Danny Kent
Danny Kent (born November 25, 1993 in Chippenham , England ) is a British motorcycle racer and World Champion in the Moto3 class.
Career
Kent began his racing career on a pocket bike in 2001, when he was six years old. Discovered by former motorcycle racer Roger Burnett , Kent started in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2009 (1 win; 4th overall) and 2010 (2 wins; 2nd overall) .
In 2010 he had his first races in the 125 cm³ class of the motorcycle world championship .
Motorcycle world championship
125 cc / Moto3 class
In 2011 Danny Kent started his first full season in the Motorcycle World Championship. He rode an Aprilia for Aki Ajo's team . He stayed with the Ajo Motorsport team in 2012 in the newly created Moto3 class. The motorcycle was now a KTM . This year Kent was able to record two victories and finished fourth overall. In the 2013 season he competed in the Moto2 category on Tech 3 . At the end of the season he finished 22nd overall with 15 points.
In 2014 Danny Kent went back to the Moto3 class. He achieved two third places on a Husqvarna . He finished eighth overall with 129 points. In 2015 he switched to the Leopard Racing Team . There he drove a Honda . His teammates were the Spaniard Efrén Vázquez and the Japanese Hiroki Ono . At the last round of the season in Valencia at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit , Kent was ninth enough to become world champion in the Moto3 class for the first time in his career.
After separating from Kiefer Racing in Moto2 in 2017 , Danny Kent drove the French Grand Prix with a wildcard for his former Red Bull KTM Ajo team .
Moto2 class
For the 2016 season , the Briton rose again to the Moto2 class. As before in Moto3, he was part of the Leopard Racing Team . His teammate there was the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira . At the end of the season he finished 22nd overall with 35 points. His best result was sixth place in the Qatar Grand Prix . In 2017 he got a new team-mate in the Swiss Dominique Aegerter . However, Kent himself did not stay with the team for long. After the warm-up for the Texas Grand Prix , the third race of the season, he parted ways with Kiefer Racing . Danny Kent cited irreconcilable differences as the reason.
statistics
In the motorcycle world championship
(Status: end of season 2018)
season | class | team | motorcycle | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | Nice Race laps | Points | position |
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2010 | 125 cc | Aztec Grand Prix | Honda | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lambretta Reparto Corse | Lambretta | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
2011 | 125 cc | Red Bull Ajo MotorSport | Aprilia | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | 82 | 11. |
2012 | Moto3 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 17th | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 154 | 4th |
2013 | Moto2 | Tech 3 | Tech 3 | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | 22nd |
2014 | Moto3 | Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo | Husqvarna | 18th | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 129 | 8th. |
2015 | Moto3 | Leopard Racing | Honda | 18th | 6th | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 260 | World Champion |
2016 | Moto2 | Leopard Racing | Kalex | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | 22nd |
2017 | Moto3 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 31. |
Moto2 | Pine Racing | Suter | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 33. | |
Garage Plus Interwetten | Kalex | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
2018 | Moto2 | Speed Up Racing | Speed up | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 25th |
total | 126 | 8th | 1 | 5 | 7th | 4th | 693 | 1 world title |
Web links
- Danny Kent on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kent: KTM Moto3 test and wildcard in Le Mans. In: motogp.com. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Danny Kent separates from Kiefer via Twitter. In: motorsport-total.com. April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kent, Danny |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British motorcycle racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chippenham , England |