Danny Kent

Danny Kent is an English motorcycle racer, born on 25 November 1993 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, best known for winning the 2015 Moto3 World Championship, which made him Great Britain's first Grand Prix solo motorcycle world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977. He started in minimoto and the British MiniGP50 and MiniGP70 championships, passed through the Aprilia Superteens and the Red Bull MotoGP Academy, finished runner-up in the 2010 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and entered the 125cc world championship in 2010 with Lambretta. He took his first Moto3 win at the Japanese Grand Prix in 2012. From 2020 he raced in British national championships, and he won his first British Superbike race at the final round of the 2024 season.