Beatriz Neila won FIM World Women’s Circuit Racing Race 2 Sunday morning at TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands. Riding her Ampito Crescent Yamaha YZF-R7 on Pirelli control tires, Neila won the 12-lap race by just 0.170 second.
Maria Herrera was the runner-up on her Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha YZF-R7, and Lucie Boudesseul got third on her GMT94 Yamaha YZF-R7.
American Mallory Dobbs finished the race 10th her YVS Sabadell Diva Racing Yamaha YZF-R7.
Maria Herrera leads the championship with 90 points, 13 ahead of Beatriz Neila who has 77 points. Roberta Ponziani is third with 52 points.
Resultswwcr race 2
More from a press release issued by WorldSBK:
Neila nabs the win from Herrera with final sector heroics, Boudesseul takes her first 2026 podium. Assen’s final race left little to be desired after a dramatic final lap.
FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship action at the Pirelli Dutch Round’s TT Assen Circuit came to a firecracker finish as Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) took her first race win of 2026 and her fifth of all time. Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) followed her onto the podium, earning her 23rd rostrum result alongside Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94 Yamaha) in P3, for the third time in WorldWCR
NEILA IN THE CLUTCH: The Spaniard takes her 18th straight podium
On a cold Sunday morning at Assen, rain was falling on the first and sector prior to the start of the race. Undeterred, Maria Herrera shot off the line for the holeshot ahead of Beatriz Neila and Muklada Sarauech (EEST NJT Racing Team). Neila and Herrera replicated their 2025 season-opening fight at Assen as they went head-to-head all race. As the race passed the two-thirds mark, Herrera and Neila traded overtakes on Lap 5 before the Championship leader began to put more space between her and her rival. Lap after lap however, Neila whittled down that lead and much like last season, she made a thrilling move into the final chicane; but this time she kept her bike off the green, to serve Herrea an upset in the round’s final race.
FRENCH PHENOM: Boudesseul takes her first podium since the 2025 season finale
Sarapuech made a mistake and ran wide on the first lap, isolating the #36 and #6 at the front of the pack by a second and a half by the second lap of the contest. As the pair ahead of her pulled away, so too did Lucie Boudesseul to carve out her first podium of the season. Behind her, the Thai rider wrestled with Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team) for P3. On Lap 5, Ponziani was bundled aside by Sarapuech and fell back to finish P7. She had the last laugh over the Thai rider, however, as she finished P4 and the #12 in P5. Chloe Jones (Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha) had a big wheelie at lights out, costing her four positions early to sit in P9 by the end of the first lap; however, by Lap 4, she was already back in P6, where she went on to finish.
RELPH’S RESILIENCE: The Australian bit the bullet and took P8
Yvonne Cerpa (MotosCerpa-Gradara Corse) rode a composed Race 2, improving her P8 grid position to a P7 finish. Tayla Relph (Full Throttle Racing) has plenty to be proud of after Race 2, landing P8 after her Saturday crash and getting the all clear from the medical centre after the Warm Up session. Pakita Ruiz (PR46+1 Racing Team) took P9, back in the top ten after seeing her impressive streak of having scored in every WorldWCR race broken after her Race 1 crash. in Mallory Dobbs (YVS Sabadell Diva Racing) enjoyed some of the best racing of her career as she fought in the pack at the centre of the timesheet, and landed P10 for the first time since Magny-Cours last season. Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team) didn’t partake in the race as she was ruled unfit earlier in the day after her Race 1 crash.
The top six from the WorldWCR Race 1: Full results here!
1. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha)
2. Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) +0.170s
3. Lucie Boudesseul (GMT94 Yamaha) +9.538s
4. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team) +16.773s
5. Makluda Sarapuech (EEST NJT Racing Team) +17.249s
6. Chloe Jones (Monster Energy Crescent Yamaha) +17.351s
Fastest lap: Beatriz Neila – 1’47.132s, new lap record
Championship standings
1. Maria Herrera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) 90 points
2. Beatriz Neila (Ampito Crescent Yamaha) 77
3. Roberta Ponziani (Klint Racing Team) 52
4. Paola Ramos (Klint Racing Team) 45
5. Makluda Sarapuech ((EEST NJT Racing Team) 34
6. Natalia Rivera (Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR) 32
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