Tim Gajser stronger in race 2, but Jorge Prado won the MXGP of Patagonia Argentina.

Tim Gajser won yesterday the second race of the MXGP in Patagonia, Argentina. However, it wasn’t enough to prevent Jorge Prado from winning the opening round of the MXGP motocross World Championship.

The Slovenian from Team HRC, who had won the qualifying race the day before, took the lead of the second main race right in the first lap and never looked back. Throughout the 18 laps, Prado (Red Bull GasGas) was always Gajser’s main pursuer, who ended up winning with a 10.489s lead.

In third place was Romain Febvre (Kawasaki), who reached the position he finished in right in the second lap with the overtake of the fourth-placed Pauls Jonass (Standing Construct Honda). The top five was closed by Jeremy Seewer (Kawasaki), who rode in that position from the start.

In the overall standings of the MXGP in Patagonia Argentina, Prado was the winner with 47 points – he won race 1 and finished second in race 2. Febvre finished in second place with five fewer points and only one more than Gajser – whose result in the first race prevented him from going further in the standings. Jonass and Maxime Renaux (Monster Energy Yamaha) completed the top five.