Photo: Mark from Coventry, West Midlands / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Bradley Smith strikes me as a rider who understands his own value better than his trophy cabinet might suggest. After his grand prix years, he leaned into development and test work for BMW in World Superbikes and even ventured into electric MotoE, surviving a serious crash along the way in 2022. I find that adaptability genuinely impressive. Not everyone can step out of the championship glare and find real purpose in the unglamorous, essential work of making a machine faster. That willingness to redefine where he fits, rather than chase fading fame, makes him a rider I quietly root for.
Overview
Bradley William Smith (born 28 November 1990) is a British motorcycle racer acting as a test-rider for the official BMW Motorrad WorldSBK factory team in World Superbikes. Smith was linked to RNF E-Racing in MotoE for 2022. He was injured shortly after a Le Mans start at an FIM Endurance World Championship event in April 2022 when opening for team Moto Ain Yamaha.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bradley Smith
- Name (Japanese)
- ブラッドリー・スミス
- Reading
- ぶらっどりー・すみす
- Born
- November 28, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Horse
- Origin
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- motorcycle racer / motorcycle development rider
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.