Scott Redding has confirmed his return to British Superbike Championship motion.
Redding will race for PBM Ducati – whose common rider Glenn Irwin is injured – for the remainder of the season.
Redding will race at Manufacturers Hatch this weekend, so will miss the World Superbike Championship spherical in Hungary the place he was resulting from characterize Bonovo MGM Ducati.
Two questions stay as Scott Redding replaces Glenn Irwin
Glenn Irwin
However main questions nonetheless exist.
Redding’s future together with his WorldSBK crew is unconfirmed. How Bonovo MGM Ducati go forwards in WorldSBK is but to be clarified.
Tarran MacKenzie has been rumoured as a substitute for Redding in WorldSBK.
How the PBM Ducati BSB crew will line up when Irwin recovers from harm can also be but to be confirmed.
It appears doubtless they are going to run two bikes and have Redding and Irwin as teammates.
Irwin required surgical procedure after injuring a hip and his pelvis in a crash at Snetterton. However he insists that he will probably be again earlier than the tip of the BSB season.
However for now, PBM Ducati have Redding in Irwin’s place.
Redding additionally changed Irwin within the final BSB spherical at Knockhill. Now he returns to Manufacturers Hatch for the primary time since his 2019 BSB successful season.
Redding stated: “I’m tremendous pleased to be again for the remainder of the season in BSB. The reception I bought at Knockhill was wonderful and even at Donington Park; the quantity of people that requested me about the way it was at Knockhill and stated what a superb job I did in these circumstances, was wonderful.
“I believe essentially the most used phrase was ‘baptism of fireplace’, which I believe was the proper phrase to make use of for it to be trustworthy and I couldn’t put it in any higher phrases myself if I attempted!
“It was tremendous attention-grabbing at Knockhill. To be again for the remainder of the yr, now I’ve had a spin out on the bike at Knockhill, I do know the Hager PBM Ducati is an efficient bike and I do know the crew is superb.
“It was an amazing feeling to must be again within the BSB paddock with a crew that I do know and are effectively revered and identified all through the years.
“It felt actually good at Knockhill, so I’m wanting ahead to going to Manufacturers Hatch, it’s not one of many simpler ones and will probably be at all times be a problem there, leaping again on with no electronics once more, however I knew that is what I signed up for and I can’t wait to get to work.
“Manufacturers Hatch is a giant spherical with all of the followers, one of many greatest races on the calendar and I can’t wait to see all of them once more. I will probably be doing the most effective I can, being again on the rostrum can be tremendous good and I’m simply completely buzzing to get going. Possibly even a couple of wheelies for the followers!”
Joint Crew Proprietor Jordan Chicken stated: “It’s nice to have Scott confirmed for the rest of the season. His outing at Knockhill threw every thing at us, however as at all times Scott confirmed his class. We’re wanting ahead to seeing how he can progress all through the second half of the season.
“Glenn’s restoration has been going brilliantly; he’s displaying the energy and the resilience all of us knew he had. We’re actually wanting ahead to getting him again as quickly as he’s totally match and able to be preventing on the entrance once more.
“As at all times we should thank our unimaginable sponsors and supporting followers. This can be a very thrilling chapter for PBM and we look ahead to placing on a present at Manufacturers Hatch this weekend.”
When will Glenn Irwin return?
Irwin has surprisingly indicated he might again racing in BSB by August.
“Initially I feared that my season was accomplished. Now I am considering, come again, then goal a podium after that and goal a win earlier than the season is out,” he advised BBC NI.
“Realistically I ought to be doing the final 4 or 5 conferences, which might be ranging from Cadwell, however with how issues are going and the velocity of restoration I would not rule out an earlier return.
“Thruxton is perhaps a superb one to return again for. It is fairly a relaxed observe to journey at however no matter one we do come again for will probably be as a result of we’re medically match, not simply taking probabilities.”
The Thruxton spherical in Hampshire is 8-10 August, and the Cadwell Park spherical in Lincolnshire is on 23-25 August.
