Redding, set, go!
GOING RACING IN a global pandemic, with no crowd and only essential workers in the paddock, was otherworldly enough at the season restart in Jerez. To also do it in the middle of a heat wave – even by Andalusian standards in August – was surreal. But the racing on rack was very real, very entertaining – and a little historic.
Scott Redding (Aruba.it Ducati) scored not just his first win in WorldSBK but his second one only a day later. Jonathan Rea (KRT) won the Superpole race as he had in Australia, but also slumped to sixth, probably his worst non-crash or breakdown result in recent memory, in the last race.
He was again beaten by his new teammate and erstwhile championship leader, Alex Lowes. Even Michael Ruben Rinaldi took his Go Eleven privateer Ducati to almost a
