Redding began racing Mini Motos in 2001. In 2004 he won the FAB-Racing Metrakit 50cc British MiniGP championship. In 2005 he competed in the 80cc Metrakit "Calypso Cup" in Spain, winning all six rounds. In 2006 he tested for the Red Bull MotoGP academy cup and was offered a ride, though the season yielded only one podium finish, at Jerez. In 2007 he signed with team BLU:sens Aprilia for the Spanish CEV 125cc championship, finishing second overall to Stefan Bradl by eight points and winning the final three rounds of the series.
Redding entered the 125cc Grand Prix World Championship in 2008 with BLU:sens Aprilia. At the opening round in Qatar he became the youngest rider in the 125cc class to qualify on the front row of the grid, finishing fifth and setting a new 125cc lap record of 2:05.635. On 22 June 2008, at the British 125cc Grand Prix at Donington Park, Redding won at the age of 15 years and 170 days, making him the youngest ever Grand Prix winner at the time and breaking a ten-year record held by Marco Melandri. He held off Mike Di Meglio and Marc Marquez after Andrea Iannone went off at Craner Curves under pressure. He was the first British winner of a 125cc race since Chas Mortimer won the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, and the first British winner of any British Grand Prix class since the event moved to Donington Park in 1987. He was also the first British winner of a British round since Tommy Robb at the 1973 Isle of Man TT, then the British championship round. He finished the 2008 season eleventh overall and won Rookie of the Year. His record stood until Can Oncu broke it in 2018.
In 2009, riding factory Aprilia machinery, Redding had a difficult season with mechanical and handling problems. He secured a podium at the British Grand Prix, his second career podium.
Having grown too large for the 125cc class, Redding signed with the Marc VDS Racing Team for the new Moto2 600cc class in 2010. He finished fourth at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and became the youngest rider to score a podium in the Moto2 class with a third-place finish at Indianapolis. At the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, Redding was involved in a collision with Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa, who had fallen on the twelfth lap and was struck by Redding and Alex de Angelis before either could avoid him. Tomizawa died from his injuries. Redding required ten stitches for a back laceration.
Redding signed a two-year extension with Marc VDS on 29 September 2010. He finished 15th in 2011 with 63 points, and 5th in 2012 with 165 points, including a second place at the 2012 British motorcycle Grand Prix and four further podiums.
In 2013, riding again for Marc VDS, Redding led the Moto2 championship by 10 points with three races remaining, having taken three victories, three second places, a third place, and three pole positions. He fractured his wrist in qualifying in Australia and could not start the race. Pol Espargaro won in Australia, then won again in Japan after Redding collided with the fallen motorcycle of Esteve Rabat at the race start. Espargaro won the title; Redding finished runner-up.
Redding entered MotoGP in 2014 with the GO&FUN Gresini team on a Honda RCV1000R production racer, with Alvaro Bautista as teammate. He finished every race except Austin, recording two seventh-place finishes at Qatar and Phillip Island, and ended the season 12th in the championship with 81 points.
In 2015, Redding rejoined Marc VDS, this time on a factory-specification Honda RC213V. At the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, he achieved his first MotoGP podium with a third-place finish despite an early crash. With Bradley Smith finishing second, they became the first pair of British riders to finish on a premier class podium since Barry Sheene and Tom Herron did so at the 1979 Venezuelan Grand Prix. On 30 August 2015, it was announced Redding would join Pramac Racing for 2016, replacing Yonny Hernandez.
At Pramac in 2016 and 2017, Redding rode alongside Danilo Petrucci. In 2016 he rode a Ducati Desmosedici GP15, finishing 15th in the championship and securing a podium at the Dutch TT. In 2017, Petrucci received an updated GP17 while Redding continued on the GP16; Redding's best results were seventh place finishes at Qatar and San Marino.
For 2018 Redding signed with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini, replacing Sam Lowes. He finished the season with 20 points and no top-10 results, and was not re-signed.
In 2019, Redding competed in the British Superbike Championship with Paul Bird's PBM team on a Ducati Panigale V4. He won the championship on his first attempt, edging out teammate Josh Brookes by five points over a 27-race season.
For 2020 and 2021, Redding signed a two-year deal to race a factory Ducati Panigale V4 for the Aruba.it Racing team. In 2020 he recorded 13 podium finishes in 24 races — five wins, five seconds, three thirds — and finished second in the championship. In 2021 he recorded six victories and numerous further podiums, finishing third in the standings. In August 2021 it was announced he would move to the BMW Motorrad Team for 2022.
At BMW Redding struggled to adapt to the S1000RR. He scored three podiums and finished 8th in 2022, earned no podiums and finished 14th in 2023, and remained on the satellite MGM Bonovo Team without renewing his BMW contract. In 2024 he finished 18th. For 2025, MGM Bonovo switched to Ducati machinery, but after the Donington Park round Redding announced he was leaving the team. The reported reason was financial difficulties within MGM Bonovo requiring Redding to self-fund his seat. He was replaced by Tarran Mackenzie.
Redding signed with Hager PBM Ducati in the British Superbike Championship to replace Glenn Irwin, who had parted ways with the team following a disagreement over his return from injury sustained at Snetterton. After a mixed debut at Knockhill, Redding won at Brands Hatch in Round 5 and added six further wins during the 2025 season. He is contracted with Hager PBM Ducati for the 2026 British Superbike Championship.
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