THE final round of the 125cc MotoGP season in Valencia just about summed up Danny Webb's year. It started well with him right on the pace but ultimately mechanical problems, followed by a big crash, ended any hopes of challenging for the podium or even the race win.

Both his De Graaf team and the Pembury teenager himself know they are going to have to eradicate these errors if they are going to mount a serious title challenge in 2009.

But that, a shot at the title, is most certainly what Webb is thinking about now. He has a brand new Aprilia for next year and is confident of being right up there, with fellow Brits Scott Redding and Bradley Smith, at the sharp end.

"Pre-season starts in February so it's just about doing physical training between now and then," he said. " I want to get mega-fit and then be unstoppable once the racing begins. I'm hoping to be fighting for the championship. Scott will have a factory bike as will Bradley so it will be great for the three of us to be bossing the big boys around."

The 2008 season started in some style for Webb. Under the floodlights of Qatar he raced to a career best sixth place. A crash in Jerez followed but then he was right back on it in Portugal, qualifying on the front row for the first time and then racing to a brilliant fifth position. Then a tale of woe ensued. He crashed in China, was pointless in France, crashed in Italy, came 11th in Catalunya before disaster struck in front of his home fans at Donington Park.

He didn't even complete one lap as he was taken out by Alexis Masbou and broke his right collar bone. He admits it's still "messed up" but will be having an operation during the winter to put things right.

Sadly, for the rest of the season, it was a case of riding through the pain.

"It was going really well at the beginning, and to be honest it was pretty good all year," Webb admitted. "We were very fast on quite a few occasions but just had a few too many crashes. It will get better next year – I've just got to start getting some consistency. The team could have worked with Aprilia a little bit more, if they had, some of the little mechanical things wouldn't have happened. I'm sure they will do next season."

Things began to pick up again for Webb after the summer break. Despite another crash in Brno, he finished 14th at the next round in Misano. At Indianapolis he took a front row start and although the race didn't go to plan he was soon off on the Pacific leg of the season and the weekend that turned out to be his highlight of the whole year.

"In Malaysia I was in the top five all weekend. There were only two riders with good, good race pace – me and Gabor Talmacsi. In the end I had a problem with the bike but I knew I could have been running up there with him."

It's going to be a long hard winter for Webb but he has another year's experience under his belt and is sure to be right up there when the lights go green on the 2009 season.

Results Race Valencia

After the good results on the first day during the GP Parts Europe de la communitat Valenciana only American Stevie Bonsey manage to place him on the second row. Danny Webb was focus on the first two rows but without the right setting of the front fork Webb had to deal with the 13^th position. Hugo van den Berg had also some problems with the settings of the suspension and didn’t come further than the 38^th position.

The free practice in the morning was held on a wet track. The DeGraaf Grand Prix Team was again in the top of the timesheets with the three riders. Stevie Bonsey manage to put his Aprilia several times on the top position but the track went drier and the American decided to swap tires and used cut slicks in the last part of the session. This wasn’t the best choice and Bonsey ended on the 12^th position. Also Danny Webb and Hugo van den Berg were in the top 5 during this session and choice also the cut slicks and ended up on a 22^nd and 36^th position. Dutchman Hugo van den Berg had some technical problems and missed half an hour of the session.

The qualification was held in dry conditions. Danny Webb had some difficulties with the front supsension and couldn’t push as he wanted. The British youngster was a little bit disappointed with his 13th position on the grid but still it isn’t the worst qualifying he had this year. Tomorrow in the warm-up session Webb will use a different set-up and improve so he will have a good race.

Result QP2 Valencia

The DeGraaf Grand Prix Team has put a superb result during the first qualification of the GP Parts Europe de la communitat Valenciana. All the three riders of the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team manage to qualify in the top 10 on the wet track. American Stevie Bonsey grabbed the 3th spot on the front row. British rider Danny Webb and Dutchman Hugo van den Berg had also a superb session and qualified on the 5^th and 7^th position.

In the wet free practice session in the morning the team went good with Danny Webb on a 6th and Stevie Bonsey on a 10yh position. Hugo van den Berg couldn’t find his rhythm yet and ended the session on a 25th position.

Result QP1 Valencia

In a very hot Malaysia during the Polini Malaysian Grand Prix, the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team had no luck. Danny Webb had a drive through penalty after his bike didn’t start at the grid and came after into the pit lane after a couple of laps.  Hugo van den Berg came in also in and Stevie Bonsey had technical problems and couldn’t finish the race.

Danny Webb (DNF): “Today has been such a let down. All weekend we were fast and the team was strong and we come to race day and everything went wrong. This morning when I woke up I really thought this is the race for the podium but it wasn’t. The bike wouldn’t start on the gird so we had to go from pit lane. That got me stressed and then I got a bad start. It just went from bad to worse and also the bike cut out. Then when I thought that I had all the bad luck, I had a ride through penalty. So that was the end of my race. I am fast enough for the podium but we just need some more luck. We will give it another go in Valencia. It is going to be all or nothing….”

Results Race Sepang

The second and final qualifying during the Polini Malaysian Grand Prix was held in wet conditions. In these circumstances the DeGraaf Grand Prix riders could not improve their lap times like the rest of the field. British youngster Danny Webb starts tomorrow from the front row on a 3^rd position for the 3^rd time in his career. Also the American Stevie Bonsey and Dutchman Hugo van den Berg could not improve their times and will start tomorrow from the 15th and 30th position.

The morning session was held under sunny and warm circumstances. The whole session Britsh rider Danny Webb was battling for the fastest time and was until the last three minutes on the second position. At the end, Webb finishes on a 5th spot in this session. American Stevie Bonsey had engine problems and could only ride a few laps in this session. Bonsey ended up on a 22^nd position. Hugo van den Berg was one second faster than his qualification time of the Friday. With this improvement Van den Berg ended up on a 28^th position.

The qualification was held on a wet track. Just before the session there were a couple of heavy showers so it was for the whole field not possible to improve their lap times from Friday. The DeGraaf Grand Prix riders waited the first couple of minutes to see how the track was like on television and went out after seen it. Danny Webb was again the fastest rider of the team and improved lap by lap on the wet track. In these conditions Webb showed he is also fast and finish on the 4^th position. For tomorrow’s race, Webb will start from front row on a 3^rd spot.

Results QP2 Sepang

In the qualification Friday afternoon the temperatures were already 38 degrees. In these hot circumstances the British youngster Danny Webb parked his Aprilia on a superb 3^rd spot on the front row. A very good session for Webb even with his injured finger.

Results QP1 Sepang

The Australian adventure for the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team during the Australian Grand Prix has ended disappointed. Danny Webb couldn’t start the race because of a crash in the warm-up session. Stevie Bonsey didn’t finish the race because of technical problems and Hugo van den Berg crashed out.

Danny Webb didn’t start the race after his crash in the morning. With a painfull shoulder and damaged left little finger Webb decided together with the team not to start. On Monday the little Englishman will have an operation on his finger so he will be back at the start of the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Results Race Philip Island

In the free practice at the Saturday morning Danny Webb and Stevie Bonsey rode to a 13th and 14th position. In this session Danny Webb had a little crash and Stevie Bonsey lost his chain. So, it wasn’t the best session for them. Also Hugo van den Berg had not the best session of the weekend. His bike had a technical failure and couldn’t finish the session and had only three laps.

Result QP2 Philip Island

The first day for the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team during the Australian Grand Prix went superb. Danny Webb just missed the provisional pole position and ended on a very good second place. Also Stevie Bonsey liked the wet conditions at Philip Island and finished the session on a seventh position. Dutchman Hugo van den Berg rode a superb session and manages to ride his best qualification till now and grabbed the tenth position.  

The dry first session in the morning started good for British Danny Webb. During the session Webb was constantly in the top 10 and finish the session on a nice ninth position. Stevie Bonsey could found his rhythm fast and after several adjustments to the set-up the American ended on the 15^th position. Hugo van den Berg had a little crash in the middle of the session but picked it up and could finish the session on a 28^th position.

The wet qualification was superb for the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team riders. British Danny Webb started the session in the top 10 and when Webb came in for a pit stop he was on an 8th position. Webb let make a few changes on the bike and went out again. When Webb saw on his pit board the distanced to the pole, which was over the 4 seconds, Webb was going for it. The British youngster climbed up to 2^nd spot with one minute to go. In his last lap he was even the fastest in nearly all the sections but lost it in the last section but still manage to stay on the 2^nd spot.

 Danny Webb (2^nd, 1:49,093): “It was a good session. I went out at the beginning and was in the top ten. When I came in we made some small changes to the bike. Went back out and everything felt good. I was just getting faster and faster and it felt like I wasn’t even trying and knocked of nearly a second a lap. At the end I was second so it was a good day for me.” 

Result QP1 Philip Island

Danny Webb rode during the A-Style Grand Prix of Japan a superb race after a poor qualification and finished 10th. Stevie Bonsey went off track in the third lap due another rider but came back strong and finished 20th. Hugo van den Berg was unlucky and has been taken out by Jules Cluzel in the first lap.

  The warm-up session went good for the Britsh younster Danny Webb. His lap time was close to his qualification time and ended up on a 10th spot. Stevie Bonsey tested some different settings of the front fork and finished on the 21st position. Hugo van den Berg manage to set a better lap time than his qualification time and ended up on a 30^th position. 

Danny Webb could look back on a good first lap. After his bad first lap in Indianapolis Webb manage to have a good start and first lap. From the 18^th grid position, the little Englishman past the first time on a 13^th position. Webb hooked up to a group which was finally battling for the 8^th position. At the end of the race Webb was riding on a 9^th spot but had let through Sergio Gadea in the last lap. After a long time Webb scored again a top 10 position and booked another six points for the championship.

Results Race Motegi

The second and final qualification of the A-Style Grand Prix of Japan has been held under sunny weather circumstances. The DeGraaf Grand Prix didn’t rode their best qualification of the season. Stevie Bonsey and Danny Webb will start the race of tomorrow from row five at the 17th and 18th position. Hugo van den Berg struggles a lot woth the Motegi track and qualified on a 38^th spot.

After the changeable weather on the Friday, it was today nice weather with a lot of sun and temperatures around 23 degrees. That’s why every rider could improve his qualification time from yesterday in this session. Danny Webb rode to a 12^th position and Stevie Bonsey to a 19^th position. Hugo van den Berg couldn’t ride many laps because his bike had a technical failure and ended up on the 39^th position.

The qualification didn’t go as the DeGraaf Grand Prix riders wished. Also Danny Webb couldn’t ride the fast lap times he wanted. The British youngster was riding consistently lap times and needed laps half a second faster to be in the top 10. After the session Webb noticed that the he didn’t have yet the desired set-up and the engine had a tiny engine problem. Webb will start tomorrow together with is teammate Bonsey on the fifth row on an 18^th spot.

Results QP2 Motegi

The first day of the A-Style Grand Prix of Japan didn’t bring the good results yet. Danny Webb ended the first qualification on a 16^th position and American youngster Stevie Bonsey was de last rider who made it into the qualification limit on a 34^th position. Hugo van den Berg didn’t qualify because of the weather conditions. 

Like we saw many times this season the weather conditions is taking a big role. Also today during de first qualification session of the A-Style Grand Prix of Japan the weather wasn’t predictable. In the morning session youngster Danny Webb felt very good in the wet conditions and scored a 3^rd position in this session. Stevie Bonsey used the morning session to set-up his Aprilia and ended on a 26^th spot. Hugo van den Berg couldn’t find a good set-up yet and finished on a 34^th position. 

After the free practice it stopped raining. The track was drying quickly but just before the start of the qualification session it started to rain again and it stopped when the session was started five minutes. Everybody started this session on rain tires but in the last ten minutes there was a dry line and the riders swapped to slick tires. Danny Webb was on a 4^th spot in the beginning of the session and came in to change his tires with nine minutes on the clock. Webb changed the rain tires into intermediate and could ride another three fast laps. The British youngster was the first one who takes the flag and couldn’t ride a 4^th fast lap. Webb qualified on a provisional 16^th position.

Danny Webb (16^th, 2:04,012): “Today was a good day. In the morning we were fast in the wet and in the afternoon we were also fast. At the beginning of the session I was constantly in the top five but it got drier and drier. I think I left it one lap to late to change to the dry tires. We know that we are fast in both conditions because when it was getting dry at the end we was always in the top ten but I was one of the first rider to take the flag. Tomorrow we will be looking to have a good day.”

Result QP1 Motegi

After a difficult qualification during the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya all three DeGraaf Grand Prix riders managed to ride a great race. American Stevie Bonsey rode a great race and finished at the 7^th position and British rider Danny Webb rode also a great race and finished on the 11^th position. Dutchman Hugo van den Berg had to come from far after his 32nd qualifying position but did a good race and finished at the 21st position.

In the half wet and half dry warm-up session Stevie Bonsey and Danny Webb had a superb result. Stevie Bonsey was the fastest rider and put down the whole field with a distance of 0, 6 seconds. Danny Webb managed to ride to the 4^th position in this session. Also Hugo van den Berg had a good session and finished at the 23rd spot.

Danny Webb had a bad start and turned into the first corner at the 28th position. After three laps Webb was able to ride trough the field and was battle in the third group for the 15^th position. Webb got stuck in this group because it was very difficult to pass Koyoma. After 75% of the race Webb succeeded to pass Koyama and pulled away one second. Sergio Gadea made a mistake in the race battling for first and got back on track and passed Webb. Webb used his slipstream and within 2 laps Webb pulled away three seconds from the group. Webb finished the race at the 11^th position and grabbed 5 points for the Championship standings.

Danny Webb (11^th): “It was good a race today. I didn’t had a good start and went even worse than my 21^st start position by turning into the first corner on a 28 position. Unfortunally I got stuck in the third group and couldn’t pass Koyama. At the end I managed to pass him and pulled a second away from the group. Then Gadea passed me after he made a mistake and I used him to get away more from the group and pulled a gap of 3 seconds with only three laps to go. I finished 11^th and I’m quite happy with that position after a couple races without points. Gives me a good feeling for the next Grand Prix at Donington which is my home Grand Prix.”

The Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland didn’t bring what the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team expected. Stevie Bonsey was the only rider who finished the race and ended up on an 18th spot. Hugo van den Berg had to retire the race because of a technical failure. Also Danny Webb retired after a little cruise in the gravel.

After a wet warm-up session, the race started on a dry track. There were still drops of rain coming out of the sky but the race director confirmed the race as a dry race. Just after the chequered flag the rain was coming so the 250cc race went on a wet track.

Danny Webb had a good start but lost it in the first lap. The first lap we found Webb as 31st on the timesheets. After a couple of laps Webb managed to pass a lot of riders and moved up to the 24th position. Webb made a mistake in the second last turn and run off the track. Webb decided to come into the pit lane and didn’t want to risk a crash because of his collarbone.

Danny Webb (DNF): “My start was good but I messed up in the first lap. I was 31^st! I could improve in the laps after the beginning and moved up to the 24^th position. I wasn’t aggressive enough and made also a mistake and run off track. Then I decided to call it a day because I didn’t want to risk a crash. My collarbone going better every day and I want to give it a rest now and use the holiday to heal it so I will be 100% fit at Brno.”

Danny Webb had a bad start and also had to brake hard in turn two because a couple of riders crashed. After the first lap we Webb was on position 30. Webb put his head down and chased the field and end up on a nice 14th position. With this position the British rider scored two points for the championship and has a total of 28 points for this moment.

Results Race Misano

After the summerbreak the championship continues at the Cardion AB Grand Prix Ceske Republiky. Danny Webb was the fastest rider of the DeGraaf Grand Team and managed to qualify on the fourth row at the 16th position. Stevie Bonsey nearly had the same lap time as Webb but had to be satisfied with a 18th position. Hugo van den Berg rode to a disappointed 35th position.

In the hot Brno this morning started the first free practice. Danny Webb finished this session on an 18th position and Stevie Bonsey on the 23rd position. Hugo van den Berg had a crash in the beginning of the session and couldn’t ride anymore this session and end up on a 38^th position.

Before the qualification there was treatment of rain and there were already some drops coming out of the sky. It stopped before the session started but the DeGraaf Grand Prix team decided to be the first one on the track. After three laps it really started to rain and the whole field of riders came into the pitlane. Danny Webb scored on that moment an 11th position and Stevie Bonsey was on a 23rd position. Hugo van den Berg was on a 28^th position in the dry.

After ten minutes the rain stopped and everyone went out again to set fast lap times. Danny Webb lost a lot of places and dropped from the 11^th to a 21^st position. The last lap was faster than before but Webb lost his transponder and the lap time was not on the screens. Luckily the organization is also using manual timing and had the last lap of Webb and end up on a 16^th position.

Danny Webb (16^th, 2:11,688): “Today wasn’t so bad. I’m happy but I wanted to be a little bit more in the front. I improved every lap but we didn’t have the normal 30 minutes qualifying time because of the ‘rain break’. I think I can be faster and I will be tomorrow if it isn’t raining. I also want to work more on the set-up but I’m quite satisfied.”

Results QP1 Brno

The grid positions of the Cardion AB Grand Prix Ceske Republiky didn’t change in the second qualification. Danny Webb will start tomorrow from the 4th row on the 16th position. Stevie Bonsey will start one row back from Danny on the 18th position. Hugo van den Berg stays on the 9th row will start tomorrow the race from the 35th position.

In the wet morning session Danny Webb managed to ride to the 10th position and was two seconds back of fastest rider Nicolas Terol.

In the second qualification Danny Webb and Stevie decided not to ride. The track was dry but light rain was dropping out of the sky. The plan was to wait some laps to watch the other riders if they can improve their lap times from the Friday. Those riders couldn’t improve the lap times and were way off their times. After ten minutes it started to rain serious and it had no use to go out on the track.

Danny Webb (16 ^th, 2:11,688): “On the wet track this morning it went pretty ok. Every lap I went faster and was getting more fait in the track. I didn’t ride in the qualification when it was clear that it had no use to ride. The lap times were far away from the times of yesterday. After 10 minutes it really started to rain and I didn’t wanted to take any risks. I had this weekend a dry and wet session and have a lot of fait for the race tomorrow.”

Result second qualification

The Cardion AB Grand Prix Ceske Republiky race has brought Englishman Danny Webb and American Stevie Bonsey nothing. Danny Webb was already out in the second turn of the first lap and Stevie Bonsey couldn’t finish the race because of a broken muffler. Hugo van den Berg started from the 35^th position and battles himself to a 25^th position.

The race was short for the little British rider Danny Webb. After a bad start Webb got boxed in at the first turn and wanted to make the lost positions up in the second turn but lost the front. In his crash he took out the Japanese riders Koyama and Nagakami.

Danny Webb (DNF): "The race was very short. I felt very relaxed and chilled out and I was happy with everything the bike, the team, everything I got a ok start but got blocked in the first corner. So I was trying making it up going into the second corner. I was in the inside when the front slide away and the next thing I know I was in the gravel with two other riders. The worst thing was that it was riders I respect, Koyama and Taka Nakagami. Nakagami is a friend of mine and Koyama I respect a lot. The good thing was that they understood that it was a first lap thing. It always happens to someone and today it was me, so I will get my head down this week. I going to training hard and come back strong with a clear mind in Misano."

Results Race GP Brno - FIM/Dorna

The DeGraaf Grand Prix Team didn’t manage to get the results they wanted during the second qualifying session of the GP Cinzano di San Marino e Riviera di Rimini. Stevie Bonsey and Danny Webb will start tomorrow from the fifth starting row on respectively from the 17^th and 20^th position. Hugo van den Berg didn’t found the improvement he hoped for and will start tomorrow the race from the 39^th position. 

In the morning session Stevie Bonsey and Danny Webb didn’t came further than the fifth row on a 18th and 20th position. Hugo van den Berg finishes the session on a 38^th position. The team was working hard on the set-up of the suspension. Young American Stevie Bonsey tested a different type of rear tire which appears to be the right choice in these weather circumstances. Danny Webb was also searching for a better set-up of his front fork but didn’t succeed to get the ideal set-up. Dutchman Hugo van den Berg tried different set-ups but he couldn’t make a big step forwards. After the session Van den Berg said that the reason of the bad lap times is him. 

During the qualification session the team chooses for a different setting of the suspensions and different type of tires. From the data it seemed to be the right direction but after the session it wasn’t the right one. Stevie Bonsey couldn’t improve his lap time from the Friday and Danny Webb could improve but the step wasn’t big enough. The American and Englishman will be on the same starting row tomorrow. Hugo van den Berg improved himself but it didn’t bring him not further forward on the grid. Van den Berg will start the race tomorrow form the 39th spot at the very hot track of Misano. 

Danny Webb (20^th, 1:45,566): “The session this afternoon wasn’t the one I expected. We made some changes on the bike compare from this morning. It didn’t work out but we know now what’s going to work for the race. I still have a lot of confidence for the race tomorrow and will be up there.”

Results QP2 Misano

Today it was the first time for everybody at the famous track Indianapolis Motor Speedway. During this rainy day of the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team riders were not on the pace yet. Danny Webb was the fastest rider of the DeGraaf Grand Prix Team and qualified on a provisional 19^th position. American Stevie Bonsey is riding his home grand prix this weekend but couldn’t make friends yet with the track and qualified on a provisional 22^nd position. Hugo van den Berg didn’t qualify and is the first rider outside the qualification limit. 

This morning at 08.30h local time the 125 class were the first ones to ride the Indianapolis track. With a lot of rain the riders started their first session and were searching for the ideal line. Danny Webb builds up this session and finished on an ok 11th position. Stevie Bonsey tried to ride fast lap times in the beginning but had a little crash. Because of this he missed valuable time and could only ride the last 10 minutes of the session and finished on a 29^th position. Hugo van den Berg started the session well with positions between the 10th and the 15th. In the last 5 minutes he lost a lot of places and ended the session on a 22nd spot. 

Also the qualification session was held in very wet circumstances. It wasn’t as wet as in the morning but the track felt the same for the riders. Again British rider Danny Webb was the fastest rider of the team and ended up on the 19^th position. Webb wasn’t happy with this position.

Danny Webb (19^th, 2:03,087): “Today was not so good. It has been wet all day. The morning session was ok. I went out in the afternoon and I was improving all the time. Every lap I improved but not enough. Tomorrow we will just have to give 110%. I’m going to go to the maximum!”

Results QP1 Indianapolis

During the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix there was finally sun in the afternoon. The qualification session was a dry session and British rider Danny Webb was happy with this situation. For the second time this season he parked his Aprilia on the front row. Stevie Bonsey rode to a 15th position and Dutch rider Hugo van den Berg ended the session on a disappointed 30th position.

In the morning session the track was wet because of the rain fall in the night before. In this session Danny Webb went much better than yesterday in these circumstances and finished the session on a 8^th position. Stevie Bonsey was struggling in this session and couldn’t get a good pace and ended on a 20^th spot. Hugo van den Berg had pretty ok session and was nearly the whole session in the top 20. At the end he ended on a 25^th spot.

In the dry and hot qualification session Danny Webb managed to ride all the time fast lap times. The little British rider really liked this situation and was constantly in the top 10. Halway the session Webb came in, meanwhile on a 6^th spot, for a new rear tire and went for it in de last 10 minutes. In the last minute Webb put his Aprilia on the second position and at the finish he still was on the front row on a great 4^th position.  

Danny Webb (4^th, 1:51,000): “Today was the best day since Portugal. I felt good and went for it. It was the first time we were riding in the dry so I had to push to the limit. It worked it out for me and it put me on the front row. The whole weekend I have the fastest bike on top speed and I want to thank the team for that. I want to get a good start tomorrow and push for the podium.”

Results QP2 Indianapolis

After the nice weather on Saturday and the Sunday morning the rain started directly after the warm-up session. One hour before the 125cc class it stopped raining and the track dried slowly but was dry at the start of the race. In the 14^th lap of the 23 lap race it started to rain again. In the 17^th lap the red flag was showed and the race was over.

Results Race Indianapolis

So off we went of to Brno and the first thing what happened is we didn’t have a hotel room !!.

After 1 hour of arguing with them we finally got a room, then got upgraded to a suit so all 3 riders were staying in that.

That weekend was not so good, we had some bad luck so its better we don’t talk about that.

Then we went to Misano and finally had a ok weekend. We walked 5km to go to a nice cloth shop in the town and didn’t buy anything Stevie and Hugo were not happy ha ha ha.

Then we had the race of the year!  A Kart Race !

All the mechanics from the team were there. Jarno made a team and Marlon made a team. I was in Marlon’s team together with mechanic Bart and Rick.

This was the big one we had the Japs and the yanks come over for this one. Everyone was so nervous for this kart race.

We had a good GP and qualified 5^th of 32 professional karting teams  In the race we were fighting for the podium but ended in 4^th position.

Unfortunately Marlon was not so fast but the best thing was that we kicked Jarno’s teams ass. They finish 6^th and we were happy with this result ha ha ha.

So after all the fun we had the real work a week later in fast-food land America (Indy). We had a good weekend qualifying on the front row but the race was not as good.  We had good pace but a bad start.

Now we know that we are fast enough to run at the front and I have confidence that I can get some good results for the rest of the year.

Now I am in Japan and can’t wait to get on track!

In a very hot Misano today started the first day for the GP Cinzano di San Marino e Riviera di Rimini. Stevie Bonsey seemed not to be bothered by the heat and qualified on a provisional 11th position. Danny Webb was a little bit more than half a second slower and ended today on a 17^th spot. Hugo van den Berg was really struckiling today and was second last on a 38^th position. 

With temperatures of approxialy 24 degrees in the shadow, the lightest class started this morning with the first session at 09.00h. Danny Webb rode to a 19th position whereas Stevie Bonsey and Hugo van den Berg where way back from their teammate and finish on a 33rd and 38th position.

In the afternoon session the temperatures here even higher and went over the 30 degrees and the track temperature was 43 degrees. So the circumstances were completely different compare to the morning session. In the first session there was no grip and in the afternoon it changed into a lot of grip.

Danny Webb started the qualification session strong and stood even on top of the timesheets in the first 5 minutes. The little British man could stay in the first half of the session in the top 10. After his pitstop to change the rear tire for a new one, he dropped back to a 23rd position. The choice of the rear tire wasn’t the best choice but still Webb managed to climb back to a 17th spot.  

Danny Webb (17^th, 1:46,073): “The session was ok. It wasn’t the best session but we can improve on the bike a lot and also I can improve I was trying to hard mid way threw the session and at the end it was coming better I am confident for tomorrow and just have a good feeling that we will sort everything out. We will be there tomorrow.”

Result QP1 Misano