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World Superbike: BMW didn’t make “step we needed”

World Superbike: BMW didn't make "step we needed"

Redding struggled to a lowly 11th on the timesheets on the second day of running at Aragon on Tuesday, ending up almost 1.4 seconds slower than Kawasaki’s pacesetter Jonathan Rea.

The Briton was only second-quickest among the BMW contingent, with Loris Baz a strong fifth-fastest on the satellite Bonovo bike.

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After praising BMW for the improvements it had made it to its M1000RR challenger over the winter in last month’s Misano test, Redding admitted that the Aragon test proved tougher, not helped by two crashes on Tuesday.

“We didn’t really find a solution for the rear grip, which was my weakest point and something we were trying to improve,” he said. “It was a busy day with the sessions, they go by so fast, we didn’t manage to make a long run, we had to try qualifying tyres and I had two crashes, which cost us time.

“We learned a couple of things today, but it didn’t really help us make the big step we needed.

“[The main problems are] is rear grip on the edge and…

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