Kent’s Danny Webb was in the points in the Moto3 race this weekend at a sweltering Jerez round in Spain.
The local lad qualified in 12th place for the Sunday and race and was hoping that he could be challenging the leaders for the big points.
However, he has to settle for 13th place in the race as his teammate Brad Binder brought his Ambrogio Racing bike home in fourth place.
Webb’s standing in the Championship echoes his place in this weekend’s moto3 race as he is 13th on 13 points, just three behind Alexis Masbou who finished tenth this weekend.
The race was red flagged giving Maverick Vinales took the victory somewhat hollowly as Alan Techer reached out and needed treatment on track, he sustained concussion but should be ok.
As the race was at two third distance there was no need for the race to be restarted when the crash happened so it was called as a result.
This meant that Luis Salom came home in second place with Jonas Folger in third place and Brad Binder in fourth place. Alex Rins had a disappointing weekend as he failed to finish on his KTM machine.
Vinales now leads the Championship by four points from Salom with Rins in third place despite not finishing this weekend’s race.
The Championship now moves to Le Mans in a few weeks’ time as the Moto3 season continues on the 19th May.
Result of the Moto3 race in Jerez:
| 1 | Maverick Vinales | 26m57.338s | ESP | KTM | Team Calvo |
| 2 | Luis Salom | 0.263 | ESP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo |
| 3 | Jonas Folger | 4.475 | GER | KTM | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 |
| 4 | Brad Binder | 15.104 | ZAF | HONDA | Ambrogio Racing |
| 5 | Jakub Kornfeil | 18.412 | CZE | HONDA | Redox RW Racing GP |
| 6 | Niklas Ajo | 19.064 | FIN | KTM | Avant Tecno |
| 7 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | 19.204 | SEPANG | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo |
| 8 | Efren Vazquez | 19.680 | ESP | MAHINDRA | Mahindra Racing |
| 9 | Romano Fenati | 22.763 | ITA | HONDA | San Carlo Team Italia |
| 10 | Alexis Masbou | 23.138 | FRA | HONDA | Ongetta-Rivacold |
| 11 | John Mcphee | 23.189 | SCO | HONDA | Caretta Technology – RTG |
| 12 | Arthur Sissis | 23.796 | AUS | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo |
| 13 | Danny Webb | 27.897 | GBR | HONDA | Ambrogio Racing |
| 14 | Jasper Iwema | 29.586 | HOL | KTM | RW Racing GP |
| 15 | Livio Loi | 29.776 | BEL | KTM | Marc VDS Racing Team |
| 16 | Miguel Oliveira | 33.158 | PORTUGUESE | MAHINDRA | Mahindra Racing |
| 17 | Isaac Viñales | 33.425 | ESP | HONDA | Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta |
| 18 | Alessandro Tonucci | 33.660 | ITA | HONDA | La Fonte Tascaracing |
| 19 | Eric Grando | 35.004 | BRA | KTM | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 |
| 20 | Philipp Oettl | 40.403 | GER | KTM | Paddock TT Motion Events |
| 21 | Matteo Ferrari | 44.533 | ITA | HONDA | Ongetta-Centro Seta |
| 22 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 44.657 | ITA | HONDA | Go & Fun Gresini Moto3 |
| 23 | Alex Marquez | 50.055 | ESP | KTM | Estrella Galicia 0’0 |
| 24 | Hyuga Watanabe | 1’02.153 | JPN | HONDA | La Fonte Tascaracing |
| 25 | Kevin Hanus | 1’22.197 | GER | HONDA | Thomas Sabo GP Team |
| 26 | Francesco Bagnaia | 1 lap | ITA | HONDA | San Carlo Team Italia |
| 27 | Alan Techer | DNF | FRA | HONDA | CIP Moto3 |
| 28 | Florian Alt | DNF | GER | KTM | Kiefer Racing |
| 29 | Ana Carrasco | DNF | ESP | KTM | Team Calvo |
| 30 | Jack Miller | DNF | AUS | HONDA | Caretta Technology – RTG |
| 31 | Niccolo Antonelli | DNF | ITA | HONDA | Go & Fun Gresini Moto3 |
| 32 | Alex Rins | DNF | ESP | KTM | Estrella Galicia 0’0 |
| 33 | Toni Finsterbusch | DNF | GER | KTM | Kiefer Racing |
| 34 | Juanfran Guevara | DNF | ESP | HONDA | CIP Moto3 |
| 35 | Jorge Navarro | DNF | ESP | MIR | Cuna de Campeones |
Championship standings after Jerez:
| 1 | Maverick Vinales | 65 pts | ESP | KTM | Team Calvo |
| 2 | Luis Salom | 61 pts | ESP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo |
| 3 | Alex Rins | 41 pts | ESP | KTM | Estrella Galicia 0’0 |
| 4 | Jonas Folger | 40 pts | GER | KTM | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 |
| 5 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | 28 pts | Sepang | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo |
| 6 | Brad Binder | 24 pts | ZAF | HONDA | Ambrogio Racing |
| 7 | Miguel Oliveira | 20 pts | Portuguese | MAHINDRA | Mahindra Racing |
| 8 | Niklas Ajo | 18 pts | FIN | KTM | Avant Tecno |
| 9 | Jakub Kornfeil | 17 pts | CZE | HONDA | Redox RW Racing GP |
| 10 | Efren Vazquez | 16 pts | ESP | MAHINDRA | Mahindra Racing |
| 11 | Arthur Sissis | 16 pts | AUS | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo |
| 12 | Alexis Masbou | 16 pts | FRA | HONDA | Ongetta-Rivacold |
| 13 | Danny Webb | 13 pts | GBR | HONDA | Ambrogio Racing |
| 14 | Alex Marquez | 13 pts | ESP | KTM | Estrella Galicia 0’0 |
| 15 | Jack Miller | 10 pts | AUS | HONDA | Caretta Technology – RTG |
| 16 | Romano Fenati | 8 pts | ITA | HONDA | San Carlo Team Italia |
| 17 | John Mcphee | 5 pts | SCO | HONDA | Caretta Technology – RTG |
| 18 | Jasper Iwema | 5 pts | HOL | KTM | RW Racing GP |
| 19 | Isaac Viñales | 3 pts | ESP | HONDA | Bimbo-Ongetta-Centro Seta |
| 20 | Livio Loi | 1 pts | BEL | KTM | Marc VDS Racing Team |
| 21 | Toni Finsterbusch | 0 pts | GER | KTM | Kiefer Racing |
| 22 | Philipp Oettl | 0 pts | GER | KTM | Paddock TT Motion Events |
| 23 | Niccolo Antonelli | 0 pts | ITA | HONDA | Go & Fun Gresini Moto3 |
| 24 | Matteo Ferrari | 0 pts | ITA | HONDA | Ongetta-Centro Seta |
| 25 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 0 pts | ITA | HONDA | Go & Fun Gresini Moto3 |
| 26 | Kevin Hanus | 0 pts | GER | HONDA | Thomas Sabo GP Team |
| 27 | Juanfran Guevara | 0 pts | ESP | HONDA | CIP Moto3 |
| 28 | Jorge Navarro | 0 pts | ESP | MIR | Cuna de Campeones |
| 29 | Hyuga Watanabe | 0 pts | JPN | HONDA | La Fonte Tascaracing |
| 30 | Francesco Bagnaia | 0 pts | ITA | HONDA | San Carlo Team Italia |
| 31 | Florian Alt | 0 pts | GER | KTM | Kiefer Racing |
| 32 | Eric Grando | 0 pts | BRA | KTM | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 |
| 33 | Ana Carrasco | 0 pts | ESP | KTM | Team Calvo |
| 34 | Alessandro Tonucci | 0 pts | ITA | HONDA | La Fonte Tascaracing |
| 35 | Alan Techer | 0 pts | FRA | HONDA | CIP Moto3 |