Scott Redding

Scott Redding
Scott Redding, Donington World Superbike 2024
Nationality	British
Born	(1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 31) Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Current team	Bonovo Action BMW
Bike number	45
Website	scottredding45.com/
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2014–2018 Manufacturers Honda, Ducati, Aprilia Championships 0 2018 championship position 21st (20 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 90 0 2 0 1 323 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010–2013 Manufacturers Suter, Kalex Championships 0 2013 championship position 2nd (225 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 66 3 14 3 2 555 125cc World Championship Active years 2008–2009 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2009 championship position 15th (50.5 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 33 1 2 0 2 155.5 Superbike World Championship Active years 2020– Manufacturers Ducati (2020–2021) BMW (2022– ) Championships 0 2024 championship position 18th (107 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 169 12 40 2 12 1243 British Superbike Championship Active years 2019 Manufacturers Ducati Championships 1 (2019) 2019 championship position 1st (697 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 27 11 20 8 6 697

Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993) is a British motorcycle racer. For 2024, he is contracted to ride in the Superbike World Championship with satellite team Bonovo BMW, ^[1] having left the BMW Motorrad factory team he rode for in 2023.

Redding spent the 2020 and 2021 seasons with the Ducati factory WSBK team, riding a Panigale V4. ^[2]

In 2019, he competed in the British Superbike Championship riding a Ducati Panigale V4 for Paul Bird's PBM team, ^[3] winning the championship on his first attempt. ^[4]

He is also known for Grand Prix motorcycle racing, primarily in the premier MotoGP class from 2014 to 2018. He was the youngest rider in Grand Prix motorcycle racing to win a race, breaking Marco Melandri's ten-year record, until Can Öncü broke this record in 2018. ^[5]

Career

Early career

Born in Quedgeley, Gloucester, Redding started racing Mini Motos in 2001, ^[6] winning the 2004 FAB-Racing Metrakit 50cc British MiniGP championship ^[7] and then switching to the 80cc Metrakit "Calypso Cup" in 2005 in Spain, where he won all six rounds of the series. ^[8]

In 2006 he tested for the Red Bull sponsored MotoGP academy cup ^[9] and was immediately offered a ride. However he had a mixed season with only one podium finish at the last round in Jerez.

For 2007 he signed for team BLU:sens Aprilia riding in the Spanish CEV 125cc championship finishing second overall to Stefan Bradl with a difference of eight points, taking a second place at round four and winning at the final rounds of five, six and seven. ^[10]

125cc World Championship (2008–2009)

Redding left the CEV championship in 2008, being entered by team BLU:sens Aprilia in the 125cc Grand Prix World championship. Redding made a sensational start at the opening round of Qatar, by being the youngest ever rider in the 125cc class to qualify on the front row of the grid, in fourth place. He went on to take fifth place in the race setting the lap record for the 125cc class of 2'05.635 in the process. ^[11] He was also on the front row in Spain. ^[12]

On 22 June 2008 Redding became the back then youngest ever Grand Prix winner, aged 15 years and 170 days, ^[5] when he won the 2008 British 125cc Grand Prix at Donington Park. Redding took the lead with six laps remaining after pressuring Andrea Iannone into pushing too hard and going off at Craner Curves. Redding held off Frenchman Mike Di Meglio and Spaniard Marc Márquez to win in only his eighth 125cc outing. He became the first British winner of a 125cc race since Chas Mortimer won the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix and the first British winner of a British motorcycle Grand Prix in the 125cc class since 1973, when Tommy Robb won at the 1973 Isle of Man TT, which was then the British round of the world championship. He is also the first British rider ever to win a British round of any Grand Prix class since the British motorcycle Grand Prix moved to Donington Park in 1987. In the first ever two-wheeled race at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway in America, Redding secured 4th place, having been in that position when it started to rain due to Hurricane Ike and Red Flag brought the race to a premature end.

Redding also won Rookie of the Year for being the highest placed new rider, finishing the season in eleventh overall.

For the 2009 125cc Motorcycle Grand Prix season Redding rode a factory Aprilia machinery and remained with team BLU:sens Aprilia. ^[13]

Redding had a difficult season, suffering from mechanical issues and handling difficulties. He got on the podium at the 2009 British Grand Prix, his second career podium.

Moto2 World Championship (2010–2013)

Marc VDS Racing Team (2010–2013)

2010

Redding at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix

Redding signed with new team Marc VDS Racing Team in the Moto2 600cc class for 2010, ^[14] having grown too big to continue competing in the 125cc class. ^[15] He struggled in the initial pre-season tests, but was more competitive in later ones. ^[16] Redding struggled at the beginning of the season, but improved to finish fourth in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and became the youngest rider ever to score a podium finish in the 250cc/Moto2 class by finishing third in Indianapolis. ^[17]

At the San Marino Grand Prix in Misano, Redding was involved in an accident which resulted in the death of Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa. After Tomizawa fell from his bike on the twelfth lap of the race, he was immediately hit by Redding and Alex de Angelis, who were unable to avoid him. Redding received ten stitches for a back laceration but escaped major injury. ^[18]

On 29 September 2010, Redding signed a two-year contract with Marc VDS, keeping him in Moto2 until 2012. ^[19]

2011

Redding finished the season in 15th place with 63 points, with a best result of fifth place, obtained on three occasions: at Silverstone, Indianapolis and Misano.

2012

Redding finished the season in fifth position, having collected 165 points, a second place in the 2012 British motorcycle Grand Prix, his home race, along with four other podiums, all third places finishes.

2013

Riding again for Marc VDS, Redding finished a close second in the championship after a season-long battle against Pol Espargaró. During the season, Redding obtained three victories, three second places, a third place, and three pole-positions. With three races left in the season he held a lead of 10 points over Espargaró; however, Redding crashed during qualifying in Australia, fracturing his wrist and could not participate in the race. ^[20] Pol Espargaró won the race. In the following Japanese Grand Prix, Redding collided with the motorcycle of Esteve Rabat who had crashed in front of him in the second turn of the race. The race was red-flagged and restarted without an injured Redding; this second incident took him out of contention for the title, which Espargaró won by winning the Japanese race too. ^[21]

MotoGP World Championship (2014–2018)

GO&FUN Gresini Honda (2014)

2014

Redding at the 2014 French Grand Prix

Redding switched to MotoGP with the GO & FUN Gresini team on a Honda RCV1000R production racer, his teammate was Álvaro Bautista. He was consistent over the year, finishing every race except Austin. His best results of the season were two seventh-place finishes, at the season-opening round in Qatar and at Phillip Island. He finished 12th in the championship, scoring 81 points. He was also runner-up in the "open class" category, albeit 45 points behind Aleix Espargaró.

EG 0,0 Marc VDS (2015)

2015

In 2015 Redding remained in MotoGP, re-joining his former team Marc VDS. He was riding a factory-specification Honda RC213V. At the San Marino Grand Prix, Redding achieved his maiden MotoGP podium with a third-place finish despite crashing early in the race. ^[22] With Bradley Smith finishing second, the duo became the first pair of British riders to finish on a premier class podium since Barry Sheene and Tom Herron did so at the Venezuelan Grand Prix in 1979. ^[23] On 30 August 2015, the morning of his home race at Silverstone, it was announced that Redding would join Pramac Racing for the 2016 season, replacing Yonny Hernández alongside Danilo Petrucci. ^[24]

Pramac Racing (2016–2017)

2016

Scott Redding remained in MotoGP for his third season, this time racing for Pramac Racing, his third team in three seasons. Riding on a Ducati Desmosedici GP15, with fellow teammate Danilo Petrucci, Scott Redding had a mixed season. He only finished 15th in the standings, one point behind Petrucci, but he managed to get his second, and to date his last, MotoGP podium at the 2016 Dutch TT.

2017

In 2017, Redding stayed with Pramac Racing Ducati, together with Danilo Petrucci. However, due to last years performances, Danilo Petrucci received a GP17 Ducati Desmosedici with factory support while Redding had to do with the GP16. During this year, Petrucci emerged as the far stronger rider with Redding never finishing higher than seventh in both Qatar and San Marino. In turn, this would be his last year with Pramac Racing.

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini (2018)

2018

After his contract at Ducati was not extended, Redding signed with Aprilia for the 2018 season. He replaced fellow british rider Sam Lowes, who had a catastrophic 2017 season, finishing with just 5 points, compared to teammate Aleix Espargaró's 62. The 2018 season did not go as planned for Aprilia however, Espargaró finished with 44 points, and a best result of 6th in Aragon, while Redding finished with 20 points, and not having a top 10 finish all year. Following the season, Redding was not re-signed by the team.

After MotoGP

British Superbike Championship (2019)

2019

In 2019, he competed in the British Superbike Championship riding a Ducati Panigale V4 for Paul Bird's PBM team. ^[25] He won the championship on his first attempt, after an epic showdown with his teammate Josh Brookes, Redding edging him out by a mere 5 points, over a 27 race season. ^[26]

Superbike World Championship (2020–present)

2020

For 2020, Redding competed in the Superbike World Championship, signing a two-year deal to ride a factory Ducati Panigale V4 for the Aruba.it Racing team. ^[27] He had a successful first season, finishing on the podium 13 times in 24 races (5 times first, 5 times second, 3 times in third place), and finished second overall in the standings.

2021

As of late season 2021, Redding already has 6 victories, 9 second place finishes, 4 third place finishes, and is third in the standings currently. In August, he and BMW announced that Redding would switch from Ducati to BMW for 2022, a move that surprised many people. ^[28]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2008	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens Aprilia Junior	45	17	1	1	0	2	105	11th
2009	125cc	Aprilia	Blusens Aprilia	45	16	0	1	0	0	50.5	15th
2010	Moto2	Suter	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	17	0	2	0	1	102	8th
2011	Moto2	Suter	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	17	0	0	0	0	63	15th
2012	Moto2	Kalex	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	17	0	5	0	0	165	5th
2013	Moto2	Kalex	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	15	3	7	3	1	225	2nd
2014	MotoGP	Honda	GO&FUN Gresini Honda	45	18	0	0	0	0	81	12th
2015	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	45	18	0	1	0	0	84	13th
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	45	18	0	1	0	0	74	15th
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	Octo Pramac Racing	45	18	0	0	0	1	64	14th
2018	MotoGP	Aprilia	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	45	18	0	0	0	0	20	21st
Total					189	4	18	3	5	1033.5

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125cc	2008–2009	2008 Qatar	2008 Great Britain	2008 Great Britain	33	1	2	0	2	155.5	0
Moto2	2010–2013	2010 Qatar	2010 Indianapolis	2013 France	66	3	14	3	2	555	0
MotoGP	2014–2018	2014 Qatar	2015 San Marino		90	0	2	0	1	323	0
Total	2008–2018				189	4	18	3	5	1033.5

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2008	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 5	SPA 7	POR 21	CHN Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 14	CAT 6	GBR 1	NED Ret	GER 8	CZE 11	RSM Ret	INP 4	JPN 8	AUS 10	MAL Ret	VAL 8			11th	105
2009	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 13	JPN Ret	SPA 4	FRA Ret	ITA 7	CAT 11	NED Ret	GER Ret	GBR 3	CZE 15	INP Ret	RSM Ret	POR 16	AUS 11	MAL Ret	VAL Ret				15th	50.5
2010	Moto2	Suter	QAT 23	SPA 16	FRA 11	ITA 21	GBR 4	NED 11	CAT Ret	GER Ret	CZE 22	INP 3	RSM Ret	ARA 8	JPN 5	MAL Ret	AUS 2	POR 4	VAL 5			8th	102
2011	Moto2	Suter	QAT 31	SPA 23	POR 25	FRA 16	CAT 11	GBR 5	NED 24	ITA 27	GER 7	CZE 26	INP 5	RSM 5	ARA 15	JPN 20	AUS 7	MAL 10	VAL 30			15th	63
2012	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 6	SPA 4	POR 11	FRA 3	CAT 10	GBR 2	NED 3	GER Ret	ITA 6	INP 6	CZE Ret	RSM 7	ARA 3	JPN 4	MAL 11	AUS 3	VAL 22			5th	165
2013	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 2	AME 5	SPA 2	FRA 1	ITA 1	CAT 4	NED 2	GER 7	INP 3	CZE 8	GBR 1	RSM 6	ARA 4	MAL 7	AUS DNS	JPN DNS	VAL 15			2nd	225
2014	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 7	AME Ret	ARG 14	SPA 13	FRA 12	ITA 13	CAT 13	NED 12	GER 11	INP 9	CZE 11	GBR 10	RSM 13	ARA 10	JPN 16	AUS 7	MAL 10	VAL 10		12th	81
2015	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 13	AME Ret	ARG 9	SPA 13	FRA Ret	ITA 11	CAT 7	NED 13	GER Ret	INP 13	CZE 12	GBR 6	RSM 3	ARA 12	JPN 10	AUS 11	MAL 11	VAL 15		13th	84
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 10	ARG Ret	AME 6	SPA 19	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 16	NED 3	GER 4	AUT 8	CZE 15	GBR 17	RSM 15	ARA 19	JPN 9	AUS 7	MAL 15	VAL 14		15th	74
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 7	ARG 8	AME 12	SPA 11	FRA Ret	ITA 12	CAT 13	NED Ret	GER 20	CZE 16	AUT 12	GBR 8	RSM 7	ARA 14	JPN 16	AUS 11	MAL 13	VAL Ret		14th	64
2018	MotoGP	Aprilia	QAT 20	ARG 12	AME 17	SPA 15	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 12	NED 14	GER 15	CZE Ret	AUT 20	GBR C	RSM 21	ARA 16	THA 16	JPN 19	AUS 13	MAL 19	VAL 11	21st	20

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1		2		3			4		5		6		7		8		9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
2019	Ducati	SIL 3	SIL Ret	OUL 5	OUL 4	DON 1	DON 1	DON 1	BRH 22	BRH 3	KNO 2	KNO 1	SNE 1	SNE 1	THR 2	THR 22	CAD 4	CAD Ret	OUL 3	OUL 1	OUL 3	ASS 1	ASS 1	DON 1	DON 1	BHGP 3	BHGP 2	BHGP 3	1st	697

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2020	Ducati Panigale V4 R	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	24	5	14	1	3	305	2nd
2021	Ducati Panigale V4 R	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	37	7	23	1	9	501	3rd
2022	M1000RR	BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	36	0	3	0	0	204	8th
2023	M1000RR	ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	36	0	0	0	0	126	14th
2024	M1000RR	Bonovo Action BMW	36	0	0	0	0	107	18th
Total			169	12	40	2	12	1243

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			Pos	Pts
		R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2020	Ducati	AUS 3	AUS 3	AUS 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 1	POR 7	POR 5	POR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 4	SPA Ret	SPA 1	SPA 3	SPA 2	SPA 8	SPA 6	FRA 5	FRA 4	FRA 1	POR Ret	POR 6	POR 2																2nd	305
2021	Ducati	SPA 4	SPA 8	SPA 1	POR 1	POR 3	POR 16	ITA 4	ITA 4	ITA 4	GBR Ret	GBR 18	GBR 4	NED 2	NED 5	NED 2	CZE 2	CZE 2	CZE 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 2	FRA 12	FRA 5	FRA 3	SPA 1	SPA 15	SPA 3	SPA 3	SPA C	SPA 2	POR 2	POR 2	POR 2	ARG 9	ARG 2	ARG 1	INA 3	INA C	INA 2	3rd	501
2022	BMW	SPA 15	SPA 12	SPA Ret	NED 9	NED 11	NED 5	POR 8	POR 7	POR 11	ITA 10	ITA 11	ITA 9	GBR 4	GBR 3	GBR 5	CZE 3	CZE 8	CZE 4	FRA 2	FRA 5	FRA 6	SPA Ret	SPA 8	SPA Ret	POR 18	POR 13	POR 7	ARG 7	ARG 14	ARG 9	INA 12	INA 6	INA 6	AUS 16	AUS 6	AUS 6				8th	204
2023	BMW	AUS 9	AUS 14	AUS 13	INA Ret	INA 9	INA 10	NED 10	NED 8	NED 7	SPA Ret	SPA 12	SPA Ret	EMI 11	EMI 11	EMI 14	GBR 8	GBR 9	GBR 4	ITA 10	ITA 9	ITA 8	CZE 4	CZE 11	CZE 8	FRA 7	FRA 20	FRA Ret	SPA 11	SPA 11	SPA 14	POR 15	POR 13	POR 14	SPA Ret	SPA Ret	SPA 8				14th	126
2024	BMW	AUS 11	AUS 17	AUS 17	SPA 17	SPA 12	SPA 11	NED 8	NED 10	NED Ret	ITA 15	ITA 14	ITA 12	GBR Ret	GBR 4	GBR 4	CZE 15	CZE Ret	CZE 13	POR Ret	POR 17	POR 14	FRA 4	FRA 4	FRA 8	ITA 13	ITA 13	ITA 12	SPA 11	SPA 10	SPA 11	POR 12	POR 10	POR 11	SPA 14	SPA 12	SPA 12				15th	107

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External links

• Scott Redding at MotoGP.com
• Scott Redding at WorldSBK.com
• Scott Redding at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Official website

Records
Preceded by Marco Melandri 15 years, 324 days (1998 Dutch TT)	Youngest rider to win a motorcycle Grand Prix 15 years, 170 days (2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix)	Succeeded by Can Öncü 15 years, 115 days (2018 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix)