Progress for Redding ahead of Le Mans

After a miserable weekend at Jerez Scott Redding made plenty of progress during the Monday test and now the Englishman will be hoping to bring that form forward to next weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Redding, who is riding the Factory spec Honda RC213v for the first time this year, has had a tough time adapting to the new bike and getting the most from it. At Jerez team principal Michael Bartholemy was upset after the race with the performance of the team and said that the target was for Redding to use the Monday test to learn as much as possible.

The Belgian said to MCN after the race that “The plan is for Scott to complete as many laps as possible but to do them in the smartest way possible. This means we’ll go out for one run and compelte ten laps, come back into the pits for twenty minutes to talk about the bike and then do another ten laps.”

This added up to a mammoth 105 laps for Redding on Monday but afterwards the former Moto2 vice-champion was pleased with the progress made during the test.

“It’s been a long test, but a good one,” said Redding. “Testing is always tough straight after a race weekend, but we kicked off with two runs of ten laps, because I needed to rediscover the feeling with the bike. Straight out of the box it was better; especially the front.

“We didn’t change so much today, only my position on the bike really, but it made a difference. I was able to move around the bike more easily and load the front tyre and it’s all about loading the front tyre. Go hard into the turn and it’s all good, but go slow and you don’t make the corner. It’s all a bit back to front, but that’s what test days are for, finding these things out.”