MotoGP’s worst-kept secret – the latest in a very, very long line of badly-kept secrets – is finally out. As had been widely reported, Gresini Honda finally confirmed that they have signed a two-year deal with Scott Redding to race in MotoGP.
Redding will race the now-named Honda RCV1000R production racer for the 2014 season, with the plan being that Redding will move up to ride the factory RC213V at Gresini the following year.
The deal sees Redding placed in Gresini with strong support from HRC. Redding’s main mission in his first season will be to learn to use the Bridgestone tires and acclimatize in the premier class on the Honda RCV1000R, before moving up to the factory bike in the Gresini team to start challenging for podiums and perhaps even wins.
Due to Redding’s strong backing from HRC, the current Moto2 championship leader has avoided the fate of Alvaro Bautista of being a Nissin and Showa test rider, and will race with the industry standard Brembo and Öhlins.
With Redding confiirmed at Gresini, attention now shifts to the NGM Forward team, and their wealth of choices of who to place on the Yamahas they will be racing in 2014. News on that front is unlikely to come at Silverstone, those decisions perhaps being moved forward to Misano.
Source: Gresini Honda
This article was originally published on MotoMatters, and is republished here on Asphalt & Rubber with permission by the author.
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