Scott Redding

Scott Redding
Redding at the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.
Nationality	British
Born	(1993-01-04) January 4, 1993 Gloucester, England
Current team	GO&FUN Honda Gresini
Bike number	45
Website	scottredding45.com/
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010– Manufacturers Suter-Honda, Kalex-Honda Championships 0 2013 Championship position 2nd (225 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 67 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 in Quedgeley, Gloucester), is an English Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the 600cc Moto2 class for team Marc VDS Racing Team. 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 man to have contested 50 Grands Prix.

Biography

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]

2008 – 125cc Grand Prix World championship

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 – 125cc Grand Prix World championship

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

Scott 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

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]

Despite speculation that Redding would make the move to MotoGP in 2013, he opted to stay in Moto2 with the Marc VDS team. He achieved his first pole position in Moto2 at the Grand Prix of the Americas in April 2013; he ultimately finished the race in fifth place. He achieved his first victory at the French Grand Prix in May 2013, and also won the Italian Grand Prix the following month, to hold the championship lead into the mid-season break.

Career statistics

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By class

Races by year

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

• Official website