Scott Redding, like the Phoenix, rises from the ashes. A resurrection due to the fairy Ducati who recovered the broken Englishman after an Aprilia period in MotoGP. The 27-year-old driver still has this episode of his career marked in his memory and remembering it helps him appreciate every moment spent in WSBK on his Panigale V4 R. The proof…
Scott Redding is a whole man and therefore a sensitive pilot. If he doesn't feel in his element, he's just a shadow of himself. We saw this during his 2018 Grand Prix season which was so disastrous that it sounded the death knell for the Englishman's presence in the paddock. In 18 races, he had only finished in the points on seven occasions, with no hope of getting a top 10. His 21rd place in the final ranking clearly showed him that he needed a change of scenery. Or disappear.
He therefore returned to his kingdom of England for a British Superbike which he won upon his arrival. A performance appreciated by Ducati who propelled him into WSBK as official pilot, in place of a Baptist left for Honda. A chain of circumstances which also showed that his good fortune had returned.
The fact remains that bad times will always serve as experience for him: “ I had never experienced such a bad time » recalls the teammate of Chaz Davies. " I wondered what was going on, so I had to leave. I just needed something else to find myself and, in British Superbike, the joy of racing returned. »
Siffredi or Thor?
« At Aprilia, I hated racing, I hated motorcycles, and I wanted nothing more to do with her. Today, it's good to have a good team, a good bike in WSBK, which allows me to fight with the best in Superbike. It's nice to have this opportunity, and maybe you have to go through what I went through to really appreciate it. »
With this improvement, Scott Redding also regained his good humor. His teammate Chaz Davies noticed it, to the point that in a conversation on social networks, he found some analogies with… Rocco Siffredi. But the Englishman replied, amused: “ I thought I was more like Thor... »
