María Herrera

María Herrera Muñoz (born 26 August 1996)[1] is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer.

María Herrera
Herrera at the 2014 Catalan Grand Prix
Nationality	Spanish
Born	26 August 1996 Oropesa, Spain
Current team	Openbank Aspar Team
Bike number	6
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto3 World Championship Active years 2013–2017 Manufacturers KTM, Honda, Husqvarna, Mahindra Championships 0 2017 championship position 35th (1 pt) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 53 0 0 0 0 17 MotoE World Cup Active years 2019– Manufacturers Energica Championships 0 2020 championship position 17th (33 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 13 0 0 0 0 60 Supersport World Championship Active years 2019–2020 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2020 championship position 27th (2 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 0 0 0 0 7

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.[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

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

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 World Cup

Maria Herrera is set to return to the Grand Prix paddock in 2019, as the Ángel Nieto Team have announced her as their second rider for the inaugural FIM Enel 2019 MotoE World Cup. The Spanish rider will line 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]

Career statistics

Herrera practicing at the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
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
Total				66	0	0	0	0	77

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2013–2017	2013 Aragon			53	0	0	0	0	17	0
MotoE	2019–present	2019 Germany			13	0	0	0	0	60	0
Total	2013–2017, 2019–Present				66	0	0	0	0	77	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	Pos	Pts
2013	Moto3	KTM	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA 29	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL		NC	0
2014	Moto3	Honda	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA 17	FRA	ITA	CAT Ret	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL 27	NC	0
2015	Moto3	Husqvarna	QAT 22	AME 17	ARG Ret	SPA Ret	FRA 19	ITA 21	CAT 15	NED Ret	GER Ret	IND 24	CZE 23	GBR Ret	RSM 24	ARA 13	JPN 26	AUS 11	MAL 18	VAL 21	29th	9
2016	Moto3	KTM	QAT 16	ARG 14	AME 23	SPA 19	FRA 21	ITA 21	CAT Ret	NED 14	GER DNS	AUT 14	CZE 19	GBR 26	RSM Ret	ARA 28	JPN 23	AUS 15	MAL NC	VAL	31st	7
2017	Moto3	KTM	QAT 21	ARG 15	AME 22	SPA 24	FRA 20	ITA 26	CAT 26	NED 20	GER 26	CZE Ret	AUT 22	GBR 26	RSM DNS	ARA DNS	JPN			VAL 26	35th	1
		Mahindra																AUS 19	MAL 24
2019	MotoE	Energica	GER 16	AUT 16	RSM1 6	RSM2 5	VAL1 14	VAL2 12													14th	27
2020	MotoE	Energica	SPA 15	ANC 11	RSM 15	EMI1 11	EMI2 11	FRA1 7	FRA2 9												17th	33

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	13	14	15	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

Races by year

(key)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos	Pts	Ref
2018	Yamaha	SPA 17	NED 10	ITA 7	GBR 18	CZE 9	ITA 6	POR Ret	FRA 4	13th	45	[9]

References

1. https://mariaherreraoficial.com/#backtotop
2. "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.
3. "Maria Herrera secures two-year contract with Team Calvo". Vroom Magazine. Vroom Media. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
4. Lewis, Lisa (1 March 2016). "Herrera, Laglisse stage late return". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
5. Raj, Rahul (February 13, 2017). "The only female rider in the MotoGP paddock for 2017: Maria Herrera". essentiallysports.com.
6. https://www.motorsport.com/supersport/news/herrera-switches-to-world-supersport-300-for-2018-988149/1383244/
7. http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2018/FRA/SSP300/001/PER/RidersPerformance.pdf?version=49b7bb7b4eabc93879412d3c9b365fce
8. http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2018/Maria+Herrera+to+race+in+inaugural+MotoE+World+Cup
9. "ACERBIS Frech 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

• Profile on motogp.com