Scott Redding takes on the 'comeback kid' label for his Ducati return

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"It would be a dream to be on the podium here in my first race as the 'comeback kid'..."

Scott Redding has stated his 'dream' result for the 2025 World Superbike season opener under his new label of the 'comeback kid'.

After three years riding for BMW, the British rider has switched back to a Ducati Panigale V4 R. All of Redding's 12 race wins came for Aruba.it Racing - Ducati in 2020 and 2021.

It has been two years since Redding has featured on a World Superbike podium, but he is aiming to return to the rostrum this season.

"For Australia, let's see," he told WorldSBK.com.

"In testing it's always difficult to get a real understanding. Nicolo [Bulega] is obviously in a world of his own at the moment and he is riding really well. Good thing is I can kind of see a little bit what he is doing, but to adapt that style will take a bit of time.

"I personally would be happy with top five - that would be a goal. Going off how testing has been for me, I thought I'd be a little bit more ahead but in two days I didn't really extract anything and that's held me back a little bit.

"But when you're in the top five it's always possible to fight for the podium. It would be a dream to be on the podium here in my first race as the 'comeback kid'. And for this season, progress. If I start this race weekend and I finish 10th, it is what it is.

"Next race I want to finish ninth, eighth. I need to rebuild myself as Scott Redding and get back my riding style and my speed.

"Maybe it takes a bit more time than I think, but the goal is always to improve and the goal is to try to win. This is what we want to achieve by the end of the season."

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