Scott takes points in the two main races at Cremona
In warm and sunny conditions, the World Superbike got underway this weekend for round four of the 2025 season. The MGM Bonovo Racing team arrived at the shortest circuit of the season in Italy after a strong start to the year following by two difficult race weekends in Portimao and Assen. However, a slight upward trend emerged in Cremona.
Scott Redding placed himself inside the top 15 in all three free practice sessions and made steady progress. In Saturday’s Superpole, he improved his fastest practice time by another 0.683 seconds, taking eleventh place.
In the first main race, the British rider even started from P10 due to a penalty of a competitor. From there, he initially lost two positions at the start but regained the first on lap five and moved up to 10th place on lap 14. He was able to hold on to this position all the way across the finish line, thus securing his fourth top 10 result in eight long races.
In the 10-lap Superpole Race on Sunday late morning, he was able to defend his 11th place from the start but ultimately had to start the second main race from twelfth, still on the fourth row.
A difficult start initially put the MGM Bonovo Racing team rider almost at the back of the field, finishing 18th on the first lap. Although he gained two places in the first half of the race, it wasn’t until the second part that Redding managed to improve his lap times. On lap 16, he set his personal fastest lap as he was under the 1:30 minute mark for the first time. In the final laps, the 32-year-old caught up with other competitors and moved up to 13th place by the chequered flag.
In less than two weeks, the Superbike World Championship entourage will arrive in the Czech Republic, where the fifth round of 2025 is set to take place from May 16-18 at the Autodrom Most.
#45 Scott REDDING
Grid 10 / Race 1: P10 / Grid 11 / Superpole Race: P11 / Grid 12 / Race 2: P13«The weekend was probably one of the better ones we’ve had since Phillip Island. I feel that we were working a lot on the bike the last race weekends to find a base setup for me. We are still working on it. I do feel better with the bike but I’m still missing some front confidence at the moment but with the lack of testing it’s very difficult to test these things during a race weekend. Overall, I’m kind of happy with the progress we made. Obviously, the result is not where we want to be at the moment, but this was for me a good starting point since we came back to Europe for the races. I hope in Most we can make a step and then we go from there.»