Scott Redding has completed his first laps aboard a BMW M 1000 RR road bike as he prepares for the 2022 WorldS💃BK season.

After spending three seasons with Ducati - one in BSB and the last two in WorldSBK -  Reddin♕g will join Michael Van Der Mark at BMW aꦐs he replaces the departing Tom Sykes. 

Redding, who remains contracted to Ducati until the end of꧅ the year, posted pictures on social media of himself 🐷riding the M 1000 RR road bike, a machine he called ‘black widow’ during a private test in Valencia. 

While Redding was unable to replicate his championship runners-up spot of 2020 this season, it was arguably his best year𝐆 of the two as he became a consistent challenger to world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea.

From Assen onwards, R💜edding took the same number of wins and podium finishes as Rea, while the ex-MotoGP rider finished all but one race. 

But despite a career year in WorldSBK for Redding, it’s unlikely he will be able to match his exploits of 2021 with BMW as the German manufacturer is still some ways beh🦩ind the likes of Yamaha, Kawasaki and Ducati.