Scott Redding (Octo Pramac Racing) took eighth in the Gran Premio Motul de Republica Argentina, coming back from a more difficult grid position of P15 following a damp and difficult Q1 qualifying session to battle in the top ten and overtake Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) for P8.
After a similarly solid points haul in the season opener in Qatar, that leaves the Brit in fourth in the Championship – and the Octo Pramac Racing team in an equally impressive third.
Scott Redding, P8: “It was a difficult race, and I expected a bit better from myself. Mid-race is pretty much what I expected, just in the beginning I was missing the speed a bit. I couldn’t get the front tyre up to temperature and the rear wasn’t gripping like in the Warm Up. But then I felt quite good, I was able to catch Miller and the rhythm was quite ok – to come from where I did on the grid I was happy with that.”