Scott Redding

Scott Redding
Redding at the 2013 French Grand Prix.
Nationality	British
Born	4 January 1993 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Current team	Octo Pramac Yakhnich
Bike number	45
Website	scottredding45.com/
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2014–2016 Manufacturers Honda, Ducati Championships 0 2016 championship position 15th (74 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 54 0 2 0 0 239 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

Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993), is an British Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the MotoGP World Championship for Pramac Racing. He holds the distinction of being the youngest rider in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing to ever win a race, breaking Marco Melandri's 10-year record.^[1] He is also the youngest rider to have contested both 50 and 100 Grands Prix.

Biography

Born in Quedgeley, Gloucester, Redding started racing Mini Motos in 2001,^[2] winning the 2004 FAB-Racing Metrakit 50cc British MiniGP championship^[3] and then switching to the 80cc Metrakit "Calypso Cup" in 2005 in Spain, where he won all six rounds of the series.^[4]

In 2006 he tested for the Red Bull sponsored MotoGP academy cup^[5] 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.^[6]

125cc (2008–2009)

2008

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.^[7] He was also on the front row in Spain.^[8]

On 22 June 2008 Redding became the youngest ever Grand Prix winner, aged 15 years and 170 days,^[1] 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.

2009

For the 2009 125cc Motorcycle Grand Prix season Redding rode a factory Aprilia machinery and remained with team BLU:sens Aprilia.^[9]

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 (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,^[10] having grown too big to continue competing in the 125cc class.^[11] He struggled in the initial pre-season tests, but was more competitive in later ones.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

On 29 September 2010, Redding signed a two year contract with Marc VDS, keeping him in Moto2 until 2012.^[15]

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 in fifth position with 165 points, with four podium finishes, all third places.

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.^[16] 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 race.^[17]

MotoGP (2014–)

Gresini Racing (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 in Austin. His best result was a seventh place finish, on two occasions, 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, albeit 45 points behind Aleix Espargaró.

Marc VDS Racing Team (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.^[18] 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.^[19]

Pramac Racing (2016)

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.^[20]

Career statistics

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Pos
2008	125cc	Aprilia RS125	Blusens Aprilia Junior	45	17	1	1	0	2	105	11th
2009	125cc	Aprilia RSA125	Blusens Aprilia	45	16	0	1	0	0	50.5	15th
2010	Moto2	Suter-Honda	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	17	0	2	0	1	102	8th
2011	Moto2	Suter-Honda	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	17	0	0	0	0	63	15th
2012	Moto2	Kalex-Honda	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	17	0	5	0	0	165	5th
2013	Moto2	Kalex-Honda	Marc VDS Racing Team	45	15	3	7	3	1	225	2nd
2014	MotoGP	Honda RCV1000R	Go&Fun Gresini Honda	45	18	0	0	0	0	81	12th
2015	MotoGP	Honda RC213V	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	45	18	0	1	0	0	84	13th
2016	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP15	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	45	18	0	1	0	0	74	15th
Total					153	4	18	3	4	949.5

By class

Class	Seas	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
125 cc	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	2014–2016	2014 Qatar	2015 San Marino		54	0	2	0	0	239	0
Total	2008 – present				153	4	18	3	4	949.5	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yr	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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	IND 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

References

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13. "Redding beats Melandri podium record". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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15. "Redding pens two year Marc VDS deal". Carole Nash. Insidebikes. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
16. "Espargaro on pole as Redding and Rabat crash". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
17. "Espargaro wins to claim Moto2 world title". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
18. "Redding: "I had nothing to lose"". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
19. "Two Brits join Marc Marquez on the podium". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
20. "Redding joins Octo Pramac Racing for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.

External links

• Official website