MarcVDS Moto2 star Scott Redding has come good on his season-long podium threats, taking his first of 2012 yesterday at the Le Mans MotoGP round keeping his head while all about him were losing theirs.
The Gloucestershire youngster was in the scrap as soon as the lights went out, suffering from a lack of grip at the start but keeping it (mostly) in line to finish behind Thomas Luthi and surprise package Claudio Corti.
"I am really happy because it feels like a long time since I was on the podium and this is a great result for me and the Marc VDS Team. We have been threatening to get a result like this all season and it feels great because last year was a bit of a disaster and we made a big gamble to change the chassis to Kalex," said Redding.
"Right from the start of testing it made a big difference to my confidence. Apart from the result, the positive is that I felt confident in the rain. I had a great feeling with the bike and to be on the podium in the rain is a special feeling. It was tough at the start because each time I touched the throttle I'd lose the rear, so I just calmed down and tried to be smooth and attacked when I felt comfortable.
"Once I got back into third I just kept my concentration because it was easy to make a mistake and now we can move forward with a lot of confidence that I'm competitive in both wet and dry."
