Scott Redding careful of ‘too much expectation, I’ve been bitten in the arse a few times’

Scott Redding says he’s careful of being too optimistic🐽 about a good result at this weekend’s Dutch WorldSBK round.

Scott Redding, Catalunya WorldSBK, 24 March
Scott Redding, Catalunya WorldSBK, 24 March

Last of the four BMW riders in the WorldSBK standings, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Scott Redding is hopi🐲ng for a big bounce back🌳 this weekend at Assen.

After seeing Toprak Razgatlioglu win twice at Barcelona in just his second round with the Ger😼man brand, and watching Michael Van Der Mark take his M 1000 RR to P4 in Race 2, Redding has nowhere to hide.

Redding has also been out-performed by team-mate Garrett Gerloff, but the former BSB champion is ‘feelin🔥g good’ ahead of Assen.

🐟“I don’t want to go with too much expectation because I’ve been b🍨itten in the arse a few times with that but I’m feeling good for Assen,” Redding revealed.

“It’s a track that I’m good at and my hunger and motivation are quite high for right and wrong reasons: knowing the bike can do it bꦅut it’s not me there doing it.

“That makes me hungry to be there to achieve it myself. Th♍e package has the potential so my goal is top s﷽ix or top five and if we get them, then we can go home happy. 

“If y☂ou’re in those positions, then you’re fighting for 🍸a podium. I’m not scared of a battle or a fight when the result is there to be taken.”

An area where Redding has struggled since joining BMW is Superpole, which has again been the ꦦcase in 2024.

Redding has not quali✅fied inside the top ten during the first two rounds, and the British rider admits it’s something he needs to address this ღweekend.

Redding said: “Supe✤rpole is probably one of the mo🦹st important sessions of the race weekend, it really can make it or break it.

“It🤪’s one of the most s𝔍tressful parts of a race weekend because you don’t have a lot of time to get it right.

“You only really get two chances and you have꧃ to pull it together. We have to be consistent through the races; it gets a bit chaotic at the start with some of these younger guys coming in; they’re trying to win the race in the first lap and it’s a bit crazy to be honest.

“When you don’t quali𒊎fy at the front, you’re in the midst of all that and it’s quite sketchy. 

“I’m more mature now and for me, you get points at the end of the race, not in the gravel on Lap 1 but then there’s always a kn✃ock-on effect.

“You need gooౠd starts, first laps and then you work 🌼on race pace.” 

On the other side of the Bono💮vo Action BMW garage, Garret Gerloff is a﷽iming to build on the pace he’s shown in 2024.

Garrett Gerloff, Catalunya WorldSBK, 22 March
Garrett Gerloff, Catalunya WorldSBK, 22 March

The🐠 American has at times been extremely quick, although that same speed has not consistently delivered the results expected.

“I’m looking forward to Assen,”♐ stated Gerloff. “It’s a tr💫ack that I really enjoy and a track that I feel that I flow very well with. 

“I think also that with so🅷me of the changes we h𝓰ave made with the bike it will be a good track for the BMW M 1000 RR and something that I can flow on.

“I’m looking 🍌forward to getting to the track and to seeing my team again after a couple of weeks off and putting our heads down and try to do the best we can.”

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