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
České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Current teamGuandalini Racing
Bike number96
Websitefansofsmrz.cz
Motorcycle racing career statistics
250cc World Championship
Active years20022006
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
66 0 0 0 0 112
125cc World Championship
Active years19982002
ManufacturersHonda
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
27 0 0 0 0 58
Superbike World Championship
Active years20072012, 20172018
ManufacturersDucati, Aprilia, Yamaha
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
158 0 5 3 2 684.5
British Superbike Championship
Active years20122018
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

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

By season

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

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

(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

Races by year

(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

Races by year

(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

  1. "'Kuba' overcomes the works boys in Q2". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  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 silnicnimotorky.cz This completely Czech team, which is comprised of Jakub Smrž, Matěj Smrž and Karel Hanika.... Retrieved 22 July 2018 (in Czech language)
  4. Hedger steps up for the injured Smrz at Lloyd and Jones Bowker Motorrad BMW British Superbike.com Retrieved 5 August 2018
  5. "Jakub Smrz". motorcycle-usa.com. Motorcycle USA, LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  6. "Smrz, B&G to make immediate Aprilia move". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  7. "Smrz out-qualifies factory Aprilias". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
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