Redding: Not where we’d like to be but we’re making progress

🍌Scott Redding says he has a firm direction for setup with his World Superbike-specification Ducati V4 R but concedes he’s still getting to grips with the 🌌differences from his British Superbike-specification Ducati.

The 2019 BSB champion moves up to World Supe🌼rbikes next season with🎀 Aruba.it Racing Ducati, replacing Honda-bound Alvaro Bautista alongside Chaz Davies, and completed the two-day Jerez test with a total of 135 laps with a best time of 1m 39.466s.

Redding: Not where we’d like to be but we’re making progress

Scott Redding says he has🍸 a firm direction for setup with his World Superbike-specification Ducati V4 R but concedes he’s still getting to grips with the differences from his British Superbike-specification Ducati.

The 2019 BSB champion moves up to World Superbikes next season with Aruba.it Racing Ducati, replacing Honda-bound Alvar🍌o Bautista alongside Chaz Davies, and completed the two-day Jer♔ez test with a total of 135 laps with a best time of 1m 39.466s.

Redding is focusing his winter testing on adapting to the Ducati V4 R equipped with full electronics as permitted in WorldSBK rules, compared to the single specification electronics in BSB, while also adjusting to Pirelli’s new 🥂tyres.

The former MotoGP rider 🍨feels clear progress has been found 𓂃at the Jerez test but accepts he’ll need more time to be confidently up to speed.

“Today we tried to fin꧟d a bit more rear grip, something that I’ve struggled with here at Jerez since yesterday, and thanks to the work of the guys in the team in th🐻e end we found something that helped a lot,” Redding said.

“We’re still not where we’d like to be but we’re making progress. As well as testing the new tyres brought by Pirelli, we managed to work a bit more with the electroni⛦cs, which are totally new to me in ♌Superbike.

“In general I was quite happy by the end of the test, it’s good to have that bonding between myself and the Panigale V🅘4 R and know which direction to work in ready for the 2020 season.”

World Superbikes heads into its wintౠer break with pre-season testing resuming in late January before Redding and the rest of the grid travels to Phillip Island for the official test which precedes the 2020 season opener at the Australian circuit.

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