Jorge Prado (GASGAS): Waiting for weakness / Motocross MXGP World Championship

Jorge Prado (23) made an impressive statement in the third round of the Motocross World Championship this season in the MXGP class. In the worst conditions of deep sand and high temperatures, the MXGP world champion from the De Carli Red Bull-GASGAS family team won every race ahead of race boss Pit Beirer, including Saturday’s qualifying race , which he immediately won to get the most points. . Prado’s accident during practice on Saturday caused a small shock in the GASGAS camp.

In the second race on Sunday, Prado was two to three seconds behind the sand king Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull-KTM) for a long time. Then the 29-year-old Dutchman almost reached the back wheel of the Prado before he drove off. The same thing happened to Honda ace Tim Gajser (27) on the last lap, who managed to reduce the gap to the Spaniard to four seconds repeatedly and ended up in P2 both times.

“I had a really good start in both races – the one in race 2 was the best,” Prado says happily. “I controlled the race, I had a good pace, I kept the pace and just waited until the others couldn’t keep up. That was the case this time. The downhill was hard, physically demanding. I rode well. You just had to keep working on the bike – keep going, above all , don’t make any mistakes.”

Then the Spaniard describes the fight against Jeffrey Herlings: “Jeffrey was behind me from lap 2 and continued in the second phase. I was in front, driving and waiting to see if he could keep up the pace – but well, he couldn’t. Tim was also very nice. He was also there all the time on Saturday; Now I hope that we can take this with us to Arco as well.

Prado confirms: “I’m in a very good place at the moment. I feel good on the bike and we are doing a good job with the team. I feel good physically, I trained a lot. I’m very happy that I was able to win again here on the sand.” What’s next? The Motocross World Championship now moves from Sardinia further north to Arco di Trento, where, unlike Riola, Asse awaits a pimple-hard piste.