Second fastest during testing at Losail, Scott Redding had to settle for more modest tenth place in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP race. The new Pramac Ducati rider dropped one place to 13th after being pushed wide at the start, then climbed steadily up the order to reach his eventual finishing position by lap 7 of 22. Afterwards the Englishman revealed they had been overly cautious in terms of fuel consumption. “I got a good start, but then got ran wide by someone in turn one and lost the group already,” Redding began. “[then] we were using a lot of fuel during practice, so we reduced the power for the race - and that cost me. “I didn't use that much fuel, but I was struggling to...
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