Danny Kent lands top 125GP ride
Danny Kent has landed a top 125GP ride in the team that won last year’s crown with Spanish sensation Marc Marquez.
Kent, who impressed during selected wild card appearances at the end of the 2010 campaign for the Lambretta squad, will partner German Jonas Folger in the Red Bull Ajo Motorsport squad on a Derbi machine.
Kent will be joined by three other Brits in the final two-stroke 125GP series before the class is replaced by the four-stroke Moto3 world championship in 2011.
Danny Webb is back for another stint in the all-new Indian Mahindra Racing effort, which was launched last week.
Taylor Mackenzie, son of triple MCN British Superbike champion Niall will ride for the Worldwide Race squad while Harry Stafford is another graduate out of the successful Red Bull Rookies Cup series.
He will ride an Aprilia for the Ongetta-Centro Seta outfit. Favourite for the 2011 crown will be Nicolas Terol, who finished runner-up behind Marquez last season.
Full 2011 125GP entry list
3; LUIGI MORCIANO, ITALIAN, TEAM ITALIA FMI, APRILIA
5; JOHANN ZARCO, FRENCH, AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI
7; EFREN VAZQUEZ, SPANISH, AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI
11; SANDRO CORTESE, GERMAN, RACING TEAM GERMANY, TBC
12; DANIEL KARTHEININGER, GERMAN, CARETTA TECHNOLOGY RACE DPT., KTM
15; SIMONE GROTZKYJ, ITALIAN, WORLDWIDE RACE, APRILIA
17; TAYLOR MACKENZIE, BRITISH, WORLDWIDE RACE, APRILIA
18; NICOLAS TEROL, SPANISH, BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM, APRILIA
19; ALESSANDRO TONUCCI, ITALIAN, TEAM ITALIA FMI, APRILIA
21; HARRY STAFFORD, BRITISH, ONGETTA-CENTRO SETA, APRILIA
23; ALBERTO MONCAYO, SPANISH ANDALUCIA CAJASOL APRILIA
25; MAVERICK VINALES, SPANISH, PEV-BLUSENS-SMX-PARIS HILTON, APRILIA
26; ADRIAN MARTIN, SPANISH, MOTORSPORT 69, APRILIA
30; GIULIAN PEDONE, SWISS, WORLDWIDE RACE, APRILIA
31; NIKLAS AJO, FINNISH, TT MOTION EVENTS RACING, APRILIA
39; LUIS SALOM, SPANISH, MOLENAAR RACING GP, APRILIA
40; SERGIO GADEA, SPANISH, PEV-BLUSENS-SMX-PARIS HILTON, APRILIA
43; FRANCESCO MAURIELLO, ITALIAN, WTR-TEN10 RACING, APRILIA
44; MIGUEL OLIVEIRA, PORTUGUESE, ANDALUCIA CAJASOL, APRILIA
52; DANNY KENT, BRITISH, RED BULL AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI
53; JASPER IWEMA, DUTCH, MOLENAAR RACING GP, APRILIA
55; HECTOR FAUBEL, SPANISH, BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM, APRILIA
63; ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN, MALAYSIAN, AIRASIA – SIC – AJO, DERBI
69; SARATH KUMAR, INDIAN, WTR-TEN10 RACING, APRILIA
71; TOMOYOSHI KOYAMA, JAPANESE, RACING TEAM GERMANY, TBC
72; ALEXANDER KRISTIANSSON, SWEDISH, MATTEONI RACING, APRILIA
76; HIROKI ONO, JAPANESE, CARETTA TECHNOLOGY RACE DPT., KTM
77; MARCEL SCHROTTER, GERMAN, MAHINDRA RACING, MAHINDRA
84; JAKUB KORNFEIL, CZECH, ONGETTA-CENTRO SETA, APRILIA
94; JONAS FOLGER, GERMAN, RED BULL AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI
96; LOUIS ROSSI, FRENCH, MATTEONI RACING, APRILIA
99; DANNY WEBB, BRITISH, MAHINDRA RACING, MAHINDRA
