In the BMW clan, after the Portimao round in a WSBK calendar which has finished with Europe for this season, we found Loris Baz quite satisfied to have been able to stay in the top 10 at the end of the three races on the program, and a Scott Redding disappointed to see a halt in the progress of the M1000RR. And as is often the case in this case, the Englishman makes it known…
Scott Redding was coming from a final round in Barcelona where he had not had the expected success, so this Portuguese disappointment only added to his spleen. 18th in race 1 after a fall, 13th in the sprint race, the official BMW finished his performance with a seventh place in race 2 which was not likely to console him. The Bavarian factory team failed to return to the positive trend it had started between Donington, Most and Magny-Cours, marked by three consecutive podiums. During the last two rounds of the World Championship Superbike, there were obvious difficulties that will have to be resolved.
Scott Redding BMW: “ at the moment there is no solution yet »
On this situation, Redding commented : « the weekend was not the best. We still fought, maybe not as much as in Barcelona, but we are not yet where we would like to be. Our weak point still costs us a lot of time. There's not much I can do ».
The old pilot Ducati pointed out what defect of his BMW M1000RR affected him the most: “ the guys helped me get a better feeling in certain areas and they helped me with tire life, to be consistent until the end. But I need performance in corners and at the moment there is no solution yet. We still have a lot of work to do and everyone is working hard. But sometimes you have to go deep to find a solution that makes a difference. We'll get there, it only takes time » he finishes.
