Jorge Prado was the clear winner of the German MXGP, counting for the MXGP motocross World Championship. The 2023 champion imposed himself clearly in the two races this Sunday in Teutschenthal.
In race 1, Glenn Coldenhoff (Fantic) made the holeshot, but soon in the first corner Prado (Red Bull GasGas) took the lead and never looked back. Coldenhoff held off the pressure from Tim Gajser (Team HRC) until the fourth lap and, shortly after, also lost position to Calvin Vlaanderen (Monster Energy Yamaha)… who was in second place for a few laps, until being overtaken by Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull KTM).
At the front, Prado never gave up and won with a 12.895s lead over Herlings. Gajser finished third, with Vlaanderen fourth and Pauls Jonass (Standing Construct Honda) fifth.
As for the second race, Prado started with the holeshot and quickly began to distance himself from Herlings, who was his main pursuer. At one point, the Dutchman managed to respond: the gap that had been over three seconds dropped to just over one second. However, Herlings did not maintain the momentum and six minutes before the end was overtaken by Gajser.
Until the end, the Slovenian had no arguments to catch Prado, who thus sealed a double victory beating his rival by 6.035s. Herlings held on to third place, with Vlaanderen fourth and Coldenhoff fifth.
In the overall standings of the German round, Prado was the winner with 50 points, with Herlings and Gajser in the following positions tied with 42 points. Vlaanderen was fourth with 36 points and the top five was closed by Coldenhoff with 31 points.
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