Scott Redding has already seen action in Portugal on his BMW M1000RR ahead of round three at Estoril this weekend.

The factory outfit span laps around the rollercoaster Algarve International Circuit at Portimao in a private test on Monday in preparation for the next instalment of the series just west of the country’s capital, Lisbon.

Redding concluded the last round with a fifth-place finish, his best of the year to date and is hoping for more of the same this time around.

“Estoril is the track where I first rode the BMW and it’s a nice place and a nice track for me, I enjoy Estoril,” Redding said. “We had a test at Portimao on Monday. It was nice to be back on the bike and I really enjoyed that.

“I hope we can start Estoril how we finished at Assen and try to improve again the package together with the team and see what we can do so I am looking forward to being back on the motorcycle and to go from there.”