Jakub Smrž

Jakub Smrž
Nationality	Czech
Born	7 April 1983
Place of birth	České Budějovice
Latest team	Smiths Racing
Number	96
Web	fansofsmrz.cz
Career MotoGP	1998–2006
Motorcycles	Honda, Aprilia
Races	93
Points	170
Career WSBK	2007–2012
Motorcycles	Ducati, Aprilia, Yamaha, Honda
Races	150
Points	684,5
Career BSB	2012 -
Motorcycles	Aprilia, Honda, Yamaha
Races	13
Points	28

Jakub 'Kuba' Smrž^[1] (born April 7, 1983 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a professional motorcycle road racer. For 2016 he will ride a BMW S1000RR in the British Superbike Championship. For 2015 Smrž was contracted to ride Lloyds British Moto Rapido Ducati Panigale in the British Superbike Championship, 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.

Race career

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 by Grifo's 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.^[2] 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.^[3] He was the fastest Aprilia in qualifying at Silverstone.^[4]

Smrž lives in Zlín.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

(key)

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

(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	ESP 14	ESP 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	ESP 14	ESP 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	ESP Ret	ESP 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	ESP Ret	ESP DNS	CZE 10	CZE 13	GBR 17	GBR 3	RUS	RUS	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	15th	92.5

British Superbike (BSB)

(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	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2012	Aprilia	BHI	BHI	THX	THX	OUP	OUP	DON	DON	SNT	SNT	SIL	SIL	KNH	KNH	OUP	OUP	OUP	BHGP	BHGP	CDP	CDP	DON	DON	ASS Ret	ASS 15	SIL Ret	SIL 12	BHGP 15	BHGP 14	BHGP 16	29th	8
2013	Honda	BHI 13	BHI 18	THX 10	THX 12	OUP 12	OUP 13	KNH	KNH	SNT	SNT	BHGP	BHGP			OUP	OUP	OUP			CDP	CDP	DON	DON	ASS	ASS	SIL	SIL	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	15th	82

References

1. "'Kuba' overcomes the works boys in Q2". Superbike World Championship (Infront Motor Sports). 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
2. "Jakub Smrz". motorcycle-usa.com. Motorcycle USA, LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
3. "Smrz, B&G to make immediate Aprilia move". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
4. "Smrz out-qualifies factory Aprilias". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-03.

External links

• fansofsmrz.cz Official website