (ESP), 511 Terra&Vita Racing Team
83- Astrid Madrigal (MEX), ITALIKA Racing FIMLA
96- Roberta Ponziani (ITA), Yamaha Motoxracing WCR Team
99- Isis Carreño (CHI), AD78 FIM Latinoamerica of Team GP3
Source: La Verdad
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