María Herrera
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![]() Herrera At Donington Park, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oropesa, Spain | 26 August 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | OpenBank Aspar Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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María Herrera Muñoz (born 26 August 1996)[1] is a Spanish motorcycle racer.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Oropesa, Toledo, Herrera was the first female competitor to win a race in the FIM CEV Repsol series, winning the Moto3 race at Motorland Aragón for the Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 squad in 2013.[2] She added a second victory later in the season at Circuito de Navarra, and led the championship into the final round at Jerez. Ultimately, Herrera retired from the final race, and finished fourth in the championship, thirteen points behind champion Fabio Quartararo. Herrera was joined by Quartararo at the Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 squad for the 2014 season. Despite recording a victory in the opening round at Jerez, she only finished on the podium twice, and finished eighth in the championship.
Moto3 World Championship
[edit]While competing in the Spanish championship, Herrera made four guest appearances in the Moto3 World Championship as a wildcard at the Spanish rounds with the Junior Estrella Galicia 0,0 team. In 2015 she embarked on a full season Grand Prix campaign, riding alongside compatriot Isaac Viñales in the Husqvarna Factory Laglisse team.[3] Herrera's best result was 11th-place at Phillip Island.
She was included in the provisional entry list for the 2016 Moto3 season, partnering Lorenzo Dalla Porta at Team Laglisse on KTM bikes. However, the team initially withdrew from the championship due to financial issues. However, on 1 March, Herrera announced her intention to compete in 2016, with Herrera riding a sole KTM entry; which includes her taking over operations of Team Laglisse and becoming an owner-rider for 2016.[4]
Maria Herrera was the only female rider in the MotoGP paddock for 2017 with Team AGR, who was running a single bike in both Moto3 and Moto2 series. She took part in the Moto3 category in 2017. She raced in the same Moto3 class the previous year as Owner-Rider on a KTM with team MH6 and in 2015 with Husqvarna Factory Laglisse.[5]
Supersport 300 World Championship
[edit]In 2018 Maria Herrera was riding for BCD Yamaha MS Racing on a Yamaha YZF-R3 in the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship.[6] She finished 13th in the 2018 World Supersport 300 standings with 45 points[7] taking one fastest lap along the way and several top ten finishes to her name.
MotoE
[edit]Herrera returned to the Grand Prix paddock in 2019, with the Ángel Nieto Team have announcing her as their second rider for the inaugural FIM Enel 2019 MotoE World Cup. The Spanish rider lined up alongside 2011 125cc World Champion and former World SBK and World SSP rider Nico Terol for the Ángel Nieto Team in the first global racing series MotoE World Cup for electric motorcycles.[8] Herrera continued with the Ángel Nieto Team in MotoE until 2024 when she switched to the Klint Forward Factory Team.[9]
WorldWCR
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Maria_Herrera%2C_2024.jpg/220px-Maria_Herrera%2C_2024.jpg)
In 2024 Herrera participated in the inaugural FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR) with the Klint Forward Factory Team.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Mar%C3%ADa_Herrera_Jerez_%28S%C3%A1bado%3B_FP3%29_2014.jpg/220px-Mar%C3%ADa_Herrera_Jerez_%28S%C3%A1bado%3B_FP3%29_2014.jpg)
FIM CEV Moto3 Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Honda | JER 23 |
NAV WD |
ARA Ret |
CAT 29 |
ALB1 19 |
ALB2 15 |
VAL 16 |
30th | 1 | ||
2013 | KTM | CAT1 11 |
CAT2 13 |
ARA 1 |
ALB1 6 |
ALB2 13 |
NAV 1 |
VAL1 5 |
VAL1 2 |
JER Ret |
4th | 102 |
FIM CEV Moto3 International Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Honda | JER1 2 |
JER2 1 |
LMS Ret |
ARA 6 |
CAT1 Ret |
CAT2 8 |
ALB 9 |
NAV 7 |
ALG Ret |
VAL1 5 |
VAL2 Ret |
8th | 90 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
[edit]By season
[edit]Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2013 | Moto3 | KTM | Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2014 | Moto3 | Honda | Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2015 | Moto3 | Husqvarna | Husqvarna Factory Laglisse | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29th |
2016 | Moto3 | KTM | MH6 Laglisse MH6 Team |
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31st |
2017 | Moto3 | KTM | AGR Team | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35th |
Mahindra | Aspar Mahindra Moto3 | |||||||||
KTM | MH6 Team | |||||||||
2019 | MotoE | Energica | Openbank Ángel Nieto Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14th |
2020 | MotoE | Energica | Openbank Aspar Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17th |
2021 | MotoE | Energica | OpenBank Aspar Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15th |
2022 | MotoE | Energica | OpenBank Aspar Team | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17th |
Moto3 | KTM | Angeluss MTA Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd | |
2023 | MotoE | Ducati V21L | Openbank Aspar Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18th |
Total | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
By class
[edit]Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moto3 | 2013–2017, 2022 | 2013 Aragon | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
MotoE | 2019–present | 2019 Germany | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | ||
Total | 2013–2017, 2019–present | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 0 |
Races by year
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
Supersport 300 World Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
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2018 | Yamaha | SPA 17 |
NED 10 |
ITA 7 |
GBR 18 |
CZE 9 |
ITA 6 |
POR Ret |
FRA 4 |
13th | 45 | [11] |
Supersport World Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Yamaha | AUS 16 |
THA 15 |
SPA 15 |
NED 19 |
ITA 15 |
SPA 14 |
ITA DSQ |
GBR | POR Ret |
FRA | ARG | QAT | 29th | 5 | ||||||||||||
2020 | Honda | AUS | SPA | SPA | POR 19 |
POR 18 |
27th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Yamaha | SPA 14 |
SPA 20 |
SPA 17 |
SPA 17 |
SPA | SPA | FRA | FRA | POR | POR | |||||||||||||||||
2021 | Yamaha | SPA 12 |
SPA 13 |
POR 19 |
POR 20 |
ITA Ret |
ITA Ret |
NED Ret |
NED 20 |
CZE | CZE | SPA 19 |
SPA 22 |
FRA 21 |
FRA 19 |
SPA | SPA | SPA C |
SPA 18 |
POR 18 |
POR 23 |
ARG | ARG | INA | INA | 34th | 7 |
Women's Motorcycling World Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
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2024 * | Yamaha YZF-R7 | MIS1 1 |
MIS2 1 |
DON1 4 |
DON2 1 |
ARG1 1 |
ARG2 3 |
CRE1 |
CRE2 |
EST1 |
EST2 |
JER1 |
JER2 |
1st | 129 |
* Season still in progress
References
[edit]- ^ "MARIA HERRERA MUNOZ". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Historic victory by Maria Herrera in Moto3; Ramos and Raffin dominate in Moto2; Morales wins in Stock Extreme". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Maria Herrera secures two-year contract with Team Calvo". Vroom Magazine. Vroom Media. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Lewis, Lisa (1 March 2016). "Herrera, Laglisse stage late return". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ Raj, Rahul (13 February 2017). "The only female rider in the MotoGP paddock for 2017: Maria Herrera". essentiallysports.com.
- ^ "Herrera switches to World Supersport 300 for 2018".
- ^ "ACERBIS French Round, 28 - 30 September 2018 World Supersport 300 - Rider's Performance" (PDF). worldsbk.com. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Maria Herrera to race in inaugural MotoE™ World Cup". www.worldsbk.com.
- ^ "Maria Herrera". MotoGP. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Herrera readies for inaugural WorldWCR campaign: "We'll make history together!"". www.worldsbk.com. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "ACERBIS French Round, 28 - 30 September 2018, World Supersport 300 – Championship Standings" (PDF). Dorna WSBK. 30 September 2018. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- María Herrera at MotoGP.com
- María Herrera at WorldSBK.com
- María Herrera at AS.com (in Spanish)
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Spanish motorcycle racers
- Moto3 World Championship riders
- Supersport World Championship riders
- Sportspeople from Toledo, Spain
- Female motorcycle racers
- MotoE World Cup riders
- Supersport 300 World Championship riders
- MotoE World Championship riders
- FIM Women's Motorcycling World Championship riders