Bradley Smith (motorcyclist)

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Bradley Smith
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Nationality	British
Date of birth	November 28, 1990 (1990-11-28) (age 17)[1]
Place of birth	Oxford, England
125cc World Championship Record
Current team	Polaris World Aprilia
Bike number	38
World Championships
Race starts	31
Race Wins	0
Podium finishes	3
Pole positions	2
Fastest laps	0
Championship Points	0 (101 in 2007)
2007 Championship position	10th

Bradley Smith (born Oxfordshire), is an English motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 125cc Grand Prix World Championship. Smith's father raced in Motocross, and the family owned an open practice track. Smith got his first motocross bike aged six ^[2].

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 Grand Prix World Championship squad, managed by Alberto Puig finishing 19th overall and rookie of the year, with a best result of 8th place in Motegi. Remaining with the team in 2007, he took a first podium with third place at Le Mans. Nine more top-10 finishes left him 10th overall. Smith signed with the Polaris World Aprilia team for the 2008 season. He secured his first pole position at the opening round of the season at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar on March 8.^[3]

Contents 1 Career statistics 1.1 By Seasons 1.2 By class 1.3 Races by year 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] By Seasons

Seas	Class	Moto	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd	WCh
2006	125cc	Honda RS125R	14	0	0	0	0	20	19th	-
2007	125cc	Honda RS125R	16	0	1	0	0	101	10th	-
2008	125cc	Aprilia RSA 125	1	0	0	3	0	0		-
Total			31		1	3		121

[edit] By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	2006-08	2006 Spain	2007 France		31		1	2		121
Total	2001-2007				31		1	1		121

[edit] Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Yr	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Pos	Pts
2006	125cc	Honda	SPA 17	QAT 22	TUR Ret	CHN 22	FRA 21	ITA 19	CAT 16	NED 16	GBR 12	GER 12	CZE Inj	MAL Inj	AUS 28	JPN 8	POR Ret	VAL 12		19th	20
2007	125cc	Honda	QAT 12	SPA 26	TUR 8	CHN 8	FRA 3	ITA 8	CAT 6	GBR 7	NED DNS	GER 8	CZE 13	SMR 8	POR 12	JPN Ret	AUS 16	MAL 9	VAL 8	10th	101
2008	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 16	SPA 3	POR Ret	CHN Ret	FRA 2	ITA 5	CAT -	GBR -	NED -	GER -	CZE -	SMR -	IND -	JPN -	AUS -	MAL -	VAL -	8th *	36

• Season in progress

[edit] References

1. ^ Official MotoGP profile
2. ^ BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Motorbikes | Teenager Smith hits the big time
3. ^ 2008 125cc Qualifying - Qatar

[edit] External links

• Personal website