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Cycle News 2024 Issue 50 December 17

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P102 FEATURE I THE 2024 WORLDWCR CHAMPIONSHIP that be? Well, memory tells us WorldSSP300 was instantly en- nobled to a full World Champi- onship in its first season inside the greater WorldSBK paddock, so the idea of the WorldWCR series following suit had merit. What was obvious from the beginning of the whole World - WCR project is that there would only, then Triumph-only engines, and in some years, Moto2 had almost everyone riding the same chassis as well. That's a hefty icebreaker for the idea of a com- pletely level tech playing field in a full World Championship. What about it being a World Championship in its very first year of existence—how could found difficult to overcome was the fact that everybody would be on the same Yamaha YZF-R7 packages, with only some as - pects of each rider's bodywork, leathers, helmets, etc., different from the rest. This was hardly World Cham - pionship racing, was it? Well, in Moto2, first Honda- (Right) Carrasco took the crown in the inaugural WorldWCR—her second FIM World Championship including the 2018 WorldSSP300 title—in the most dramatic of circumstances. (Above) Maria Herrera was always at the front in 2024 but lost out on the title at the last corner of the last lap of the last race.

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