Jakub Kornfeil

Jakub Kornfeil, born on 8 April 1993 in Kyjov, is a Czech Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He began racing in supermoto at the age of eight, won the 65 cc championship in 2002, and then collected Czech and European minibike titles and the Czech 125GP Championship in 2007 before joining the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2008. He won that Rookies Cup in 2009 by two points over Sturla Fagerhaug, after three wins in the last four races. He then moved up to the 125cc World Championship, first with Loncin and then with Racing Team Germany, where his best result of 2010 was fifth at his home Grand Prix. In the Moto3 World Championship his best finishes were second at Silverstone in 2015 and an eighth place in the 2016 standings, and in 2020 he raced in the MotoE World Cup. Away from tarmac he became the first MotoSurf GP world champion in jet surfing in 2015.