Prado Goes 1-1 at Home
Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 9:03PM
Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jorge Prado has won his first ever home Grand Prix and his 33rd GP victory with a stunning 1-1 performance at the Grand Prix of Spain. The MX2 World champion is still a long way from championship points leader Tim Gajser of the HRC effort, but with six rounds remaining, anything is possible.
The GP win by Prado put him into the top ten all time GP winners in 10th place. Ahead of him in 9th place is Roger De Coster with 36 GP wins and in 8th place Torsten Hallman with 37 GP wins. Just behind him is Heikki Mikkola with 32 GP wins.
Second overall was MXGP champion Tim Gajser with 3-2 results and third overall was Romain Febvre with 2-3 results. With Antonio Cairoli struggling again against the youth of today, and going 7-6 and dropping valuable points to Gajser.
Prado once again led the MXGP race ahead of Gajser, Febvre, Cairoli, Seewer, Coldenhoff, Desalle, Bogers, Van Horebeek, and Walsh in 10th. All the main guy at the front. Cairoli quickly passed by Seewer as Prado quickly gets away from the field.
Coldenhoff also passed Cairoli dropping the Italian to sixth place and Walsh into 8th place as he passed a bunch of riders. Gajser was suddenly onto Prado and all over him, and after a lap the top ten was Prado, Gajser, Febvre, Seewer, Coldenhoff, Cairoli, Desalle, Walsh, Bogers and van Horebeek.
Three laps and the lead by Prado over Gajser was two seconds with Febvre back in third four seconds off Prado, then came Seewer, Coldenhoff, Cairoli, Desalle, Bogers, Van Horebeek, and Jacobi. Walsh crashed and well back.
As the riders rounded the sixth lap the championship points were, Gajser 441 points, Cairoli 24 points back on 417 pts, 43 points back was Seewer on 398 pts, with Prado 50 points off Gajser on 391pts. Prado catching slightly, but nowhere near enough to bother Gajser just yet.
Not much happening although Coldenhoff was all over Seewer and Paulin moved into 11th place as he passed Vlaanderen. Top ten on lap eight was Prado, Gajser, Febvre, Seewer, Coldenhoff, Cairoli, Desalle, Bogers, Van Horebeek and Jacobi. Gajser made a mistake, but didn’t lose any spots, just time on Prado.
Coldenhoff again on the move after a bad start as he went past Seewer and after 13 laps it was Prado with a 5.7 second lead, then Gajser, Febvre, Coldenhoff, Seewer, Cairoli, Desalle, Bogers, Van Horebeek, and Jacobi in 10th. Prado wins it from Gajser and Febvre
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