Scott Redding’s first day back aboard the Ducati Panigale V4 R ahead o🔴f the 2025 WorldSBK season saw him show im𒈔pressive speed, even if the result was marginally below his target.

The British rider was👍 third on the tim🅰esheets on the first day of this week’s Jerez test, making it an all-Ducati top-three behind Nicolo Bulega and Andrea Iannone.

“The first day’s been really amazing,” Reddin🍎g told WorlღdSBK.com at the end of the first day in Jerez.

“I wasn’t able to ride the bike at the end of the year, so I was really eager. I finally got that feeling ꦰback on my fingertips꧟.

“Today ended up being a reaꦚll🍸y good day and a great start for me and the team.”

Finishing tꦯhe day third overall was encouraging for Redding, but still below his ambitions.

“My goal was t♚ry to go P1 on my first day,” he said. “It’s a little bit ambitious, but you’ve got to aim high!

“I a𓃲lso had a yellow flag on my best lap so I lost a little bit of time.

“In general, to be top-three on my first day and all of these guys have tested I think two times [for] two days or three days since the end of the season; it was hard to get up to speed initially but when I f🎐ound my rhythm and relaxed a little bit, I could build.

“Myౠ best lap was on the SCQ and then I did a 𓄧1:40 with the race tyre.”

Bonovo MGM team manager Michael Galinkski was also plea𝕴sed with Redding’s initial performance, and the work done by the team to get him there.

“We worked on the balance of the bike for Scott [Redding], and the suspension and everything to give him a b🍷ike that he can feel,” Galinski said, speaking to WorldSജBK.com.

“It🌟 wa🌱s better than I expected but the first day was a lot of work.”