Scott Redding

Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993) is a British motorcycle racer who rides for Hager PBM Ducati in the British Superbike Championship.

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

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

Redding 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.

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

In 2006, Redding tested for the Red Bull sponsored MotoGP academy cup 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, Redding 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.

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. He was also on the front row in Spain.

On 22 June 2008, Redding became the back then youngest ever Grand Prix winner, aged 15 years and 170 days,

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 signed with new team Marc VDS Racing Team in the Moto2 600cc class for 2010, having grown too big to continue competing in the 125cc class. He struggled in the initial pre-season tests, but was more competitive in later ones. 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.

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.

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

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 ten points over Espargaró; however, Redding crashed during qualifying in Australia, fracturing his wrist and could not participate in the race. 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.

MotoGP World Championship (2014–2018) GO&FUN Gresini Honda (2014) 2014

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. 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 . On 30 August 2015, the morning of his home race at Silverstone, it was announced that Redding would join Pramac Racing for the season, replacing Yonny Hernández alongside Danilo Petrucci.

Pramac Racing (2016–2017) 2016 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 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 five 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-ten finish all year. Following the season, Redding was not re-signed by the team.

After MotoGP British Superbike Championship (2019) 2019 In 2019, Redding competed in the British Superbike Championship riding a Ducati Panigale V4 for Paul Bird's PBM team.

Superbike World Championship (2020–2025) 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. He had a successful first season, finishing on the podium 13 times in 24 races (five times first, five times second, three 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.

BMW Motorrad Team (2022–2023)

2022 In the 2022 season, Redding struggled to fit with the BMW S1000RR bike and scored only three podiums and finished eighth in the Championship.

2023 In the 2023 season, Redding didn't earn any podiums and finished 14th in the championship.

After 2023 season, Redding still rode the BMW S1000RR bike but did not renew his contract with BMW and moved to satellite team MGM Bonovo Team.

MGM Bonovo (2024–2025)

2024 The 2024 season was considered a worse season for Redding as he still struggled with BMW bike and finished 18th in the Championship.

2025 Coming 2025 season, MGM Bonovo and Redding used a Ducati bike with hope to regain form. However, after Donington Park round, Redding made the decision to leave the team and return to British Superbike Championship, to the surprise of the MGM Bonovo boss and staff. He was replaced by Tarran Mackenzie.

The reason for Redding's departure from the team is reported to be financial problems within the team and Redding having to self-fund his place in WorldSBK.

Return to British Superbike Championship (2025–present)

2025 Redding signed a contract with Hager PBM Ducati to replace Glenn Irwin, who parted ways with team by mutual consent following a disagreement over his return to racing after an injury sustained at Snetterton in June. After a mixed debut at Knockhill, Redding secured a win at Brands Hatch during Round 5 and has since won six more times.

2026 Redding is set to remain with Hager PBM Ducati for the 2026 British Superbike Championship.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

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)

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 Ducati SIL SIL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH KNO KNO SNE SNE THR THR CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL ASS ASS DON DON BHGP BHGP BHGP 1st 697 Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Ducati OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON SNE SNE SNE KNO KNO KNO BRH BRH BRH THR THR THR CAD CAD CAD DON DON DON DON ASS ASS ASS OUL OUL OUL BRH BRH BRH 4th 329.5

Superbike World Championship By season

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 Ducati AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA POR POR POR 2nd 305 Ducati SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR NED NED NED CZE CZE CZE SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA 3rd 501 BMW SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA AUS AUS AUS 8th 204 BMW AUS AUS AUS INA INA INA NED NED NED SPA SPA SPA EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 14th 126 BMW AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 15th 107 Ducati AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR HUN HUN HUN FRA FRA FRA ARA ARA ARA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 17th 76