A return to Ducati saw a return to the podium fight for Scott Redding at the 2025 World Superbike season opener.

Scott Redding returned to form this weekend at Phillip Island as he raced his MGM Bonovo Ducati Panigale V4 R for the first time.

The British rider finished fifth, fourth, and fourth across the three races in Australia. This was his best weekend in the series since the 2022 French World Superbike round.

Redding may have been frustrated that he missed out on his first podium since 2022, but was happy to be back at the front after 'three difficult years.'

"Of course I want to be fighting for the podium, and I was fighting for the podium, I just didn’t end up on the podium," Redding told WorldSBK.com after Race Two.

"That’s not through a lack of trying or giving my all because I gave everything I could.

"As a team, we are new with Ducati and we need to learn a little bit, but the team have been amazing, I’ve had so much fun this week of racing, on and off-track, and it gives me that feeling inside that I enjoy the racing side.

"It’s good for me to know now that I’m capable of running in the top-five here in World Superbike again because, after three difficult years, I questioned myself for sure. It’s normal for every rider to have that question mark.

"So, I was a bit nervous because we made a big plan to have Ducati in this team and I’ve been working hard, my management has been working hard, the team has been working hard to try and find the funding to even make this happen, so there’s a lot of pressure on my shoulders.

"So, Race One I was shaking a bit in my boots, but then I got the rhythm and I thought ‘I’ve still got it, this is where I need to be’."