Britain’s Scott Redding completed his first MotoGP race run on the final day of testing at Qatar and has identified a couple of areas in which to improve before his Go&Fun Honda team return here in a fortnight.

The Gloucestershire rider said he needs to work on tyre life at during the second half of race distance but is happy to have got it done and not too far behind Nicky Hayden’s identical bike.

“I’m pleased that I got my first ever MotoGP race simulation under my belt today, and I’m also satisfied with my performance. I was able to maintain a steady pace and my lap times - compared with that of Nicky Hayden, who is still our reference – they were not bad at all,” said Redding.

“We are therefore confident ahead of the first race, although we noticed a drop of the tyre performance in the second half of the long run, so we need work to improve this. In this last day I didn’t make any change to the bike, because we focused on the race simulation: it was important for us to complete a first long run, and we did it well.”