Round 4 Assen
After qualifying in 8th position Kyle was comfortable with his times and looking forward to the race but after developing a non-stable front end and chattering under breaking Kyle unfortunately slipped back to 11th place and could barely hold this. Another disappointing end to the beginning of the season for Kyle and the team, but […]
Round 3 Aragon
Again, not a very lucky start to the season for Kyle, after battling for the lead Kyle was pushed wide at turn 14 onto the slippy stuff and exited the race, after re-joining Kyle manage to get into 16th position just missing out on a championship point, very disappointing for the team and the fans […]
Round 2 thailand. Brake fade issues
A braking problem dashed hopes for Kyle at the 2nd round of the 2017 World Supersport Series. Brake fade dur to over heating caused Kyle to over run a few corners to which the governing body deemed ‘unsporting’!! Kyle fails to see the penalty board (as did another rider) and earned him an un-justified black flag. […]
Round 1 Australia
DNF for Kyle. The sesion hasn’t started as I’d like. It was craziest race in a long time; crashes, technical problem and red flag… After a hard weekend working on the bike and looking for a setting, we was P9 on the grid, and in a few two laps we were in P4, we had […]
Kyle Joins Team Lorini Honda
Kyle Smith will join Frosinone based squad Gemar Balloons -Team Lorini Honda in the 2017 FIM Supersport World Championship. Smith enjoyed success in his first two seasons of WorldSSP claiming race wins, podiums and fastest laps aboard the Honda CBR 600 RR. The Brit ended his 2016 season on a high, winning the last race […]
Round 12 Qatar . . WIN !!
Smith triumphs at Qatar Kyle Smith won the final World Supersport race of the season at Qatar in thrilling fashion by just 6 thousandths of a second from current World Champion Kenan Sofuoglu. Kyle charged to the front in the early laps of the race and held off campaigns by Jules Cluzel and Kenan Sofuoglu […]
Round 11. Podium in Jerez
CIA Landlord Insurance Honda’s Kyle Smith finished a solid third in the World Supersport race at Jerez today. Kyle had been on the pace all weekend at the Spanish circuit. He started well from the second row of the grid and quickly established himself with the leading trio of Sofuoglu, Krummenacher and Tuuli. After Krummenacher […]
Round 10 Magny-cours
A qualifying disaster throwing Kyle out of Superpole 1 on a wet Saturday track, broking handlebar and a technical rear brake issue meant he couldn’t get back out on the track to qualify, this placed Kyle 37th on the grid ! not a good start to the weekend. Race day (dry). Kyle miraculously ploughed through the field and made […]
Round 9 Germany
After running 1st in FP3 at the Lausitzring circuit, then due to a slow get away off the line Kyle struggles in the early stages of the race, but things smoothed out toward the end coming home in 9th possition
