María Herrera Muñoz (born 26 August 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. She won the 2025 FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship after double winning at the final round in Circuito de Jerez. She is also a champion in ESBK, having won the championship in 2020 and 2021.

Career Early career 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. 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 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. Herrera's best result was 11th-place at Phillip Island.

Herrera 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.

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.

Supersport 300 World Championship In 2018 Maria Herrera was riding for BCD Yamaha MS Racing on a Yamaha YZF-R3 in the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship. She finished 13th in the 2018 World Supersport 300 standings with 45 points taking one fastest lap along the way and several top ten finishes to her name.

MotoE 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. Herrera continued with the Ángel Nieto Team in MotoE until 2024 when she switched to the Klint Forward Factory Team.

WorldWCR

In 2024, Herrera participated in the inaugural FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR) with the Klint Forward Factory Team, finishing second overall in the championship. She remained with the Klint Forward Team in 2025 and won the championship.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 Championship Races by year (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 NAV ARA CAT ALB1 ALB2 VAL 30th 1 2013 KTM CAT1 CAT2 ARA ALB1 ALB2 NAV VAL1 VAL1 JER 4th 102

FIM CEV Moto3 International Championship

Races by year (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 JER2 LMS ARA CAT1 CAT2 ALB NAV ALG VAL1 VAL2 8th 90

Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Moto3 KTM Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto3 Honda Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC Moto3 Husqvarna Husqvarna Factory Laglisse 18 0 0 0 0 9 29th Moto3 KTM MH6 LaglisseMH6 Team 16 0 0 0 0 7 31st Moto3 KTM AGR Team 15 0 0 0 0 1 35th Mahindra Aspar Mahindra Moto3 KTM MH6 Team MotoE Energica Openbank Ángel Nieto Team 6 0 0 0 0 27 14th MotoE Energica Openbank Aspar Team 7 0 0 0 0 33 17th 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 MotoE Ducati V21L Openbank Aspar Team 16 0 0 0 0 17 18th MotoE Ducati V21L Klint Forward Factory Team 16 0 0 0 0 43 16th MotoE Ducati V21L Klint Forward Factory Team 12 0 0 0 0 38 16th Total 130 0 0 0 0 223

By class 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 76 0 0 0 0 189 0 Total 2013–2017, 2019–present 130 0 0 0 0 223 0

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts Moto3 KTM QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL NC 0 Moto3 Honda QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0 Moto3 Husqvarna QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 29th 9 Moto3 KTM QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 31st 7 Moto3 KTM QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN VAL 35th 1 Mahindra AUS MAL MotoE Energica GER AUT RSM1 RSM2 VAL1 VAL2 14th 27 MotoE Energica SPA ANC RSM EMI1 EMI2 FRA1 FRA2 17th 33 MotoE Energica SPA FRA CAT NED AUT RSM1 RSM2 15th 27 2022 MotoE Energica SPA1 SPA2 FRA1 FRA2 ITA1 ITA2 NED1 NED2 AUT1 AUT2 RSM1 RSM2 17th 21 Moto3 KTM QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 43rd 0 MotoE Ducati FRA1 FRA2 ITA1 ITA2 GER1 GER2 NED1 NED2 GBR1 GBR2 AUT1 AUT2 CAT1 CAT2 RSM1 RSM2 18th 17 MotoE Ducati POR1 POR2 FRA1 FRA2 CAT1 CAT2 ITA1 ITA2 NED1 NED2 GER1 GER2 AUT1 AUT2 RSM1 RSM2 16th 43 MotoE Ducati FRA1 FRA2 NED1 NED2 AUT1 AUT2 HUN1 HUN2 CAT1 CAT2 RSM1 RSM2 POR1 POR2 16th 38 Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed. Season still in progress.

Supersport 300 World Championship Races by year (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 Yamaha SPA NED ITA GBR CZE ITA POR FRA 13th 45

Supersport World Championship

Races by year (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 Yamaha AUS THA SPA NED ITA SPA ITA GBR POR FRA ARG QAT 29th 5 Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Honda AUS SPA SPA POR POR 27th 2 Yamaha SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA POR POR Yamaha SPA SPA POR POR ITA ITA NED NED CZE CZE SPA SPA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG INA INA 34th 7

Women's Motorcycling World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2024 Klint Forward Team Yamaha YZF-R7 MIS1 MIS2 DON1 DON2 ARG1 ARG2 CRE1 CRE2 EST1 EST2 JER1 JER2 2nd 215 2025 Klint Forward Team Yamaha YZF-R7 ASS1 ASS2 CRE1 CRE2 DON1 DON2 BAL1 BAL2 MAG1 MAG2 JER1 JER2 1st 245 2026 Terra & Vita GRT Yamaha WorldWCR Team Yamaha YZF-R7 ALG1 ALG2 ASS1 ASS2 BAL1 BAL2 MIS11 MIS21 DON11 DON22 JER1 JER2 * *

season still in progress

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