Redding, along with factory BMW teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Van Der Mark, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Garrett Gerloff and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Loris Baz, have all struggled to match the pace set at the front of the WorldSBK field during prꦫe-season testing.&♍nbsp;

Riders from Yamaha, Ducati, Kawasaki and Honda ha🧔ve consistently been ahead o♍f the leading BMW rider during tests at Jerez, Portimao and Phillip Island, which is why Redding is not feeling ‘super confident’ about his chances. 

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"We've been workinಌg on giving me a better feel for the bike,” said Redding after the two day test in Australia. 

“When the track started to have more grip, it was better. We tried a few things a🐻gain to improve rear grip and worked on the electronics to give me even more feel in that area of ​​the bike. We still have some work to do. 

“Now 𝐆we are starting the season with a double event. I'm not feeling super confident yet, but it's getting there the more I ride the bike. And the field is extremely close together at the moment. 

“If you look at the lap times, it's ver🐻y close between everyone. It is therefore difficult to specify the goals for the first two races. 

“In addition, racing is still different than testing. I would be happy if I could get some top six results in the first few races. We'll see where we 💃are after the first 🅠race and build on that."

Redding was not alone in struggling as Kawasaki rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes endured a nightmare test in Phillip Island.

Unable to match teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea in both Jerez and Portimao, Lowes was again off the pace with regards to his teammate🐷, and confirmed he’s struggling compared to last year when he went very well at the same track.

"I feel like we are struggling a bit," added Lowes. "The updat🧸es we had in the winter don’t seem to be working as well here. We made some positive steps in the last session today, but we have some work to do🍨. 

"What we found in Europe, in cooler test conditions, has not been the same here. I did not do a time attack but the posi💃tion on the timesheets is still a lot lower than I would ⛦want it to be. 

"I just used race tyres but we still⛄ have work to do. We raced here at the end of last year and right now I don’t feel as comfortable as I did then. I was faster in the morning than the afternoon, when it was a bit gripper, and I have been wary to not make too many mistakes. 

"We saw a lot of crashes in WorldSBK and WorldSSP. So I just wanted to keep my powder dry in some ways, but I have not been ‘sandbaggin🌳g’ and then feel like I am going to win the race. 

"That said I was 15🍸th in testing in 2020 and then went on to win a race, so that might be a good sign!"