IRTA Test Jerez Day 2

Session 1

1 Julian SIMON (APRILIA) 1:47.520
2 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:47.625
3 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 125cc 1:47.692
4 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:47.920
5 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:47.929
6 Takaaki NAKAGAMI (APRILIA) 1:47.983
7 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:48.023
8 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:48.322
9 Joan OLIVE (DERBI) 1:48.364
10 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:48.532
12 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:48.590
14 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:48.744

30 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 1:53.117

Session 2

1 Julian SIMON (APRILIA) 1:47.465
2 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:47.530
3 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:48.301
4 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.394
5 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:48.401
6 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:48.418
7 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:48.665

8 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 125cc 1:48.748
9 Joan OLIVE (DERBI) 1:49.123
10 Takaaki NAKAGAMI (APRILIA) 1:49.254

26 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 1:53.355

IRTA Test Jerez Day 1

Session 1

1 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:48.134

2 Julian SIMON (APRILIA)1:48.294

3 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.621

4 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:48.898

5 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:49.142

6 Dominique AEGERTER (DERBI) 1:49.144

7 Joan OLIVE (DERBI) 1:49.202

8 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:49.230

9 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:49.359

10 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:49.464

11 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:49.519

20 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:51.345

27 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 1:56.323

Session 2

1 Julian SIMON (APRILIA) 1:47.345

2 Efren VAZQUEZ (DERBI) 1:48.023

3 Andrea IANNONE (APRILIA) 1:48.368

4 Marc MARQUEZ (KTM) 1:48.534

5 Pol ESPARGARO (DERBI) 1:48.713

6 Sergio GADEA (APRILIA) 1:48.756

7 Bradley SMITH (APRILIA) 1:48.828

8 Jonas FOLGER (APRILIA) 1:48.921

9 Sandro CORTESE (DERBI) 1:48.930

10 Scott REDDING (APRILIA) 1:49.014

18 Danny WEBB (APRILIA) 1:50.244

29 Matthew HOYLE (HAOJUE) 2:15.588

Estoril testing 125cc Day 3 17/03/09

Aspar having finished a day early, left only 2 brits left on track.

1. Andrea Iannone (Aprilia) 1:45,969
2. Sandro Cortese (Derbi) 1:46,474
3. Pol Espargaro (Derbi) 1:46,846
4. Esteve Rabat (Aprilia) 1:47,231
5. Joan Olive (Derbi) 1:47,244
6. Scott Redding (Aprilia) 1:47,520
7. Randy Krummenacher (Aprilia) 1:47,618
8. Takaaki Nakagami (Aprilia) 1:47,647
9. Efren Vasquez (Aprilia) 1:47,705
10. Jonas Folger (Aprilia) 1:47,881
11. Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) 1:48,168
12. Stefan Brandl (Aprilia) 1:48,278
13. Dominique Aegerter (Aprilia)1:48,517
14. Danny Webb (Aprilia) 1:48,680
15. Lorenzo Zanetti (Aprilia) 1:48,719
16. Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) 1:48,982
17. Johnny Rosell (Aprilia)1:49,615

Webb Unhurt in Estoril Crash

Danny Webb survived a pre-season scare when he crashed his new 2009 Aprilia 125GP machine on the second day of testing in Estoril yesterday (Monday).
The British rider, who claimed a career best result of fifth at last year’s Estoril race, crashed his DeGraaf Aprilia at Turn Four but luckily escaped injury with just a month to go before the first race in Qatar.

Webb ended the second day in 11th position on the timesheets as he clocked a best time of 1.47.679. That was 0.7s faster than his best on the opening day.

Webb awaiting first test with all-new Aprilia RSA

DeGraaf Grand Prix Aprilia’s Danny Webb is raring to go ahead of his first test of 2009, which takes place from this Sunday in Portugal. The Briton has a new version of the factory Aprilia RSA at his disposal and, after a handful of laps at the official team presentation at Assen, has high hopes for the machine.

“The new RSA is totally different. My team had said as much but I didn’t believe it, but the first time that we started the engine it just sounded a million times better,” enthuses Webb. “We did a few laps on it at Assen, but it was windy so we will really have to wait until the test in Portugal to see what it’s like.”

It won’t just be the bike that is brand new either, as Webb is joined by Swiss rider Randy Krummenacher in the Dutch team. He notes that he and Krummenacher get on well, also saying that he is a ‘different character’ to former colleague Stevie Bonsey –who moves on from the team for 2009.

“I think that we can pick up the pace despite not having tested much,” continues Webb. “We’ve got Portugal, then Jerez and then Qatar to work on things, and to be honest the people who have done testing already haven’t been able to ride so much because of the weather. We’ll just have to get learning the bike as soon as possible, and then see where we are.

“We’ve got a bike that can win races, so that has to be our aim. We’re looking at fighting for the top five and podiums at every race, making a title challenge.”