From warm-up fall to dominant Snetterton display for Redding

Scott Redding says patience was key to his dominant double victory at Snetterton knowing he had the pace in hand with his Be Wiser Ducati despite the blip of a crash in warm-up.

After topping every practice session and taking pole position, Redding’s rhythm at the Norfolk track was knocked by a crash on his first flying lap during Sunday morning warm-up – effectively taking him out of the entire 20-minute session.

Despite two slow getaways in each race, including a jump-start incident which was reviewed by BSB race direction, Redding kept his composure to pick his way through the front-running pack and charge to victory in both races at Snetterton.

With a maximum helping of BSB championship points and Podium Points, Redding feels choosing his moments to attack became vital after his warm-up off which forced his Be Wiser Ducati squad into a rapid repair job before Race 1.

“I’m really happy with how the weekend has gone and to end with a double victory is brilliant. The first race was quite difficult after the morning crash, so I needed to bide my time and let the race come to me,” Redding said.

“I was struggling a little to get out of the corners but after a good battle with the other riders I managed to come through and pull a gap to the end of the race.

“In the second race, I learnt an awful lot by seeing what the other riders were doing and I rode as smoothly as I could throughout and made my move on Josh when the time felt right.

“It couldn’t have gone much better so a big thanks to the team for doing a phenomenal job and giving me a fantastic bike.”

Redding has extended is overall BSB points lead to 38 points over Tommy Bridewell, while he also tops the Podium Points tally with 35 – nine more than nearest rival Josh Brookes.