Guillén Seals First Spanish Women’s Motocross World Title

The opening lap that settled everything

Daniela Guillén held six points over Kiara Fontanesi, the six-time world champion chasing a seventh crown.

Guillén chose attack. She swept past Fontanesi and then Fransson inside the opening lap of race one, seizing a lead she would hold across all twelve laps. Crossing the line 4.776 seconds clear of Lotte Van Drunen, with Fontanesi fourth, she doubled her championship cushion to thirteen points before the gate dropped for moto two.

A rival’s fall and a comeback sealed it

Fontanesi’s challenge unravelled on the opening lap of race two. A tip-over dropped her to twelfth, and though she clawed her way back to seventh, the mathematics of a seventh title evaporated in the red dust. Guillén moved from fourth to third early, then capitalised on a mistake from Courtney Duncan on lap seven to snatch second.

By lap nine she was through into the lead, and once there she was untouchable. She pulled the gap to 2.841 seconds at the flag and set the fastest lap of the race at 1:47.229. A perfect 1-1 scorecard on the final weekend sealed the championship by 24 points.

“I’m really happy,” Guillén told reporters afterwards. “I started a little bit off but then I pushed and I won.” Fontanesi, gracious in defeat, added: “Congratulations to Daniela, she deserved the title, she rode very well.”

Ten podiums, one champion

The crown was the product of a career’s most complete campaign: five moto wins, three overall Grand Prix victories, and a podium finish in every single round of the 2026 season. She finished on 233 points to Fontanesi’s 209. Guillén had been runner-up in 2023 and 2024, third in 2025, before finally stepping onto the top rung.

The fight with Fontanesi had swung all year. Guillén lost the red plate in Great Britain by just two points, snatched it back emphatically at Arnhem, and never surrendered it again.