A top ten finish on Saturday was better than what Scott Redding had expected from the Emilia-Romagna World Superbike Round.
Ahead of the Emilia-Romagna World Superbike Round, the majority of the field had tested at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli.
However, due to costs, the MGM Bonovo Ducati squad missed the test and came into the round on the back foot.
But a top ten finish in Race One, before several issues on the Sunday, was better than Scott Redding originally expected from Round Six.
"The weekend was better than expected. Since we weren't testing here, I naturally expected to be a bit behind," admitted the Englishman.
"But even in the first practice session, I felt pretty good with the bike from the second race in Most, where we had made some changes. So we decided to stick with it. I just felt more competitive again; the lap times were really close here.
"The Superpole was a shame, because I was actually twelfth," he continued.
"Unfortunately, I touched the green zone, so my lap was cancelled. But that's the rule, that's the way it is. The first race was tough. We collected some more data, and I felt I could improve the bike and my riding style a little bit."
"We tried a few things in warm-up, but I didn't like them so much, so we tested something different for the Superpole race. I was doing well until two or three laps before the end, when the bike started chattering a lot because of a small issue with the clutch. That was a bit of a shame. I lost a few positions, but the feeling was there.
"In the second race, I was doing well, got a good start, and was fighting for eighth place for a long time.," he explained.
"Then I had trouble braking the bike, and I didn't know what was going on. Unfortunately, I ended up crashing because the bike kept pushing me into the corners, and I was just trying to make it to the finish.
"I got back on and finished the race. It was a shame because being in the fight for eighth place was a big improvement for us. We checked the data, and there was another small issue with the clutch."
