Blusens Aprilia rider Scott Redding has had his best ever 125GP qualifying, setting second fastest time at the Le Mans MotoGP round this afternoon just a tenth of a second behind Spaniard Marc Marquez.

In mixed conditions, Redding waited for the track to dry before putting in some serious times and had to change the clutch in his Aprilia. The fast-growing youngster is hoping for a dry race tomorrow.

“I am pleased because last year we were not too lucky here. But it seems that things did not go too badly. The weather was not so good and we were waiting for the track to dry out. At the beginning it was a bit of a disaster because we had to change the clutch very quickly but it all worked out well and we got a good result," said Redding.

"This is my best ever classification in practice in the World Championship, so I am very happy with the result. What happens tomorrow is the big unknown, because we do not know what the weather will be like. If the race is in the dry, better; although if it rains things should not be too bad for us either, because today with the track half wet and half dry I rode comfortably. We’ll see what happens.”