For the🅠 second time on Spanish soil in 2016 Scott Redding was out of the points and fresh out of spirit. Like Jerez in late April, high temperatures and low grip left the Englishman struggling down the ord🎐er in Barcelona. But at least on this occasion the post-race test offered some positives.

On the Monday that followed the sevent☂h race of the season, in which the 23-year old finished a disappointing 16th, Redding focussed mainly on electronics improvements and to find a way to "cradle" the rear tyre when the track surface is slippery.

Michelin brought a fresh batch of new rubber to test, butꦰ Redding wanted to find a solution to his Sunday woes, using the compounds with which he struggled in the 25-lap affair. Consistency and the feeling in general improved, giving Redding the impression that if and when he encounters similar conditions in the future, his struggles will not be anywhere near as pronounced.

"I'd have lꦺiked to have had the se✨t-up now on race day," he said soon after the test concluded.

"We did a lot of laps on tyres. We tried to work on electronics and the bike. It we🍨nt quite well. We made progress with electronics and the set-up. We did 21 laps on a set of tyres and I just started to drop into the 48s on the last two laps.

"If you gave that to me y﷽esterd꧋ay [Sunday - race day] I'd have taken it with both hands. We found some things but it's too late. The race was yesterday. If we come to this situation again I think we'll be able to improve from the race.

"I didn't really want to try the new tyre early. I wanted to work with the old ones, in the worst conditions. Now, even in gooꦇd conditions that will work well also. In the afternoon it was quite good. I set my fastest lap before the end.

"I went o⛦ut again. Vale [Rossi] was in the distance. I had a bit of a target and I matched the same lap time, which I struggled to do all weekend. I had a bit more consistency and a bit more grip on the right side. I was quite happy with the tyre. It looked a little worse but the feeling was there."

The race in Barcelona was a disappointment mainly because Reddin🌠g had sꦚhowed a strong pace in free practice - he sat as high as fifth in FP4.

Come r🔯ace day and Redding wasn't alone in his struggles. Fellow Ducati men Danilo Petrucci and Eugene Laverty also complained of extreme tyre degradation. Italian Petrucci even stated the issue was more pronounced in hot conditions with the B꧋ologna machinery.

Asked why Ducati may suffer more in t𒀰his way, Red🅠ding offered, "I think they stress the tyre a bit more than other manufacturers.

"I don't think it's just the power, but also the chassis. When🐟 the ty🃏res are quite delicate, if you have something that's going to stress it more [and] make it worse - and I'm also heavier - I struggle more than the other guys.

"For me at the end of the race it was un-rideable. I just tried to bring it home. I didn't even think I could do that. It's a little biꦯt the bike, a little bit the Michelins, a little bit the electronics. It's not just one thing. It's 💎all little things that can make a big difference.

"It's just trying to not damage the tyre, like crad🅠ling it. It's a hard thing to do when you're racing. What Ducati did, a strong engine, it doesn't make that easy. The power is quite smooth, so you can adjust it. It's something we need to work on a bit more and spend some time digging deeper into it."

Heading to Assen - a circuit that rarely suffers 🍸from extreme heat - Redding is confident he has a variation of set-ups that can cope in a variety of conditions. There, the Englishman will hope to bring a run of fou💙r races without scoring a point to an end.

"I think the test will help in the cooler conditions. We're usually OK. The long distance, the set-up I've got now wi💫ll help then too. Today I started a little later so we were working in the hottest part of the day. That's what I said to Giacomo [Guidotti - crew chief]. It paid off. ꦿI found some key points today."