QUEDGELEY'S Scott Redding picked up important championship points with tenth place in today’s weather affected Grand Prix of Aragón.

The weather played a big part in proceedings today, with the 23-lap MotoGP race starting in the dry and finishing in the wet, after warm up was delayed for an hour by low-lying mist this morning.

Redding showed good pace in the early stages of the race, running as the top Open Class Honda before the onset of rain and a loss of edge grip lost him time.

The 21-year-old Briton battled on to secure tenth place at the chequered flag, in a race that saw many crashes due to the tricky conditions.

Redding said: “From the start I felt quite comfortable, but then the rear started to spin up a lot and, when the rain came, I had no edge grip on corner entry so lost a lot of time there.

"It was also the first time I’ve gone from dry to wet in a race. I’ve done it the other way around a few times, but going from riding the bike on slicks to riding it on wets is quite different, not to mention knowing when to come in to change bikes.

"Anyway, my timing was not too bad, although I maybe should have come in one lap earlier. I’m not really disappointed, but I’m not really happy either, because I was the first Open Class Honda for the first part of the race and I was feeling good before the rain, which we didn’t plan on. But, after these last two races, I’m confident we can bounce back soon.”