Scott takes sixth in #CatalanWorldSBK race 2
The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team celebrates its fifth victory in the 2020 WorldSBK season thanks to the sensational performance of Chaz Davies. Scott Redding, however, can’t find the right feeling with his Ducati Panigale V4 R and closes Race-2 in sixth place.
Following a difficult Superpole Race (P8) Scott Redding tries to push to the top, managing to engage in a duel with Rea (Kawasaki) between the sixth and tenth lap. His race pace, however, does not allow him to reduce the gap with the leading group and forces him to finish the race in sixth position.
Despite this result, Scott Redding (239 points) is still in the race for the Superbike World Championship even if, two rounds from the end, his gap from Jonathan Rea is now 51 points.
READ MOREP6 – Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati #45)
“It was a very difficult Sunday for me. Both in Superpole Race and Race-2 I had some problems, especially in braking areas. This limited me a lot because I was never able to find the right pace to be competitive. It’s a shame: I expected to do well today. This is a bad result for the World Championship standings but I will not give up now. It is clear, however, that we will have to work hard to have a bike that performs as well as it did two months ago”.
Scott on the podium in #CatalanWorldSBK Race 1
The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team concluded Race-1 of the first historical “Catalunya Round” – at the Montmelò circuit in Barcelona (Spain) – with a solid double podium finish as Scott Redding and Chaz Davies react well to a difficult qualifying that forced them to start from seventh and eleventh position respectively.
Scott got off to a great start and after two corners was already in second position. In the first few laps Redding engaged in a duel with Rinaldi (Ducati) then from mid-race on, he tried to push to close the gap with Rea (Kawasaki) who managed to defend himself well.
Scott (227 points) is second in the Superbike World Championship standings, 41 points behind leader Jonathan Rea.
READ MOREP2 – Scott Redding (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati #45)
“During the race, the feeling with the bike was pretty good compared to what happened in qualifying. I got off to a good start and this allowed me to stay in the front group right away. In the first laps, I fought with Rinaldi who had the soft tire and I lost some contact with Rea. I tried to recover but it was not possible. It was still a good race, a good result also for the team. Unfortunately, Jonny arrived in front of me but I still want to congratulate him for the race he did.”.