Jorge Prado was the clear winner of the MXGP of Germany, part of the MXGP World Championship. The 2023 champion clearly imposed himself in both races this Sunday in Teutschenthal.
In Race 1, Glenn Coldenhoff (Fantic) made the holeshot, but Prado (Red Bull GasGas) took the lead at the first corner and never let it go. Coldenhoff held off pressure from Tim Gajser (Team HRC) until the fourth lap and shortly after lost his position to Calvin Vlaanderen (Monster Energy Yamaha), who stayed in second place for a few laps until being overtaken by Jeffrey Herlings (Red Bull KTM).
In the lead, Prado never faltered and won with a 12.895s advantage over Herlings. Gajser finished in third, Vlaanderen in fourth, and Pauls Jonass (Standing Construct Honda) in 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 more than three seconds dropped to just over a second. However, Herlings could not maintain the momentum and was overtaken by Gajser six minutes before the end.
Until the end, the Slovenian did not have the means to catch Prado, who thus sealed a double victory, beating his rival by 6.035s. Herlings held on to third place, Vlaanderen was fourth, and Coldenhoff was fifth.
Overall, Prado was the winner of the German round with 50 points, with Herlings and Gajser in the following positions tied with 42 points. Vlaanderen was fourth with 36 points, and Coldenhoff rounded out the top five with 31 points.
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Race 2 results:
