Sonya Lloyd’s 2025 FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship concluded this past weekend at the iconic Jerez circuit in southern Spain.
For Lloyd, the event rounded out what has been a positive first full season on the world stage after only riding on tarmac for a couple of years.
Fast from the opening on track session of the weekend on Friday, she claimed seventeenth on the grid in Superpole – her best performance of the season.
With optimism high for Saturday’s opening race, Sonya made a good start but unfortunately got pushed wide at turn two after making places in the second attempt to run the race following a start procedure issue. With top fifteen pace she finished P18. Race two saw her once again finish inside the top twenty. She crossed the line nineteenth after another hard-fought race.
Sonya now returns home to the US where work for her 2026 season is already underway.
Sonya will announce her plans for next year shortly.
Sonya Lloyd:
“We took the time in practice since I had raced in Jerez last year as a wildcard to try some different tyre pressures to see what worked best for me which meant in Superpole I could stay out the whole session. Luckily, I found some other riders to chase down and ended up having a pretty good Superpole, qualifying in seventeenth position which was my best so far in the world championship. I did not get a great launch in race one but there was a light malfunction so they red flagged the race. After about seven minutes they sent us back out for the restart. In the second start I got a much better start and gained some places into turn one. Into turn two I got stood up a little and got shuffled back a bit. I spent the first part of the race just trying to pick off those riders again but once I regained the places the next group was out of reach. I kept pushing and my last lap was my fastest again which was awesome and a full second quicker than the riders I was chasing down. I had the pace for fourteenth which is a huge step I was confident for race two. Race two was not how I wanted to end the season. I started sixteenth – my highest grid spot yet – and I was confident. I made a good start and had a strong first couple of corners but at turn five someone got a bit eager and pushed me and a few other riders wide. I had to jump the kerb to get back on track and was almost last. I fought my way back into the top twenty and made some good passes. I would have liked to have fought with the group I was with as world championship points were on the cards, but I learned a lot and can be happy with how I rode. I know what I need to work on in the off-season, and I will be doing a lot of flat track and mini moto riding to fine tune my race craft. I really hope to be back in WorldWCR next year. I want to thank everyone who has supported me this year. It has been a huge effort with a lot of flights, new countries and new cultures and it has been one of the most incredible experiences of my life. The Strack Racing / Attack Performance Superbike team from MotoAmerica were so welcoming this past weekend and I want to give a big thanks to them as well as Garrett Gerloff and Tim Robinson for making the last round such an enjoyable experience.”
