# María Herrera

María Herrera Muñoz (born 26 August 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer.

## 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.
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.
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.

### 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.

## 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 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
#### 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 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
#### 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 |
| 2017 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Aspar Mahindra Moto3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35th |
| 2017 | Moto3 | KTM | MH6 Team | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35th |
| 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 |
| 2022 | 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 |
| 2024 | MotoE | Ducati V21L | Klint Forward Factory Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16th |
| 2025 | MotoE | Ducati V21L | Klint Forward Factory Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | |

#### 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 | | | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 0 |
| Total | 2013–2017, 2019–present | 2013–2017, 2019–present | 2013–2017, 2019–present | 2013–2017, 2019–present | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 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 |
| 2013 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | INP | 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 | INP | 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 | INP 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 |
| 2017 | Moto3 | Mahindra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | AUS 19 | MAL 24 | | | | 35th | 1 |
| 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 |
| 2021 | MotoE | Energica | SPA 9 | FRA 10 | CAT 11 | NED 15 | AUT 17 | RSM1 13 | RSM2 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15th | 27 |
| 2022 | MotoE | Energica | SPA1 15 | SPA2 14 | FRA1 14 | FRA2 15 | ITA1 16 | ITA2 15 | NED1 15 | NED2 8$^‡$ | AUT1 11 | AUT2 14 | RSM1 14 | RSM2 Ret | | | | | | | | | 17th | 21 |
| 2022 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | INA | ARG | AME | POR | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | GER | NED | GBR | AUT | RSM | ARA 27 | JPN | THA | AUS | MAL | VAL | 43rd | 0 |
| 2023 | MotoE | Ducati | FRA1 12 | FRA2 15 | ITA1 17 | ITA2 14 | GER1 15 | GER2 18 | NED1 18 | NED2 15 | GBR1 15 | GBR2 13 | AUT1 15 | AUT2 18 | CAT1 16 | CAT2 16 | RSM1 13 | RSM2 16 | | | | | 18th | 17 |
| 2024 | MotoE | Ducati | POR1 11 | POR2 17 | FRA1 14 | FRA2 14 | CAT1 13 | CAT2 13 | ITA1 15 | ITA2 17 | NED1 11 | NED2 13 | GER1 12 | GER2 17 | AUT1 10 | AUT2 12 | RSM1 14 | RSM2 13 | | | | | 16th | 43 |
| 2025 | MotoE | Ducati | FRA1 | FRA2 | NED1 | NED2 | AUT1 | AUT2 | HUN1 | HUN2 | CAT1 | CAT2 | RSM1 | RSM2 | POR 1 | POR2 | | | | | | | NC* | 0* |
$^‡$ 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 |
| 2018 | Yamaha | SPA 17 | NED 10 | ITA 7 | GBR 18 | CZE 9 | ITA 6 | POR Ret | FRA 4 | 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 | 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 |
| 2020 | Yamaha | | | | | | SPA 14 | SPA 20 | SPA 17 | SPA 17 | SPA | SPA | FRA | FRA | POR | POR | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 2 |
| 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
#### 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 1 | MIS2 1 | DON1 4 | DON2 1 | ARG1 1 | ARG2 3 | CRE1 1 | CRE2 Ret | EST1 2 | EST2 3 | JER1 1 | JER2 Ret | 2nd | 215 |
| 2025 | Klint Forward Team | Yamaha YZF-R7 | ASS1 | ASS2 | CRE1 | CRE2 | DON1 | DON2 | BAL1 | BAL2 | MAG1 | MAG2 | JER1 | JER2 | NC* | 0* |