Britain’s Scott Redding will join the Pramac Ducati team for next year in MotoGP, after deciding to leave his Estrella Galicia Marc VDS squad.

The racer was 50/50 as to whether he should stay on the Honda with his team for another year, or leap on the Ducati Desmosedici for 2016, and after a mediocre season onboard the RC213V he made the decision to join the Italian outfit.

Redding made his debut in the MotoGP class in 2014 with the Gresini team and before that he was in Moto2, where he took three race wins.

Paolo Ciabatti, Sporting Director Ducati Corse said: "We are happy to welcome Scott in the Ducati family. He’s going to be racing for Ducati Pramac Team next year with the latest GP15 bikes. So we’re glad and we hope to put in the conditions to show his real potential. We’ve been following Scott from his Moto2 career and in his debut season with Gresini in MotoGP.

"We approached him last year, but then his team decided to move to MotoGP and it was not possible. We discussed with him again around the Brno weekend and we decided that this time was the right time.”