RIDER MARKET UPDATES: Redding, Iannone and Rinaldi discuss their futures as WorldSBK silly season continues
Three riders who are yet to have their WorldSBK futures announced provided an update when speaking at Magny-Cours
The pieces of the 2025 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship grid are slowly falling into place, but several big-name riders still don’t have anything confirmed beyond this season. Speaking at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours ahead of the Motul French Round, Scott Redding (Bonovo Action BMW), Andrea Iannone (Team GoEleven) and Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Team Motocorsa Racing) all spoke about their WorldSBK future.
REDDING: “I’m feeling good with where I am and with BMW, so I’m just waiting to see an outcome”
Redding arrived in WorldSBK with much fanfare in 2020 and was fighting for the title in both 2020 and 2021, taking multiple victories and more often than not standing on the podium. The #45 moved to BMW for 2022 and has spent three seasons in either the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team or Bonovo Action BMW squad since, claiming three podiums for the German manufacturer. In France, the Brit revealed there’d been no updates on his future.
“It’s the same as when you asked me last time,” Redding started. “There’s been no forward progress, should we say, at the moment. I’m feeling good where I am and with BMW, so I’m just waiting to see an outcome at the moment. Time is ticking, which isn’t good, especially looking at the scenario. I’m doing the best I can and this weekend, I’d like to get some more results that will maybe help me with my future. The thing is we know I have a contract. My aim and reality is to stay here in WorldSBK with BMW. There’s not much more I can tell you.”
IANNONE: “The most important choice I’ll make in my life about my career…”
Iannone said: “Nothing so different from Portimao but, for sure, I thought a lot about my future. It’s not easy to make that choice. I analysed every detail because I think it’s the most important choice I’ll make in my life about my career. I think, in the next two or three years, I have the chance to fight for the Championship and I want to arrive ready for this. I need a little bit more time.”
When asked whether his future was a choice between his current Team GoEleven outfit or GRT Yamaha, Iannone stated: “GoEleven, Yamaha, never say never. I don’t know. Anything in life is possible.”
RINALDI: “This weekend, we will talk with some people… the idea is to continue in WorldSBK”
Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Team Motocorsa Racing) linked up with the Independent Motocorsa Ducati outfit for 2024, hoping to keep fighting for the rostrum as he and the team have done in recent seasons. Unfortunately for team and rider, it hasn’t worked out like that, and Rinaldi hasn’t signed with the team, or another outfit, for 2025.
On his future, Rinaldi stated: “No news yet. As soon as I have it, I’ll speak. This weekend, we will talk with some people but there’s no news yet. The idea is to continue in WorldSBK, but I’m also considering other options. The main goal is stay in this Championship. There are a few options, but I want to be able to back in good positions. 50-50 on next year.”
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