Prado Tops MXGP of Spain
S
pain's own Jorge Prado
became the first Spaniard to
win a motocross Grand Prix on
home soil since Jonathan Bar-
ragan in 2009 when the Red Bull
KTM rider won both motos at the
MXGP of Spain, October 11.
Prado holeshot both MXGP
motos and ran off with the wins.
It was Prado's third win of the
season, but he still has a long
way to go to catch championship
leader Tim Gajser with six rounds
to go.
Gajser was second overall on
the day after trading 2-3 motos
with Romain Febvre. Despite
finishing second to Prado,
the Honda HRC rider, Gajser,
extended his championship
lead over Antonio Cairoli from 11
points to 24.
Cairoli struggled with this
starts and finished out the day
sixth overall with a 7-6 score.
Jeremy Seewer, seventh on
the day (10-5), is third in the
championship another 21 points
back.
"It's a dream for all of us Span-
ish guys," Prado said. "Winning
in Spain or winning in your home
country is always very special.
It's a pity we didn't have the
spectators but anyway to win on
home soil is still incredible. After
the last race in Mantova, I really
did some training again, I'm mak-
ing progress every week and that
you can see in my racing, so I'm
heading in a good direction and
yeah it was just a perfect day."
Gasjer was happy to extend
his points lead. "It was a good
day, actually," he said. "I was
enjoying it and I really liked the
track in Spain. I didn't get a good
start in both races. The first
one I finished third and then the
second one, I was seventh out
of the gate and by the second
IN
THE
WIND
P48
Jorge Prado swept
both motos on
home soil at the
MXGP of Spain.
PHOTOS: RAY ARCHER
