Moto champ passes road bike test

Scott admitted to being a little nervous as the riding styles were very different

The youngest-ever winner of a 125cc MotoGP motorcycle race has successfully completed his compulsory basic training on his 16th birthday.

Scott Redding, from Gloucestershire, was 15 when he rode to victory at Donington Park in June 2008.

On Sunday, he came of age to undergo compulsory basic training on a 50cc road bike - his first formal lesson.

Scott, who regularly drives at upwards of 140mph on the circuit said the two riding styles were very different.

"It's a whole different ball game from the road to the circuit," he said.

"On the road you've got to be so much more careful because there's other people driving and riding.

"It's not like you're all going the same way. You've got oncoming traffic, you've got traffic lights to contend with, not just going in a circuit."

Scott, from Quedgeley near Gloucester, was entered in his first mini-moto meeting at the age of eight after being spotted on an indoor circuit by a racing official.

He has also competed outside the UK, including Italy, the home of mini-moto racing.

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