Scott Redding’s first day back aboard the Ducati Panigale V4 R ahead of the 2025 WorldSBK season saw him show impre😼ssive speed, even if the result was marginally below his tarꦯget.

The British rider was third on the timesheets on the first day of this week’s Jerez test, making 🐽it an all-Ducati top-three behind Nicolo Bulega and Andrea Iannone.

“The first day’s been really amazing,” Redding told WorldSBK.com at the end 🃏of the first 🎃day in Jerez.

“I wasn’t able to ride the bike at the end of the year, so I💃 was really eager. I finally got that feeling back on my fingertips.

“Today ende🍷d up being a really good day and a great start 🔴for me and the team.”

Finishing the day t🌳hird overall was encouraging for Redding, but still below his ambitions.

“My goal was try to go P1 on my firs🌺t day,” he said. “It’s a little bit ambitious, but you’ve got to aim high!

“I also had a yellow flag on my be൩st lap so I lost a little bit of time.

“In general, to be top-three o🐓n my first day and all of these guys have tested I think two times [for] two days or 🐭three days since the end of the season; it was hard to get up to speed initially but when I found my rhythm and relaxed a little bit, I could build.

“My best lap 💧was on the SCQ and then I did a 1:40 with the race tyre.”

Bonovo MGM team manager Michael Galinkski was also pleased with Reddiꦑng’s initial performance, and the work done by the team to get him there.

“We worked on the balance of the bike for Scott [Redding], and the suspension and everything to give him a bike that he can 🌸feel,” Galinski said, speaking to WorldSBK.com.

“It w🐬as better than I expected but tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhe first day was a lot of work.”