One of the biggest new initiatives to be launched in 2024 is the Women’s World Championship, which will play out during six of the WorldSBK weekends. The riders will include Beatriz Neila Santos, who will take to the track in the colours of the factory Pata Prometeon Yamaha WorldSBK team.

Neila Santos and Pata Prometeon Yamaha ready for the world stage

Selected in 2019 to join the bLU cRU Yamaha project that included participation in the prestigious Yamaha VR46 Master Camp, Beatriz Neila Santos has set the benchmark in the WEC Women’s European Championship, scoring four consecutive titles between 2020 and 2023. She will now compete in the FIM Women's Motorcycling World Championship, where Yamaha will supply all entries with YZR-R7 machines.

“Competing in the first Women's Motorcycle World Championship with the Pata Prometeon Yamaha team is a dream come true for me”, comments Beatriz. “After winning the Women’s European Championship for four years in a row and I really wanted to move to the world stage – this FIM Women's World Championship is the future and it’ll be a historical moment in motorcycle racing for all of us. My goals for this year are to work hard, enjoy, learn a lot with my team and smile.”

“The Women’s World Championship is an exciting initiative coming to the WorldSBK paddock, and naturally as a team we wanted to get involved”, comments team principal Paul Denning. “Beatriz is a young, ambitious rider who has already had success at European Championship level and, with the technical assistance of our team as well as support from Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli, I am sure we can help her to take another step forward in her racing career.”