Britain’s Scott Redding is more comfortable on his works-spec Estrella Galicia RC213V at the Sachsenring this weekend and was comfortably inside the top ten MotoGP free practice times.

Having endured a turbulent season thus far it was important for the 22-year-old to have a solid start to the weekend. He was third in this morning’s session, with his fastest time set on tyres that had already completed 23 laps.

In the afternoon the Marc VDS rider was three thousands of a second slower than in FP1 but, with track conditions very similar, few of the front runners made significant steps forward with their pace. Instead Redding focused on longer stints and closed the session with a 12-lap run that was both fast and consistent.

With an improved feeling from the bike the longer runs felt much more comfortable for Redding, who feels the key to further improvement is to work on fine tuning the setting rather than looking for major changes.

"I'm quite happy with how it's been going. I can do longer runs with the bike and I'm not really fighting with it; it seems a little bit easier this weekend. I'm not sure if it's the circuit layout that's helping me but I feel comfortable and the bike doesn't feel as heavy,” said Redding.

“We've got a few things that we need to work on. It's more with the front end because, while we have some spin from the rear, it's similar for everyone. Through two corners I have quite a bit of bouncing from the front but in general I feel much better on the bike."