Kyle Smith (motorcyclist)
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Kyle David Smith[1] 16 September 1991 Huddersfield, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Dynavolt Triumph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | kylesmithracing.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kyle David Smith (born 16 September 1991) is a British motorcycle racer. He competed in the British Supersport Championship aboard a Triumph 765 cc until a crash caused a broken pelvis in September 2021.[2]
Career
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (May 2019) |
He has competed in the Spanish 125GP Championship, the Spanish Kawasaki Ninja Cup—where he was champion in 2009—and the Spanish Stock Extreme series, where he finished runner-up in 2012.[3] After losing his ride in the Moto2 World Championship during the 2013 season[4] he competed in the European Superstock 600 Championship for Agro-On Racedays aboard a Honda CBR600RR and the Spanish CEV Moto2 Championship for TSR Motorsports aboard a Kalex for the rest of the year. After spending a full season in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2014, in 2015 he competed in the Supersport World Championship for PATA Honda aboard a Honda CBR600RR—achieving his first win in the series in Losail[5]—and he was second in the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race with Dominique Aegerter and Joshua Hook.[6] For 2016 he moved to the CIA Landlord Insurance Honda team.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship
[edit]By year
[edit](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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kalex | EST1 Ret | EST2 DNS | POR1 | POR2 | JER1 | JER2 | ARA1 | ARA2 | ARA3 | VAL1 | VAL2 | NC | 0 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
[edit]By season
[edit]| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Moto2 | Kalex | Blusens Avintia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
By class
[edit]| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto2 | 2013 | 2013 Qatar | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
Races by year
[edit](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 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 21 | AME 20 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA 20 | CAT 17 | NED Ret | GER Ret | INP Ret | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | MAL | AUS | JPN | VAL | NC | 0 |
Supersport World Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](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 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Honda | AUS 4 | THA Ret | SPA 3 | NED 3 | ITA 15 | GBR Ret | POR 6 | ITA Ret | MAL 5 | SPA 4 | FRA 5 | QAT 1 | 5th | 116 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Honda | AUS Ret | THA 5 | SPA 11 | NED 1 | ITA 10 | MAL 5 | GBR 6 | ITA Ret | GER 9 | FRA 7 | SPA 3 | QAT 1 | 5th | 125 | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | Honda | AUS Ret | THA DSQ | SPA 16 | NED 11 | ITA 5 | GBR 8 | ITA 5 | GER 7 | POR Ret | FRA 9 | SPA Ret | QAT 10 | 9th | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Honda | AUS 8 | THA Ret | SPA 5 | NED Ret | ITA 24 | GBR 13 | CZE 8 | ITA 7 | POR 3 | FRA 8 | ARG 7 | QAT Ret | 8th | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kawasaki | AUS | THA | SPA 9 | NED Ret | ITA 13 | SPA Ret | ITA 19 | GBR Ret | POR Ret | FRA 9 | ARG 9 | QAT 9 | 15th | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Yamaha | AUS | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | SPA | SPA | SPA | SPA | SPA 3 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | FRA 2 | POR | POR | 15th | 36 | |||||||||
| 2022 | Yamaha | SPA 20 | SPA 20 | NED 16 | NED 8 | POR 11 | POR 2 | ITA Ret | ITA 16 | GBR 14 | GBR Ret | CZE 22 | CZE Ret | FRA 17 | FRA 24 | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | ARG | ARG | INA | INA | AUS | AUS | 20th | 53 |
Superbike World Championship
[edit]Races by year
[edit](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 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | ||||
| 2022 | Kawasaki | SPA | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | NED | POR | POR | POR | ITA | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | CZE | FRA | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | POR | ARG | ARG | ARG | INA Ret | INA 19 | INA Ret | AUS 12 | AUS 18 | AUS 18 | 25th | 4 |
* Season still in progress.
References
[edit]- ^ "Un valenciano con pasaporte británico". levante-emv.com (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ BSB Silverstone: Kyle Smith ruled out with a fractured pelvis Motorcycle News, 11 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021
- ^ "Driver Profile: Kyle Smith". hondanews.eu. Honda Motor Europe. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ "Kyle Smith loses ride with Avintia Racing, permanently replaced by Dani Rivas". motogpbrits.com. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b "PTR Honda snaps up race winner Kyle Smith". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Results from Sunday's Coca-Cola Zero Suzuka 8-Hours Round Of The FIM Endurance World Championship Series (Updated)". roadracingworld.com. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Kyle Smith at WorldSBK.com
