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Jakub Smrž

Jakub 'Kuba' Smrž[1] (born 7 April 1983 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the Superbike World Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. For 2017 and 2018 he rode a BMW S1000RR in the British Superbike Championship, but in June 2018 he suffered a serious shoulder injury when guest-riding for Czech BMW team Mercury Racing in the Oschersleben eight-hour event in Germany.[2][3] Luke Hedger rode Smrž' machine in his absence.[4]

Jakub Smrž
Smrž at Silverstone in 2012
NationalityCzech
Born (1983-04-07) 7 April 1983 (age 41)
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Current teamGuandalini Racing
Bike number96
Websitefansofsmrz.cz
Motorcycle racing career statistics
250cc World Championship
Active years2002–2006
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
66 0 0 0 0 112
125cc World Championship
Active years1998–2002
ManufacturersHonda
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
27 0 0 0 0 58
Superbike World Championship
Active years2007–2012, 2017–2018
ManufacturersDucati, Aprilia, Yamaha
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
158 0 5 3 2 684.5
British Superbike Championship
Active years2012–2018
ManufacturersAprilia, Honda, Ducati, Yamaha, BMW
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
117 0 0 1 0 319

For 2015 Smrž was contracted to ride a Ducati Panigale in the British Superbike Championship for Moto Rapido Racing, but after a crash and injury in the fourth round at Snetterton, was replaced mid-season by John Hopkins. For the last three races of 2015, Smrž was drafted-in by Shaun Muir Racing to compete aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1.

Career

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He first entered the 125cc World Championship in 2000. He was 17th overall in 2001, then divided his time between 125cc and the 250cc championships in 2002. He remained in the 250cc World Championship until 2006, finishing 12th overall with a best of 7th that year.

For 2007 he was the surprise choice to replace Roberto Rolfo at the formerly race-winning SC Caracchi Ducati team in the Superbike World Championship. On a customer Ducati 999 F05 he frequently troubled the top sixteen in qualifying. He finished the season 14th with a best race result of 8th.

For 2008 he rode a customer Ducati 1098 RS 08 for the Guandalini Racing by Grifo's team. He finished the 2008 season in 13th place in the championship.

For 2009 Smrž continued with the Guandalini Racing Team, gaining his first podium finish (3rd) in the fourth round of the season at Assen and first pole position in the eighth round at Misano Adriatico. This time he finished 10th overall.

Smrž remained with the team in 2010, running under the B&G moniker after a partnership deal with the former Sterilgarda Ducati team.[5] After a string of mechanical failures midseason, the team switched to an Aprilia bike, marking the first time Smrž had ridden anything other than a Ducati in the class.[6] He was the fastest Aprilia in qualifying at Silverstone.[7]

Smrž lives in Zlín.

Career statistics

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Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
1998 125cc Honda Wernberger - Team Hanusch 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1999 125cc Honda Budweiser budvar elit hanush 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2000 125cc Honda Budweiser Budvar Elit Team Hanusch 2 0 0 0 0 5 28th
2001 125cc Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch 16 0 0 0 0 50 17th
2002 125cc Honda Elit Grand Prix 7 0 0 0 0 3 32nd
250cc DeGraaf Grand Prix Team 5 0 0 0 0 1 36th
2003 250cc Honda Elit Grand Prix 13 0 0 0 0 14 24th
2004 250cc Honda Molenaar Racing 16 0 0 0 0 20 20th
2005 250cc Honda Arie Molenaar Racing 16 0 0 0 0 19 20th
2006 250cc Aprilia Cardion AB Motoracing 16 0 0 0 0 58 12th
Total 93 0 0 0 0 170

By class

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Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 1998–2002 1998 Czech Republic 27 0 0 0 0 58 0
250cc 2002–2006 2002 Rio de Janeiro 66 0 0 0 0 112 0
Total 1998–2006 93 0 0 0 0 170 0

Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Pts
1998 125cc Honda JPN MAL SPA ITA FRA MAD NED GBR GER CZE
Ret 		IMO CAT AUS ARG NC 0
1999 125cc Honda MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE
21 		IMO VAL AUS RSA BRA ARG NC 0
2000 125cc Honda RSA MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER
18 		CZE
11 		POR VAL BRA PAC AUS 28th 5
2001 125cc Honda JPN
21 		RSA
Ret 		SPA
15 		FRA
18 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
19 		NED
5 		GBR
13 		GER
9 		CZE
6 		POR
6 		VAL
21 		PAC
Ret 		AUS
19 		MAL
Ret 		BRA
8 		17th 50
2002 125cc Honda JPN
Ret 		RSA
Ret 		SPA
13 		FRA
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
16 		NED
22 		GBR GER CZE POR 32nd 3
250cc Honda BRA
15 		PAC
24 		MAL
16 		AUS
17 		VAL
Ret 		36th 1
2003 250cc Honda JPN
15 		RSA
Ret 		SPA
17 		FRA
19 		ITA
14 		CAT
Ret 		NED
12 		GBR
14 		GER
13 		CZE
Ret 		POR
Ret 		BRA PAC
18 		MAL AUS VAL
14 		24th 14
2004 250cc Honda RSA
21 		SPA
Ret 		FRA
11 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
15 		NED
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		GER
15 		GBR
15 		CZE
14 		POR
14 		JPN
Ret 		QAT
17 		MAL
14 		AUS
13 		VAL
13 		20th 20
2005 250cc Honda SPA
Ret 		POR
12 		CHN
14 		FRA
16 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
Ret 		NED
16 		GBR
16 		GER
16 		CZE
11 		JPN
Ret 		MAL
19 		QAT
Ret 		AUS
13 		TUR
15 		VAL
12 		20th 19
2006 250cc Aprilia SPA
Ret 		QAT
10 		TUR
7 		CHN
10 		FRA
10 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
Ret 		NED
Ret 		GBR
11 		GER
14 		CZE
10 		MAL
Ret 		AUS
8 		JPN
Ret 		POR
11 		VAL
11 		12th 58

Superbike World Championship

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Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2007 Ducati QAT
14 		QAT
16 		AUS
14 		AUS
11 		EUR
10 		EUR
8 		SPA
14 		SPA
17 		NED
11 		NED
9 		ITA
15 		ITA
10 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
C 		SMR
10 		SMR
13 		CZE
Ret 		CZE
13 		GBR
14 		GBR
Ret 		GER
13 		GER
16 		ITA
11 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		14th 66
2008 Ducati QAT
10 		QAT
9 		AUS
Ret 		AUS
18 		SPA
14 		SPA
14 		NED
6 		NED
8 		ITA
10 		ITA
Ret 		USA
6 		USA
DSQ 		GER
11 		GER
Ret 		SMR
7 		SMR
9 		CZE
Ret 		CZE
11 		GBR
9 		GBR
9 		EUR
6 		EUR
12 		ITA
13 		ITA
11 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
13 		POR
Ret 		POR
12 		13th 120
2009 Ducati AUS
9 		AUS
7 		QAT
Ret 		QAT
17 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
14 		NED
6 		NED
3 		ITA
12 		ITA
8 		RSA
14 		RSA
10 		USA
8 		USA
6 		SMR
4 		SMR
4 		GBR
9 		GBR
Ret 		CZE
6 		CZE
9 		GER
13 		GER
11 		ITA
8 		ITA
9 		FRA
10 		FRA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		POR
8 		10th 169
2010 Ducati AUS
8 		AUS
Ret 		POR
Ret 		POR
Ret 		SPA
10 		SPA
10 		NED
7 		NED
7 		ITA
15 		ITA
8 		RSA
9 		RSA
9 		USA
Ret 		USA
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		13th 110
Aprilia CZE
Ret 		CZE
Ret 		GBR
13 		GBR
9 		GER
Ret 		GER
11 		ITA
4 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
5 		FRA
6
2011 Ducati AUS
5 		AUS
11 		EUR
2 		EUR
8 		NED
Ret 		NED
9 		ITA
10 		ITA
Ret 		USA
2 		USA
8 		SMR
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		CZE
11 		CZE
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GBR
11 		GER
Ret 		GER
3 		ITA
7 		ITA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		POR
10 		POR
13 		14th 127
2012 Ducati AUS
5 		AUS
11 		ITA
11 		ITA
7 		NED
7 		NED
Ret 		ITA
C 		ITA
9 		EUR
13 		EUR
Ret 		USA
6 		USA
9 		SMR
9 		SMR
9 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
DNS 		CZE
10 		CZE
13 		GBR
17 		GBR
3 		RUS RUS GER GER POR POR FRA FRA 15th 92.5
2017 Yamaha AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR ITA ITA USA
18 		USA
16 		GER GER POR POR FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT NC 0
2018 Yamaha AUS AUS THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE USA USA ITA ITA POR
Ret 		POR
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		ARG
Ret 		ARG
Ret 		QAT
DNS 		QAT
C 		NC 0

British Superbike Championship

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Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2012 Aprilia BHI BHI THR THR OUL OUL OUL SNE SNE KNO KNO OUL OUL OUL BHGP BHGP CAD CAD DON DON ASS
Ret 		ASS
15 		SIL
Ret 		SIL
12 		BHGP
15 		BHGP
14 		BHGP
16 		29th 8
2013 Honda BHI
13 		BHI
18 		THR
10 		THR
12 		OUL
12 		OUL
13 		KNO
13 		KNO
Ret 		SNE
8 		SNE
Ret 		BHGP
11 		BHGP
Ret 		OUL
16 		OUL
17 		OUL
14 		CAD
15 		CAD
19 		DON
8 		DON
10 		ASS
6 		ASS
Ret 		SIL
15 		SIL
10 		BHGP
16 		BHGP
9 		BHGP
11 		15th 82
2014 Ducati BHI
9 		BHI
Ret 		OUL
10 		OUL
11 		SNE
Ret 		SNE
8 		KNO
12 		KNO
12 		BHGP
7 		BHGP
Ret 		THR
6 		THR
13 		OUL
11 		OUL
12 		OUL
10 		CAD
DNS 		CAD
DNS 		DON DON ASS ASS SIL SIL BHGP
14 		BHGP
12 		BHGP
11 		15th 82
2015 Ducati DON
Ret 		DON
24 		BHI
Ret 		BHI
21 		OUL
20 		OUL
19 		SNE SNE KNO KNO BHGP BHGP THR THR CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL 24th 30
Yamaha ASS
16 		ASS
10 		SIL
10 		SIL
13 		BHGP
10 		BHGP
14 		BHGP
9
2016 BMW SIL
15 		SIL
15 		OUL
18 		OUL
15 		BHI
DNS 		BHI
DNS 		KNO
16 		KNO
Ret 		SNE
11 		SNE
Ret 		THR
9 		THR
12 		BHGP
Ret 		BHGP
14 		CAD
16 		CAD
18 		OUL
18 		OUL
18 		OUL
19 		DON
11 		DON
12 		ASS
14 		ASS
11 		BHGP
10 		BHGP
11 		BHGP
Ret 		18th 48
2017 BMW DON
14 		DON
15 		BHI
14 		BHI
15 		OUL
13 		OUL
12 		KNO
12 		KNO
16 		SNE
Ret 		SNE
12 		BHGP
DNS 		BHGP
DNS 		THR
12 		THR
10 		CAD
17 		CAD
14 		SIL
8 		SIL
13 		SIL
5 		OUL
13 		OUL
13 		ASS
18 		ASS
Ret 		BHGP
13 		BHGP
15 		BHGP
16 		18th 65
2018 BMW DON
DNS 		DON
Ret 		BHI
14 		BHI
16 		OUL
14 		OUL
Ret 		SNE SNE KNO KNO BHGP BHGP THR THR CAD CAD SIL SIL SIL OUL OUL ASS ASS BHGP BHGP BHGP 29th 4

References

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  1. ^ "'Kuba' overcomes the works boys in Q2". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  2. ^ GMT94 Yamaha wrests pole at Oschersleben FIM EWC.com, 8 June 2018. They placed ahead of BMW-mounted Mercury Racing, who will race without Jakub Smrž, injured in qualifying yesterday. Retrieved 22 July 2018
  3. ^ 8 h Oschersleben 2018: Preview a harmonogram Archived 23 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine silnicnimotorky.cz This completely Czech team, which is comprised of Jakub Smrž, Matěj Smrž and Karel Hanika.... Retrieved 22 July 2018 (in Czech)
  4. ^ Hedger steps up for the injured Smrz at Lloyd and Jones Bowker Motorrad BMW Archived 5 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine British Superbike.com Retrieved 5 August 2018
  5. ^ "Jakub Smrz". motorcycle-usa.com. Motorcycle USA, LLC. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Smrz, B&G to make immediate Aprilia move". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Smrz out-qualifies factory Aprilias". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
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