Scott Reddiಞng says hiꦅs 2019 Bennetts British Superbike championship victory acts as payback to his supporters after proving his doubters wrong.

After being axed from MotoGP, Redding came iওnto the national seri💛es with Be Wiser Ducati having never raced at the majority of the circuits on the BSB calendar while he also had to get to grips with a new Ducati V4 R bike, unfamiliar Pirelli tyres, new race formats and new rivals.

But Redding duly stunned the BSB paddock to storm to the riders’ title, becoming🎶 the first rookie to win the championship, as a trio of rostrum results at the Brands Hatch finale saw him clinch the crown by five points ahead of Be Wiser Ducati team-mate Josh Brookes.

Reflecting on his success, Redding described his maiden BSB campaign as “a tough se💜ason” having come into the year recovering from a broken femur sustained du꧙ring the winter plus the added pressure as a former Grand Prix rider coming into the national series.

“I’ve had a lot of emotion – super happy, super proud and it is good to payback everyone who has supported me through all my years in GP and my first yea🍰r here in BSB,” Redding said.

“A lot of people doubted me to win the championship in 🅷my first year, I knew deep inside I could do it even though I broke my femur one month before the first test of the year, I didn’t let it hold me back.

“I had a tough season, a great season. The feeling to cross the line knowing that y💦ou did it. It didn’t really sink in until I got halfway round the lap. I was like ‘you’ve done it, it was just one race’. That was the hard bit.

“It was my own doing to make a mistake, I was thinking the whole race ‘don’t make the♑ mistake, don’t make the mistake’, so a big thank you to the PBM Be Wiser Ducati team, big thank you to my management, my family, my fans.

“The BSB Championship has been amazing, they’ve brought a lot of passion back into racing and I’ve had so much fun this year on and of✅f track.”

Redding heads to World Superbikes ꦅfor 2020 with the factory Aruba.it Racing Ducati squad.