Jorge Prado finally showed America a little peak into what he is really capable of outdoors as he ran top three in both motos and was still on for a podium ten minutes away from the finish in race two when he has his second crash of the day while running second ahead of Hunter Lawrence – but was it was where Prado was supposed to be, running with Hunter Lawrence and Eli Tomac, and trying to figure out a way to beat Jett
Prado, though still isn’t satisfied and he told Kellen Brauer of Swapmoto: “Yeah, it was a little bit better. Obviously, there’s still to show it, a P5 overall, it’s a bit better than what I had last weekend, so yeah, small steps. I wish, you know, we would be in a different spot, but I did my best, I showed good speed in practice, started a little bit with crushing at the races, and a little bit off still, but that is what it is, only around five.
So from round one till now, every single weekend I come to the race and I think I can win. Then I get a reality check on track, I don’t feel good with the bike, or I don’t, whatever. So no, we just need to keep working to make the bike better and ready to be, let’s say, get the bike to my speed, you know.
You know, during the week I do, I put myself, I just train 200%, I give everything I have, I try to be in shape, I try to be the best version of myself, and when you do that you think you’re going to be satisfied with yourself. So it’s a pity that we are in this situation, and hopefully we make big steps, but I only, I mean P5 for example today, and okay, I’d better take P5 than a P8 or P9.
And Prado is now heading to a track he has already raced, Redbud, he even beat Eli Tomac there on a 250 back in 2018 when he was MX world champ! “Yeah, so I think for me, it’s an advantage, not even an advantage, because these guys race all these tracks forever, but it’s better for me to go to a track that I at least rode in the past than a completely new track, right? At least I know what to expect a little bit, so yeah, I’m happy that we are racing redbud, it’s also kind of a little bit loose in some spots, so should be nice. It was a solid weekend, progress building.”