Prado Makes It 4 Straight

Since 2017, the MXGP winner in Trentino has gone on to win the World championship and while many of the motocross fans would have liked to have seen a battle for the Trentino GP and maybe some drama, it wasn't to be as Red Bull GasGas factory rider Jorge Prado once again won and did it eventually with ease in the final moto.

Whatever happened to Prado on the Saturday with his seat problem, it was all forgotten on Sunday, when he scored a consistent 3-1 performance to win the Grand Prix and again, kept his championship points lead. It was also his 42st Grand Prix victory of his career.

Jorge Prado: You know, it didn't start well yesterday with a mechanical issue, but we turned it around and the other guys made it hard today, but we got the win and our fourth in a row. The track was sketchy and we changed some things on the bike for the second moto and it worked well. Starting from 17th on the gate wasn't easy and in the first one I didn't have a good flow. It was a weekend when it looked like we were going in another direction, but we could turn it around.

The defending champion looked a little disappointed in the opening moto third place, but came home to win moto two and the GP and did it just like he has done in all the GP's this season. Second overall was Romain Febvre with 1-5 results and third Tim Gajser with 2-4 finishes.

From gate pick 17, Prado again with the holeshot and Herlings down in the second corner and last. Behind Prado came Febvre, Vlaanderen, Paturel, Seewer, Coldenhoff, Horgmo, Guillod, Gajser and Scuteri in 10th. Gajser quickly into seventh place and Herlings up to 27th place.

On lap one it was Prado with a slight lead over Febvre, followed by Vlaanderen, Seewer, Coldenhoff, Gajser, Paturel, Guillod, Horgmo and Edberg. Herlings 20th and flying. Herlings really hanging it out and 21 seconds back, while Gajser into fifth place, but five seconds off the leaders.

Again, Febvre not letting Prado get away and Vlaanderen also sticking to the leader. Herlings up to 18th place and the two leaders getting away from Vlaanderen suddenly. Febvre really putting pressure on Prado and for sure hanging with the red plate man. Prado making small mistakes. Gajser the quickest lap of the race but can’t get past Seewer in fourth place.

All top five pretty close on the track and Herlings back in 15th place, some 28 seconds away from the main group. Such a difficult track to make passes, or even make up ground on the rider in front. Lap five it was Prado, Febvre, Vlaanderen, Seewer, Gajser, Coldenhoff, Paturel, Guillod, Horgmo and Jonass 10th.

Febvre mistake and dropped to fifth place, more or less handing the GP to Prado. Vlaanderen now five seconds off Prado in second and Seewer and Gajser even further back. Herlings up to 12th place. Herlings up to 11th place on lap seven and 32 seconds off Prado’s lead.

On lap seven the top ten was Prado, Vlaanderen, Seewer, Gajser, Febvre, Coldenhoff, Paturel, Guillod, Horgmo and Herlings into 10th. Prado looking comfortable now with a handly lead and same old story as the opening three rounds. Total domination more or less. Herlings into eight place.

Vlaanderen closing the gap to Prado somewhat, or is Prado just controlling the race again, like he has done so far this year. Gajser was in fourth behind Seewer, but some nine seconds off the leader and unlikely to catch him with four minutes and two lap remaining. 

Herlings up to seventh place and still around 30 seconds off the lead, his horrible starts have cost him again. On lap 15, it was Prado with a lead of 3.7 seconds over Vlaanderen, then Seewer, Gajser, Febvre, Coldenhoff, Herlings, Paturel, Guillod and Jonass in 10th.

Prado in total control won the moto easily from Vlaanderen and Seewer and also scored yet another Grand Prix victory. Perfect from four so far.

MXGP - GP Classification

1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 45 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 41 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 40 p.; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 37 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 36 p.; 6. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 32 p.; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 27 p.; 8. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 26 p.; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 24 p.; 10. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 23 p.; 11. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 19 p.; 12. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON)