{"id":1899612,"date":"2026-04-22T17:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1899612"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:38:36","slug":"scott-redding-2026-bsb-ducati-the-same-just-better-than-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1899612","title":{"rendered":"Scott Redding: 2026 BSB Ducati \u201cthe same, just better\u201d than 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>Scott Redding: 2026 BSB Ducati \u201cthe same, just better\u201d than 2025<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Scott Redding was second on the time sheets at the Oulton Park BSB test despite missing the opening test at Donington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Alex Whitworth <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-04-22T18:38:36+01:00\">22 Apr 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Scott Redding, 2026 Oulton Park BSB Test. Credit: Ian Hopgood Photography.<\/div>\n<div class=\"source\"> \u00a9\u00a0Ian Hopgood Photography<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scott Redding brought up the rear in a Ducati 1-2 on the second day of the Oulton Park BSB test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding, like fastest-overall Kyle Ryde, did not ride his race bike at the Donington test two-and-a-half weeks previously, although, unlike Ryde, Redding didn\u2019t ride at Donington at all.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Both riders are encountering a new bike for 2026 in the shape of the updated Ducati Panigale V4 R, although Redding\u2019s career has brought him much more Ducati experience than what Ryde has gained.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding has also experienced change at Ducati in the past, having ridden the factory bike in World Superbike in 2020 and 2021, and then returned to the brand in 2025 after three years at BMW.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The model update from 2025 to 2026 is a bigger step than the evolution the previous generation went through from 2021 to 2025, Redding thinks.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLast year\u2019s bike to this year\u2019s bike is probably the biggest difference,\u201d Scott Redding told Crash.net after the Oulton Park BSB test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt feels basically the same, just better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-37f858fb1fb52b1c06852a6ad18cb4ce0de409e4ccc29d95db34eaebe500049e\">  2025 British Superbikes: Brands Hatch (Showdown) &#8211; Race Results (2)   Scott Redding: \u201cI feel like I\u2019m red wine\u201d as he grows performance into race one win at Brands Hatch <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, it\u2019s still going to have its weak points, but I feel like they\u2019re not a weak as they were, which is good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to maximise the bike a bit more, I don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re at the full potential of the bike, either. There\u2019s a limited time to change, we literally played around with suspension and that was it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo many more geometry things we can change and try to improve, but we\u2019ve got time to figure that out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-a935aad78cd33e8403ef5161ed2e5713cae515fd0347a01cc076ace2df0dcdde\">  2025 British Superbikes: Brands Hatch (Showdown) &#8211; Race Results (1)   Scott Redding to make full-time BSB return in 2026 with PBM Ducati <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGoing racing in a week or two, we needed to have a bike that was a base that we could kind of get around and be floating around the podium positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding added that he\u2019d expected to be able to apply the settings from last year\u2019s bike to the new model, but it turned out to be a bigger difference.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWith the new bike we had to start to work in a different direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI thought we would get away with the settings of last year in the bike, but actually we\u2019ve got to change it quite a lot.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, we\u2019re just figuring that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Having missed the Donington test completely, Redding\u2019s off-season was effectively two-and-a-half weeks longer than it was for most of his competition. Regaining bike fitness is therefore among his priorities ahead of round one on 3\u20135 May.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMore physically feeling it than riding,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was nice to have a long break, to be honest. I was skeptical how I would go, but I felt good straight away on a riding ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBeing at a track I enjoy but it\u2019s not \u2018my track\u2019, per se, so happy to extract the lap time that we did. Managed to extract the lap time, which I was quite surprised because I didn\u2019t feel like I was on my full limit \u2013 always in testing I don\u2019t push over the limit, really, so I felt like the lap time was maybe four-tenths slower than it actually was, so that\u2019s a good thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like the bike was working well but not perfect, so to finish up with being more comfortable than I was yesterday and this morning, it sets me up good for the first round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, the main thing is just getting that bike fitness in, I was always doing longer runs yesterday which I paid the toll for today but it is what it is; and I was just riding a lot of old tyres, really, just trying to get my head back into riding a little bit, then put a freshy [fresh tyre] in and did what we had to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>In this article<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Scott Redding<\/div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">British Superbikes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager contextual-region\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item prev\">\n<h3>  Previous<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\"> Bimota BSB rider taken to hospital after Oulton Park test crash<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16312.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-block block block-configurable-views-block\">\n<div class=\"author-view grid-view js-view-dom-id-70ac880b69a3507a738ad551307f4a6d8d94c533c2c4892152b18d8d1bf7d839\">\n<div class=\"card user default\">\n<div class=\"image\"> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=270&amp;format=webp 270w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=180&amp;format=webp 180w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/pictures\/picture-100393850-1649415070.jpg?height=90&amp;format=webp 90w\" sizes=\"100px\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"header\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"name\">Alex Whitworth<\/div>\n<div class=\"role\">Journalist<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>Alex joined the Crash.net team in August of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news at Visordown for two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-element-container block block-views-blockrelated-content-related-content-block\">\n<h3>More News<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-view grid-2 js-view-dom-id-0349477919a48e009459f33c95fca966eb290fb108d678883b96ad3a54982763\">\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> British Superbikes  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scott Redding \u201cspeechless\u201d after \u201cthe best\u201d race win at Oulton Park<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1759699952\"> 05\/10\/25<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2025-10\/_4tk20471-oulton-park-showdown-podium-3-ft-reddiing-ray-haslam.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Scott Redding, BSB, 2025, race three podium, Oulton Park\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> British Superbikes  Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>2025 British Superbikes: Oulton Park (Showdown) &#8211; Race Results (3)<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1759685609\"> 05\/10\/25<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2025-10\/ih_bsb_oulton-park_203728-redding-2-showdown.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Scott Redding, BSB, 2025, Oulton Park\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> British Superbikes  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scott Redding had to \u201cwing it\u201d out front to collect win 150 for PBM in Assen<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1758389960\"> 20\/09\/25<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2025-09\/ih_bsb_assen_199389-assen-race-1-podium.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Race one podium, Assen, Redding, Haslam &amp; Kent, BSB, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> British Superbikes  Results <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>2025 British Superbikes: Assen &#8211; Race Results (1)<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1758381314\"> 20\/09\/25<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2025-09\/ih_bsb_assen_199304-redding-rain.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Scott Redding, BSB, 2025, Assen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> British Superbikes  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BSB sprints not Scott Redding&#8217;s &#8220;strong point\u201d but \u201cI like being in these races\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1757345216\"> 08\/09\/25<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2025-09\/ih_bsb_donington-park_167726.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Scott Redding, 2025 Donington Park (2) BSB. Credit: Ian Hopgood Photography.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"links\">\n<div class=\"sections\"> British Superbikes  News <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scott Redding gives \u201cpayback\u201d to Leon Haslam with last lap move at Donington Park<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-info\">\n<div class=\"time\" data-timestamp=\"1757270626\"> 07\/09\/25<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2025-09\/ih_bsb_donington-park_171425-redding-ryde-2.jpg?aspect_ratio=1:1\" alt=\"Scott Redding, BSB, 2025, Donington Park\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Scott Redding was second on the time sheets at the Oulton Park BSB test despite missing the opening test at Donington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scott Redding brought up the rear in a Ducati 1-2 on the second day of the Oulton Park BSB test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding, like fastest-overall Kyle Ryde, did not ride his race bike at the Donington test two-and-a-half weeks previously, although, unlike Ryde, Redding didn\u2019t ride at Donington at all.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Both riders are encountering a new bike for 2026 in the shape of the updated Ducati Panigale V4 R, although Redding\u2019s career has brought him much more Ducati experience than what Ryde has gained.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding has also experienced change at Ducati in the past, having ridden the factory bike in World Superbike in 2020 and 2021, and then returned to the brand in 2025 after three years at BMW.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The model update from 2025 to 2026 is a bigger step than the evolution the previous generation went through from 2021 to 2025, Redding thinks.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLast year\u2019s bike to this year\u2019s bike is probably the biggest difference,\u201d Scott Redding told Crash.net after the Oulton Park BSB test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt feels basically the same, just better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-37f858fb1fb52b1c06852a6ad18cb4ce0de409e4ccc29d95db34eaebe500049e\">  2025 British Superbikes: Brands Hatch (Showdown) &#8211; Race Results (2)   Scott Redding: \u201cI feel like I\u2019m red wine\u201d as he grows performance into race one win at Brands Hatch <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, it\u2019s still going to have its weak points, but I feel like they\u2019re not a weak as they were, which is good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to maximise the bike a bit more, I don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re at the full potential of the bike, either. There\u2019s a limited time to change, we literally played around with suspension and that was it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo many more geometry things we can change and try to improve, but we\u2019ve got time to figure that out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-a935aad78cd33e8403ef5161ed2e5713cae515fd0347a01cc076ace2df0dcdde\">  2025 British Superbikes: Brands Hatch (Showdown) &#8211; Race Results (1)   Scott Redding to make full-time BSB return in 2026 with PBM Ducati <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGoing racing in a week or two, we needed to have a bike that was a base that we could kind of get around and be floating around the podium positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding added that he\u2019d expected to be able to apply the settings from last year\u2019s bike to the new model, but it turned out to be a bigger difference.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWith the new bike we had to start to work in a different direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI thought we would get away with the settings of last year in the bike, but actually we\u2019ve got to change it quite a lot.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, we\u2019re just figuring that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Having missed the Donington test completely, Redding\u2019s off-season was effectively two-and-a-half weeks longer than it was for most of his competition. Regaining bike fitness is therefore among his priorities ahead of round one on 3\u20135 May.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMore physically feeling it than riding,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was nice to have a long break, to be honest. I was skeptical how I would go, but I felt good straight away on a riding ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBeing at a track I enjoy but it\u2019s not \u2018my track\u2019, per se, so happy to extract the lap time that we did. Managed to extract the lap time, which I was quite surprised because I didn\u2019t feel like I was on my full limit \u2013 always in testing I don\u2019t push over the limit, really, so I felt like the lap time was maybe four-tenths slower than it actually was, so that\u2019s a good thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like the bike was working well but not perfect, so to finish up with being more comfortable than I was yesterday and this morning, it sets me up good for the first round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, the main thing is just getting that bike fitness in, I was always doing longer runs yesterday which I paid the toll for today but it is what it is; and I was just riding a lot of old tyres, really, just trying to get my head back into riding a little bit, then put a freshy [fresh tyre] in and did what we had to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scott Redding brought up the rear in a Ducati 1-2 on the second day of the Oulton Park BSB test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding, like fastest-overall Kyle Ryde, did not ride his race bike at the Donington test two-and-a-half weeks previously, although, unlike Ryde, Redding didn\u2019t ride at Donington at all.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Both riders are encountering a new bike for 2026 in the shape of the updated Ducati Panigale V4 R, although Redding\u2019s career has brought him much more Ducati experience than what Ryde has gained.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding has also experienced change at Ducati in the past, having ridden the factory bike in World Superbike in 2020 and 2021, and then returned to the brand in 2025 after three years at BMW.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The model update from 2025 to 2026 is a bigger step than the evolution the previous generation went through from 2021 to 2025, Redding thinks.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLast year\u2019s bike to this year\u2019s bike is probably the biggest difference,\u201d Scott Redding told Crash.net after the Oulton Park BSB test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt feels basically the same, just better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-37f858fb1fb52b1c06852a6ad18cb4ce0de409e4ccc29d95db34eaebe500049e\">  2025 British Superbikes: Brands Hatch (Showdown) &#8211; Race Results (2)   Scott Redding: \u201cI feel like I\u2019m red wine\u201d as he grows performance into race one win at Brands Hatch <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, it\u2019s still going to have its weak points, but I feel like they\u2019re not a weak as they were, which is good.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to maximise the bike a bit more, I don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re at the full potential of the bike, either. There\u2019s a limited time to change, we literally played around with suspension and that was it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo many more geometry things we can change and try to improve, but we\u2019ve got time to figure that out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-a935aad78cd33e8403ef5161ed2e5713cae515fd0347a01cc076ace2df0dcdde\">  2025 British Superbikes: Brands Hatch (Showdown) &#8211; Race Results (1)   Scott Redding to make full-time BSB return in 2026 with PBM Ducati <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cGoing racing in a week or two, we needed to have a bike that was a base that we could kind of get around and be floating around the podium positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Redding added that he\u2019d expected to be able to apply the settings from last year\u2019s bike to the new model, but it turned out to be a bigger difference.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWith the new bike we had to start to work in a different direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI thought we would get away with the settings of last year in the bike, but actually we\u2019ve got to change it quite a lot.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, we\u2019re just figuring that out.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Having missed the Donington test completely, Redding\u2019s off-season was effectively two-and-a-half weeks longer than it was for most of his competition. Regaining bike fitness is therefore among his priorities ahead of round one on 3\u20135 May.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMore physically feeling it than riding,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was nice to have a long break, to be honest. I was skeptical how I would go, but I felt good straight away on a riding ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBeing at a track I enjoy but it\u2019s not \u2018my track\u2019, per se, so happy to extract the lap time that we did. Managed to extract the lap time, which I was quite surprised because I didn\u2019t feel like I was on my full limit \u2013 always in testing I don\u2019t push over the limit, really, so I felt like the lap time was maybe four-tenths slower than it actually was, so that\u2019s a good thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like the bike was working well but not perfect, so to finish up with being more comfortable than I was yesterday and this morning, it sets me up good for the first round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, the main thing is just getting that bike fitness in, I was always doing longer runs yesterday which I paid the toll for today but it is what it is; and I was just riding a lot of old tyres, really, just trying to get my head back into riding a little bit, then put a freshy [fresh tyre] in and did what we had to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/bsb\/news\/1093295\/1\/scott-redding-2026-bsb-ducati-same-just-better-2025&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/ih_bsb_oulton-park-test_16807.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] Scott Redding: 2026 BSB Ducati \u201cthe same, just better\u201d than 2025 Scott Redding was second on the time sheets at the Oulton Park BSB test despite missing the opening test at Donington. 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