It was an impressive weekend for Scott Redding and the entire Bonovo Action BMW Team, with the #45 returning to the front in all three races at Donington Park. Redding earned a spot on the front row after finishing Superpole in third position on Saturday. During Race 1, Redding battled inside the top five before being forced the retire with five laps to go. However, on Sunday, Redding returned to the front, finishing fourth position in the Superpole Race and Race 2.
Meanwhile, teammate Garrett Gerloff secured two-point scoring finishes with a 14th in Race 1 and 13th in Race 2 on Sunday. Discussing the weekend from both sides to the garage Michael Galinski (Bonovo Action BMW Team Manager) said: “Of course, we are really happy about Scott on his side and not 100% on the other side with Garrett but also there I think we found a solution. With Scott, the main thing was to change something with the electronics and it is not so easy as it is really complex and we found a good step and a good way for this weekend.”
Their strong results at Donington come weeks after Bonovo Action announced that they would withdraw from WorldSBK at the end of the 2024 season. However, MGM Racing Performance, led by Michael Galinski, aims to remain in the Championship next year.
Galinski explains his hopes for next year: “All I can really say is what I told you yesterday, that we want to stay in this paddock and it looks not bad. We have a lot of small meetings, also at Most, and I really want to tell you the news ahead of Portimao.”
Bonovo Action BMW is currently eighth in the Team Standings, just eight points behind Team GoEleven. Redding’s fourth in Race 2 was the team’s best result so far this season, while Garett Gerloff’s best result came in the opening round in Australia with an eighth place.
Galinski has yet to choose a factory for next year, adding that he has spoken to Ducati: “For sure, we talked with Ducati. It is not sure that we will ride a Ducati, but it doesn’t look bad and the package is good. But we’re also looking for other manufacturers.”
Galinski also confirmed that he is currently looking at running a one-rider team to maximise their performance on track: “At the moment it looks more like one rider. We want to concentrate on one rider, two riders are double the money, and it is really expensive. For me it is the same, if you want to do it you do it good, you concentrate on one rider in the moment and we’ll see what happens.”
With Michael Galinski aiming to run only a one-rider team next season, the focus also turns to who will ride for his team in 2025: “We speak with a different rider, it is one of our ideas to do, Bonovo pushed young riders into top form but also we speak now with Scott for sure, so we will see.”
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Source: WorldSBK.com