Moto Rapido, Smrz return for Brands finale

Moto Rapido returns to BSB competition with Ducati and Jakub Smrz at Brands Hatch ahead of a full comeback in 2015.
Matteo Baiocco - Moto Rapido Ducati
Matteo Baiocco - Moto Rapido Ducati
© Ian Hopgood Photography

Jakub Smrz will be back on the British Superbike Championship grid for the final round of the 2014 season at Brands Hatch aboard a Ducati prepared by series Moto Rapido.

The Moto Rapido outfit competed as the sole full-time Ducati entry in BSB between 2011 and 2013, but was not present for 2014 as Millsport came in to run a Ducati 1199 Panigale for ex-WSBK rider Smrz.

However, with Millsport calling time on its BSB involvement after Smrz injured himself at Cadwell Park, Moto Rapido has returned for the final round with the now-recovered Czech rider and a new title sponsor in Lloyds British ahead of a planned 2015 campaign.

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