Danny Webb (motorcycle racer)
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22 March 1991 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Mahindra Racing Test Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel[1] "Danny" Webb (born 22 March 1991 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent)[2] is a British motorcycle racer. He currently races in the International Road Races and the Isle of Man TT aboard a Kawasaki ER6 in the Lightweight TT and a BMW S1000RR in the Superstock, Superbike and Senior TTs. He is the official test rider for Mahindra Racing. On 13 June 2016 it was announced that he would return to Grand Prix in the Moto3 aboard a Mahindra MGP3O in place of Karel Hanika, but he was replaced by Marcos Ramirez after two races.
Racing career
In 2005 Webb was selected to be part of Dorna's MotoGP Academy project—which included participation in the Spanish 125cc Championship—and was confirmed for 2006.[3]
After entering the 2006 Catalan Grand Prix as a wild-card rider,[1] he has competed full time in the 125cc World Championship for the following five years, starting out in 2007 where he failed to score points in all but one of the races. In 2008 the season started off really well for Webb, claiming a career best fifth position in the third race of the season, however he could not keep this up and fell away towards the end of the season. 2009 was hampered by too many retirements and thus did not improve on his performances from the previous year. In 2010 Webb has been at his most consistent regularly breaking into the top 10 of the championship close to the end of the season. Webb joined Mahindra for 2011 and ended the season in 19th overall. The highlight of the season was a pole position in the final 125cc race, the first pole for Mahindra.[4]
He stayed with Mahindra for 2012 but the season in the Moto3 World Championship was a disaster due to an under powered motorcycle and failed to score any points. He started 2013 riding for Ambrogio Racing aboard a Suter Honda but was released by the team mid season due to unsatisfactory results.[5] He then signed for PTR Honda to contest the remaining four rounds of the Supersport World Championship aboard a Honda CBR600RR.
For 2014, he signed to ride in the British National Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R for the Moto Breakers team. He left after a few rounds due to poor performances and later joined Collisions Recovery to ride their Kawasaki ZX-6R in the British Supersport Championship, he finished the season in 24th position overall. He remained in the British Supersport class for 2015 but switched teams and motorcycles as he signed for Appleyard / Macadam & Doodson to ride a Yamaha YZF-R6.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Pod | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 125 cc | Honda | Repsol Honda | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 2007 | Honda | De Graaf Grand Prix | 99 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26th | – | |
| 2008 | Aprilia | De Graaf Grand Prix | 99 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19th | – | |
| 2009 | Aprilia | De Graaf Grand Prix | 99 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 | 17th | – | |
| 2010 | Aprilia | Andalucia Cajasol | 99 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 10th | – | |
| 2011 | Mahindra | Mahindra Racing | 99 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 19th | – | |
| 2012 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Mahindra Racing | 99 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| 2013 | Suter Honda | Ambrogio Racing | 99 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20th | – | |
| 2016 | Mahindra | Platinum Bay Real Estate | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – | |
| Total | 102 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 208.5 | – | |||||
By class
| Class | Seas | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 cc | 2006–2011 | 2006 Catalonia | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 193.5 | – | ||
| Moto3 | 2012–2013, 2016- | 2012 Qatar | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | – | ||
| Total | 2006–2016 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 208.5 | – | |||
By year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 125cc | Honda | SPA | QAT | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT DNQ |
NED | GBR | GER | CZE | MAL | AUS | JPN | POR | VAL | NC | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 125cc | Honda | QAT Ret |
SPA Ret |
TUR 23 |
CHN 23 |
FRA 27 |
ITA 21 |
CAT 26 |
GBR 25 |
NED Ret |
GER 27 |
CZE 28 |
RSM 30 |
POR 20 |
JPN 13 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 22 |
VAL 21 |
26th | 3 | |
| 2008 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 6 |
SPA Ret |
POR 5 |
CHN Ret |
FRA 21 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 11 |
GBR Ret |
NED DNS |
GER Ret |
CZE Ret |
RSM 14 |
IND 15 |
JPN 10 |
AUS DNS |
MAL Ret |
VAL Ret |
19th | 35 | |
| 2009 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 9 |
JPN 11 |
SPA 8 |
FRA Ret |
ITA Ret |
CAT Ret |
NED Ret |
GER 8 |
GBR Ret |
CZE 16 |
IND 11 |
RSM 10 |
POR Ret |
AUS 13 |
MAL Ret |
VAL DNS |
17th | 38.5 | ||
| 2010 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT 11 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 9 |
ITA 10 |
GBR 10 |
NED 7 |
CAT 10 |
GER 7 |
CZE Ret |
IND 6 |
RSM 10 |
ARA 9 |
JPN 7 |
MAL Ret |
AUS 10 |
POR 9 |
VAL 16 |
10th | 93 | |
| 2011 | 125cc | Mahindra | QAT 16 |
SPA Ret |
POR 16 |
FRA Ret |
CAT Ret |
GBR 11 |
NED 13 |
ITA Ret |
GER 14 |
CZE 12 |
IND DNS |
RSM 21 |
ARA 15 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 10 |
MAL 13 |
VAL Ret |
19th | 24 | |
| 2012 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT 18 |
SPA Ret |
POR Ret |
FRA Ret |
CAT Ret |
GBR Ret |
NED Ret |
GER 18 |
ITA 20 |
IND DNS |
CZE | RSM Ret |
ARA 25 |
JPN 26 |
MAL Ret |
AUS DNS |
VAL Ret |
NC | 0 | |
| 2013 | Moto3 | Suter Honda | QAT 11 |
AME 11 |
SPA 13 |
FRA DNS |
ITA 17 |
CAT 14 |
NED Ret |
GER | IND | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | MAL | AUS | JPN | VAL | 20th | 15 | |
| 2016 | Moto3 | Mahindra | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED 22 |
GER 22 |
AUT |
CZE |
GBR |
RSM |
ARA |
JPN |
AUS |
MAL |
VAL |
NC | 0 |
Supersport World Championship
By year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Honda | AUS | SPA | NED | ITA | GBR | POR | ITA | RUS | GBR | GER 23 |
TUR 18 |
FRA 17 |
SPA 11 |
26th | 5 |
References
- 1 2 "Daniel Webb suffers wrist fracture". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 17 June 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ "Danny Webb". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ↑ "MotoGP Academy announces 2006 plans". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ "Danny Webb and Mahindra on pole for 125cc finale after damp Valencia session". autosport.com. Haymarket Media Group. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ↑ "Danny Webb is not going to be part of Ambrogio Racing team in the second half of the 2013 season.". wwg-2013.softecspa.it. Ambrogio Racing. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.