The two clashed over a dispute between Alvaro Bautista and Ana Carrasco, when the reigning WorldSBK champion felt as though his fellow Spaniard s🧸hould not have been riding at the same time as Superbike riders.

Redding then came to Carrascꦍo’s defence while Sykes agreed with Bautista, which led to a🐻 heated spat between the two Brits.

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And after making his temporary return to the factory BMW team in place of the injured Michael Van Der Mark last week, Sykes claimꦉed he and Reddi🃏ng barely spoke in Misano.  

"I’ve not really seen him much," Sykes told WorldSBK.comꦫ. "We had a conversation on Instagram a couple of months ago but regarding in the box, I thought I might get a pot of tea and get to know him. 

"But as soon as he’s finished riding, he’s on𝔉 his push bike and✃ gone, so I don’t really see him! 

"Honestly, I💙 think it’s good that we have very similar comments on the items, 🌌and that’s always good for the forward momentum."

Following a disastrous opening four rounds with Puccetti Kawa🌱saki on his WorldSBK return, so much so that it led to Sykes leaving the team, the former world champion felt good 🥀about being back aboard an M 1000 RR.

Sykes said: "I 🥃know the team and bike from previous years and everything has been relaxed and like clockwork on day one. 

"Lap by lap, I was getting the old feeling back with the package, but it’s clear that they’ve made🌺 steps forward from the last time I rode it. 

"Ultimately, here at Misano, a circuit I enjoy, so it was a good, productive day. Com♑pliments to all the guys and BMW, they’ve made a big step forward in a lot of areas and that was very easy for me to see. 

"There’s been small changes to my position on the bike compared to Michael ඣand some little tweaks to setup and that was literally it. In the latter stages of the day, we got a good feeling with the race tyre and that brought a smile to my face."

While Sykes was greeted by mixed conditions on hi💖s return to BMW at the Misano test, the 27-year-old was able to make improvements throughout as he gets set to stand-in for Van Der Mark at next month’s Misano round.

"Ultimately, I am very happy with the test and I’m getting a bit more of an understanding of where the guys have made some lovely steps si𝐆nce last riding the bike," added Sykes. 

"Today, we went through som🐻e items so it took a bit of sting out of the tail as we spent someౠ time evaluating that and then in between the rain and sun, the guys did a great job. 

"Myself and Scott have been working on the items and have gathered some very good information on how to impro⛦ve some limitations. The guys have got time to react and from that, hopefully it’s moving forward all of the time. 

"For me, it’s good to get an understanding for the next event. The goal is to be competitive and enj♌oy my racing, so we shall see. 

"We’ve had some good results here in the past with the BMW both i𓆉n Superpole and in the races, so it’d be lovely to repeat the podium success. 

"I think that’d be a fantastic target. There’s a lot of competition but 𓃲I think if we keep working, we can 🐷find more speed than what we showed during the test."