Scott Redding’s first day back ab꧑oard the Ducati Panigale V4 R ahead of the 2025 WorldSBK seas🐲on saw him show impressive speed, even if the result was marginally below his target.

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

“Th♏e first day’s been really amazing,” Redding told WorldSBK.com 🌃at the end of the first day in Jerez.

“I wasn’t able tꦦo ride the b🧜ike at the end of the year, so I was really eager. I finally got that feeling back on my fingertips.

“Today ended up being a really good day and a great start for me and the 🔴team.🌱”

Finishing the day third overall was encouraging fo🍰r Redding, but still below his ambitions.

“My goal was try to go P1 on my first day,” he said. “It’s a little bit ambitious, but you’ve got to aim higꦿh!

“I 🧜also had a yellow flag on my best lap so I los🎐t a little bit of time.

“In general, to be top-three on 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 Redding’s initial perℱformance, and the work done by the team to get him tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhere.

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

“It was better than I expecte🔯d but the first day was a lot of work.”