Scott Redding symbolized with his result and his comments all the desolation in WSBK of a Ducati clan which no longer seems to know which way to turn to at Donington. A crisis which affects all the pilots in Panigale since if the Englishman fell in race 1 where he therefore lost a lot in his title race, the customer pilot Axel Bassani from Team Motocorsa appeared as the best V4R at the finish in 10th place. Chaz Davies was eleventh and Michael Rinaldi, who was so strong at Misano, was only twelfth. We will have to pull ourselves together at Borgo Panigale…
And all the more so when we listen Redding, we seem lost in the box Ducati : " It doesn't work naturally, I have to fight against the bike. So it's difficult no matter if it's dry or wet. I fell because I wanted to do something the bike wouldn't have done. To take the turn as quickly as the others, I have to take a steeper angle. That's probably why it made me fall ". He adds on this subject: “ I'm fine, the fall just shook me a little ».
To Redding, the injury is rather moral: “ I've been struggling with grip and I really don't know what's going on right now. I'm usually very strong in the wet, but it was like being on ice here and I was passed everywhere. With Jonathan Rea, on the other hand, it looked like he was riding on rails ", said Redding, referring to the rainy third free practice session.
Redding: " It's difficult for me "
« It's difficult for me: with the set-up you go in one direction, then you come back in the other direction. So you don't get into your rhythm. It's difficult on this track if you don't have grip on the rear wheel. When I accelerate through the turns, I wait for the slide ».
He finishes : " I have to think about the races on Sunday. Riding a motorcycle that you have no feeling with is not a good situation. I trust my team that they will put something together for me that will make my job a little easier ". As if it wasn't enough to see his delay in the championship go to 65 points and see Razgatlioglu take charge of the hunt Jonathan Rhea in the general classification, Redding sees his third place threatened by the second Kawasaki rider alex lowes now fourth with the same 104 points scored as him.
WSBK Donington J2 Race 1: classification
Credit classification wsbk.com
