Jorge Prado didn’t leave his prowess in other hands at the MXGP of Spain, the second round of the MXGP Motocross World Championship. The home rider overwhelmingly dominated at intu Xanadú, taking victories in both main races on Sunday after also being superior in the qualifying race held yesterday.
In the first race, Prado (Red Bull GasGas) led every lap. Initially, his main pursuer was Romain Febvre (Monster Energy Yamaha), but the Frenchman fell behind on the sixth lap and yielded the position to Tim Gajser (Team HRC) and Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull KTM). At the front, Prado didn’t give his opponents any chances and built a solid margin, ultimately beating Gajser by 8.400s. Herlings finished third, 10.531s behind, with Febvre in fourth and Maxime Renaux (Monster Energy Yamaha) in fifth.
The story of the second race wasn’t much different. Once again, Prado took the lead early on and never looked back, but this time Gajser was always in second place. The Slovenian didn’t have any answers for his opponent. Despite slowing down a bit on the final lap, Prado won with a 6.133s lead. Febvre finished third in the race ahead of Herlings, while Calvin Vlaanderen (Monster Energy Yamaha) finished fifth. Renaux didn’t start the race, and Coldenhoff was disqualified.
In the overall classification of the MXGP of Spain, Prado was the winner with the maximum score of 50 points, six more than Gajser. Febvre completed the podium, 12 points behind the winner, tied with Herlings.
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Overall results: