Jakub Smrž

Jakub 'Kuba' Smrž (born 7 April 1983 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He competed 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. Luke Hedger rode Smrž' machine in his absence.

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

For , Smrž 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 eighth.

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

Smrž remained with the team in 2010, running under the B&G moniker after a partnership deal with the former Sterilgarda Ducati team. 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. He was the fastest Aprilia in qualifying at Silverstone.

Smrž lives in Zlín.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 125cc Honda Wernberger - Team Hanusch 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 125cc Honda Budweiser budvar elit hanush 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 125cc Honda Budweiser Budvar Elit Team Hanusch 2 0 0 0 0 5 28th 125cc Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch 16 0 0 0 0 50 17th 125cc Honda Elit Grand Prix 7 0 0 0 0 3 32nd 250cc DeGraaf Grand Prix Team 5 0 0 0 0 1 36th 250cc Honda Elit Grand Prix 13 0 0 0 0 14 24th 250cc Honda Molenaar Racing 16 0 0 0 0 20 20th 250cc Honda Arie Molenaar Racing 16 0 0 0 0 19 20th 250cc Aprilia Cardion AB Motoracing 16 0 0 0 0 58 12th Total 93 0 0 0 0 170

By class

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 CZERet IMO CAT AUS ARG NC 0 1999 125cc Honda MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE21 IMO VAL AUS RSA BRA ARG NC 0 2000 125cc Honda RSA MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER18 CZE11 POR VAL BRA PAC AUS 28th 5 2001 125cc Honda JPN21 RSARet SPA15 FRA18 ITARet CAT19 NED5 GBR13 GER9 CZE6 POR6 VAL21 PACRet AUS19 MALRet BRA8 17th 50 2002 125cc Honda JPNRet RSARet SPA13 FRARet ITARet CAT16 NED22 GBR GER CZE POR 32nd 3 250cc Honda BRA15 PAC24 MAL16 AUS17 VALRet 36th 1 2003 250cc Honda JPN15 RSARet SPA17 FRA19 ITA14 CATRet NED12 GBR14 GER13 CZERet PORRet BRA PAC18 MAL AUS VAL14 24th 14 2004 250cc Honda RSA21 SPARet FRA11 ITARet CAT15 NEDRet BRARet GER15 GBR15 CZE14 POR14 JPNRet QAT17 MAL14 AUS13 VAL13 20th 20 2005 250cc Honda SPARet POR12 CHN14 FRA16 ITARet CATRet NED16 GBR16 GER16 CZE11 JPNRet MAL19 QATRet AUS13 TUR15 VAL12 20th 19 2006 250cc Aprilia SPARet QAT10 TUR7 CHN10 FRA10 ITARet CATRet NEDRet GBR11 GER14 CZE10 MALRet AUS8 JPNRet POR11 VAL11 12th 58

Superbike World Championship

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 QAT14 QAT16 AUS14 AUS11 EUR10 EUR8 SPA14 SPA17 NED11 NED9 ITA15 ITA10 GBRRet GBRC SMR10 SMR13 CZERet CZE13 GBR14 GBRRet GER13 GER16 ITA11 ITARet FRARet FRARet 14th 66 2008 Ducati QAT10 QAT9 AUSRet AUS18 SPA14 SPA14 NED6 NED8 ITA10 ITARet USA6 USADSQ GER11 GERRet SMR7 SMR9 CZERet CZE11 GBR9 GBR9 EUR6 EUR12 ITA13 ITA11 FRARet FRA13 PORRet POR12 13th 120 2009 Ducati AUS9 AUS7 QATRet QAT17 SPARet SPA14 NED6 NED3 ITA12 ITA8 RSA14 RSA10 USA8 USA6 SMR4 SMR4 GBR9 GBRRet CZE6 CZE9 GER13 GER11 ITA8 ITA9 FRA10 FRARet PORRet POR8 10th 169 2010 Ducati AUS8 AUSRet PORRet PORRet SPA10 SPA10 NED7 NED7 ITA15 ITA8 RSA9 RSA9 USARet USARet SMRRet SMRRet 13th 110 Aprilia CZERet CZERet GBR13 GBR9 GERRet GER11 ITA4 ITARet FRA5 FRA6 2011 Ducati AUS5 AUS11 EUR2 EUR8 NEDRet NED9 ITA10 ITARet USA2 USA8 SMRRet SMRRet SPARet SPARet CZE11 CZERet GBRRet GBR11 GERRet GER3 ITA7 ITARet FRARet FRARet POR10 POR13 14th 127 2012 Ducati AUS5 AUS11 ITA11 ITA7 NED7 NEDRet ITAC ITA9 EUR13 EURRet USA6 USA9 SMR9 SMR9 SPARet SPADNS CZE10 CZE13 GBR17 GBR3 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 USA18 USA16 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 PORRet PORRet FRARet FRARet ARGRet ARGRet QATDNS QATC NC 0

British Superbike Championship

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 ASSRet ASS15 SILRet SIL12 BHGP15 BHGP14 BHGP16 29th 8 2013 Honda BHI13 BHI18 THR10 THR12 OUL12 OUL13 KNO13 KNORet SNE8 SNERet BHGP11 BHGPRet OUL16 OUL17 OUL14 CAD15 CAD19 DON8 DON10 ASS6 ASSRet SIL15 SIL10 BHGP16 BHGP9 BHGP11 15th 82 2014 Ducati BHI9 BHIRet OUL10 OUL11 SNERet SNE8 KNO12 KNO12 BHGP7 BHGPRet THR6 THR13 OUL11 OUL12 OUL10 CADDNS CADDNS DON DON ASS ASS SIL SIL BHGP14 BHGP12 BHGP11 15th 82 2015 Ducati DONRet DON24 BHIRet BHI21 OUL20 OUL19 SNE SNE KNO KNO BHGP BHGP THR THR CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL 24th 30 Yamaha ASS16 ASS10 SIL10 SIL13 BHGP10 BHGP14 BHGP9 2016 BMW SIL15 SIL15 OUL18 OUL15 BHIDNS BHIDNS KNO16 KNORet SNE11 SNERet THR9 THR12 BHGPRet BHGP14 CAD16 CAD18 OUL18 OUL18 OUL19 DON11 DON12 ASS14 ASS11 BHGP10 BHGP11 BHGPRet 18th 48 2017 BMW DON14 DON15 BHI14 BHI15 OUL13 OUL12 KNO12 KNO16 SNERet SNE12 BHGPDNS BHGPDNS THR12 THR10 CAD17 CAD14 SIL8 SIL13 SIL5 OUL13 OUL13 ASS18 ASSRet BHGP13 BHGP15 BHGP16 18th 65 2018 BMW DONDNS DONRet BHI14 BHI16 OUL14 OULRet SNE SNE KNO KNO BHGP BHGP THR THR CAD CAD SIL SIL SIL OUL OUL ASS ASS BHGP BHGP BHGP 29th 4