Jakub Smrž

<p>Jakub 'Kuba' Smrž (born 7 April 1983 in <a href="/facts/%25C4%258Cesk%25C3%25A9_Bud%25C4%259Bjovice/3m9dffhs">České Budějovice</a>, Czechoslovakia) is a professional <a href="/facts/Motorcycle/owLPEqSr">motorcycle</a> <a href="/facts/Road_racing/htpUv7en">road racer</a>. He currently competes in the <a href="/facts/Superbike_World_Championship/R9VWWbmt">Superbike World Championship</a>, aboard a <a href="/facts/Yamaha_YZF-R1/9M4YvNws">Yamaha YZF-R1</a>. For 2017 and 2018 he rode a <a href="/facts/BMW_S1000RR/l0tXw37S">BMW S1000RR</a> in the <a href="/facts/British_Superbike_Championship/yjPy0Np0">British Superbike Championship</a>, but in June 2018 he suffered a serious shoulder injury when guest-riding for Czech BMW team Mercury Racing in the <a href="/facts/Motorsport_Arena_Oschersleben/uxg57RUs">Oschersleben</a> eight-hour event in Germany. Luke Hedger rode Smrž' machine in his absence.
</p><p>For 2015 Smrž was contracted to ride a <a href="/facts/Ducati_1299/ucXhS4Fo">Ducati Panigale</a> in the <a href="/facts/British_Superbike_Championship/yjPy0Np0">British Superbike Championship</a> for <a href="/facts/Moto_Rapido_Racing/mQeTQsR9">Moto Rapido Racing</a>, but after a crash and injury in the fourth round at <a href="/facts/Snetterton_Circuit/gzzJuMDG">Snetterton</a>, was replaced mid-season by <a href="/facts/John_Hopkins_(motorcycle_racer)/XDyM2wMp">John Hopkins</a>. For the last three races of 2015, Smrž was drafted-in by <a href="/facts/Shaun_Muir_Racing/2JoalkFp">Shaun Muir Racing</a> to compete aboard a <a href="/facts/Yamaha_YZF-R1/9M4YvNws">Yamaha YZF-R1</a>.
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Jakub Smrž