Bradley Smith (motorcyclist)

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Bradley Smith (born Oxfordshire in 1990), is an English motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 125cc World Championship.

Smiths father raced in Motocross, and the family owned an open practice track. Smith got his first motocross bike aged six ^[1].

Smith applied for selection to the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) academy for young racers, but was never chosen. He spent a year in 2004 aged 13 competing in the Aprilia Superteams competition, finishing fourth behind three ACU Academy riders. In January 2005 he was asked to compete for the year in the Spanish 125cc championship as part of the MOTO GP Academy, winning the last three races ending the year 2nd just one point behind the champion.

For 2006, he joined the Repsol Honda 125cc World Championship squad, managed by Alberto Puig finishing 19th overal and rookie of the year.

Smith still attends and studies at Wheatley park school.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/4836008.stm

[edit] External links

• Personal website

Repsol Honda

MotoGP riders: Nicky Hayden (1) | Daniel Pedrosa (26)

250 cc riders: Julián Simón (60) | Shuhei Aoyama (73)

125 cc riders: Esteve Rabat (12) | Bradley Smith (38)|}