scott redding · Biography

Scott Redding made his Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Qatar Grand Prix in the 125cc class, riding an Aprilia for the Blusens team. He qualified fourth and finished fifth in his first race. Born on 4 January 1993 in Quedgeley, near Gloucester, the British rider raced in all three Grand Prix classes, from 125cc to MotoGP. He then moved to Superbike racing, where he won the British title in 2019 and took race wins in the World Superbike Championship with Ducati.

125cc: a Donington win at fifteen

That first season with Blusens Aprilia brought a result that would stand for a decade. On 22 June 2008, at the British Grand Prix at Donington Park, Redding won in only his eighth 125cc race. Race leader Andrea Iannone ran off at Craner Curves, and Redding then held off Mike Di Meglio and Marc Márquez. At 15 years and 170 days he became the youngest Grand Prix winner to that point, taking the mark from Marco Melandri; Can Öncü beat it in 2018. Redding ended the year 11th with 105 points. In 2009, with the same team, he was 15th in the standings and returned to the podium with third place at the British round.

Moto2 with Marc VDS

In 2010 he stepped up to Moto2 with the Marc VDS team on a Suter chassis and finished eighth in his rookie season with 102 points. He dropped to 15th in 2011. A switch to Kalex machinery in 2012 brought fifth place, 165 points and five podiums. The 2013 season was his best in the intermediate class: three wins, seven podiums and three pole positions. With three rounds left he led Pol Espargaró by ten points, but he crashed in qualifying in Australia, broke his wrist and missed the race. In Japan he hit Esteve Rabat’s fallen bike and was taken out, and Espargaró sealed the title. Redding finished runner-up in Moto2 in 2013 with 225 points.

Five seasons in MotoGP

In 2014 he moved up to MotoGP with the Gresini team on an open-specification Honda. He finished 12th, with two seventh places, in Qatar and at Phillip Island, as his best results. In 2015 he returned to Marc VDS, this time on a Honda, and at the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano he took his first MotoGP podium with third place in a rain-affected race that saw riders change bikes. He joined Pramac Ducati for 2016 and finished third again that year, at the Dutch TT in Assen. In 2017, still with Pramac, he was 14th. His last premier-class season came in 2018 with Aprilia Gresini, when he finished 21st with 20 points and no top-ten results. In all he made 90 MotoGP starts, with two podiums and 323 points.

British Superbike champion in 2019

For 2019 he changed series and signed for Paul Bird’s Be Wiser Ducati team in the British Superbike Championship. It was his first season in the category and he ended it with the title: he was crowned BSB champion in 2019 after 27 races, five points ahead of his team-mate, Australian Josh Brookes.

World Superbike with Ducati and BMW

The British crown earned him a seat in the factory Aruba.it Racing Ducati team in World Superbike. In 2020 he was runner-up with 305 points and five wins. In 2021, with the same team, he won seven races, scored 23 podiums and finished third on 501 points. He moved to BMW in 2022 and finished eighth, with three podiums. The next two years, 2023 with ROKiT BMW and 2024 with Bonovo Action BMW, brought 14th and 18th places without a podium. In 2025 he went back to a Ducati with MGM Bonovo Racing but left the team partway through the season. His World Superbike career produced 12 wins and 40 podiums.

Return to BSB in 2025

In mid-2025 he signed for Hager PBM Ducati as Glenn Irwin’s replacement in the British Superbike Championship, joining from the fourth round. In July 2025 he won at Brands Hatch, his first race victory since the return, and added further wins at Donington Park, Assen, Oulton Park and the Brands Hatch finale. He finished the 2025 championship in fourth place with 329.5 points.