SIXTH SEASON IN PREMIER CLASS

Bradley races into his sixth season in the toughest and most demanding of all world sporting arenas – the 19 round MotoGP World Championship that races in 15 different countries and five continents between March and November. He starts his second season as a factory rider competing for the Austrian – based KTM team.

Bradley Smith records and milestones

• Bradley’s win at Mugello in Italy made him the first British rider to have two or more wins in a season across all the solo classes of Grand Prix racing since Barry Sheene in the 500cc class in 1979.
• The Mugello win made him the first British rider to have two or more 125cc GP wins in a single season since Barry Sheene in 1971.
• At the French GP in 2007 he became the youngest ever British rider to finish on the podium at that time.
• This was also the first podium in the 125cc class for a British rider since Robin Milton finished second at the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island in 1989.
• It was the first podium by a British rider in all classes of racing for over six years - since Jeremy McWilliams was 3rd in the 250cc race at the Pacific GP of 2001 at Motegi.
• In 2007 Bradley was the first British rider since Clive Horton in 1978 to finish in the top ten in the 125cc world championship classification.
• Bradley’s pole position in Qatar in 2008 was the first in the 125cc class for a British rider since Chas Mortimer at the Belgium Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in 1972.
• This pole in Qatar also made Smith the youngest British rider to start a Grand Prix from pole position.
• Bradley scored a total of 223.5 points during the 2009 season. This is the highest number of Grand Prix points ever achieved by a British rider in a single season.
• Nine podium finishes in 2009 is the highest number of podiums by a British rider across all solo classes since Phil Read had eight podium finishes in the 500cc class in 1975.
• It was also the first win in the 125cc class in Spain by a British rider since Chas Mortimer (Yamaha) won at Jarama in 1973 which was also the last overseas win in the 125cc class by a British rider.
• It is also the highest number of podium finishes by a British rider in the 125cc class since Chas Mortimer finished on the podium ten times in 1972.
• At the Spanish GP in 2009 Bradley became the second youngest British rider to win a Grand Prix, after Scott Redding who won at Donington in 2008.
• His win in Spain was the first ever win at Jerez in any of the solo classes by a British rider.
• Bradley’s second place in the final 125cc championship standings in 2009 is the best performance across all solo classes of GP racing since Barry Sheene was second to Kenny Roberts in the 1978 500cc world championship.
• His second place finish in the 2009 championship is the best performance by a British rider in the 125cc class since Chas Mortimer was second to Kent Andersson in 1973.
• Bradley finished fourth in the 2010 125cc World Championship riding for the Aspar team.
• He finished on the podium six times and won the final grand prix of the season in Valencia.
• He secured three pole positions and 12 front row starts.
• In 2011 Bradley made the move to Moto2, with Tech 3 Racing.
• He finished seventh in his debut season in the Moto2 World Championship, finishing on the podium in three successive grands prix including a second place at his home grand prix at Silverstone.
• Bradley was the highest placed British rider in the Moto2 World Championship and finished in the top six on seven occasions.
• At the French GP in 2012 he became, at the age of 21 years 174 days, the youngest British rider of all-time to reach the milestone of 100 Grand Prix starts, taking the record from Mike Hailwood.
• Bradley became the youngest ever British rider to have a full-time ride in the MotoGP class in 2013 with Monster Yamaha Tech3.
• In his Rookie MotoGP season he secured three sixth places and three second row starts.
• He scored more World Championship points in his Rookie MotoGP season than any previous British rider.
• Bradley was the highest placed British finisher in the 2014 MotoGP World Championship.
• In 2015 Bradley finished sixth in the MotoGP World Championship. He was highest placed British and non-factory rider.
• He scored top ten finishes in every race of the 18 round 2015 MotoGP World Championship.
• Bradley took his very first MotoGP podium finish in 2015 when he finished third at the Tissot Australian Grand Prix behind Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.
• He also secured his second MotoGP podium when he finished second in the San Marino Grand Prix 2015.
• Bradley brought the Yamaha factory team success in the prestigious 2015 Suzuka Eight Hour race in Japan.
• In October 2016 at the Australian Grand Prix Bradley made his 100th appearance for the Tech 3 team.
• Bradley signed a factory contract with KTM for the 2017 season.
• In March 2017 he makes his debut as factory rider on the KTM machine at the Qatar Grand Prix.
• Bradley takes his first top ten finish on the factory KTM at Misano.