She decided not to return to Grand Prix motorcycle racing in 2016 because she did not receive any offers with a competitive team. Carrasco switched to the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship in 2016 and rode the Griful MVR-M2 after more than a month of negotiations with the team. She said that her objective was to win races in the category and enter Moto2 in 2017. Carrasco started from the pit lane at the season-opening race at Circuit Ricardo Tormo and was later disqualified for ignoring instructions from the race director to serve a ride-through penalty. Later in the season, her team switched bike manufacturers from MVR to a 2014 Suter. At the season's conclusion, Carrasco did not score any points and was not classified in the final standings because her best finish in all races she entered was eighteenth at the first Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya race.