Former MotoGP star Bradley Smith enjoyed his first ever run out in WorldSSP at San Juan, even if he had to recalibrate quite heavily after so long away from a competitive World Championship weekend. “Definitely like a little bit baptism by fire, from a racing point of view,” said Smith. “Having not raced and not felt that sensation of being on the absolute limit for a couple of years, I definitely felt a bit rusty there.
But the best way to describe it is racing is from 95% up to 100. “You can ride at 90% all day long, but to squeeze that final 95, 96, 97, that just takes time and bits and pieces.
Very happy with the progress. I think first session, we ended up 1.7 secs off and we got that down to 0.6 by warmup. So by that point of view, it was good.
This morning, only 0.2 off of my team-mate in warm-up.” And of the experience overall, despite being nerfed off in race two, Smith stated, “Loved every minute of being inside this team.