In the MXGP class motocross race at the Italian Grand Prix, the Spanish Jorge Prado was the best in the first run, and due to the resignation of the Frenchman Romain Febvre, the race before the end of the season already secured his first championship title in the royal class.
Febvre, who was still in the game before today’s race, had to retire after many mistakes and as many as three falls and left the venue angry. Team Gajser after a failed start, when he fell at the beginning of the race, he won 9th place in the first race.
The 22-year-old Prado has been exceptional this year, although he won “only” twice (Febvre six times), but he was the most consistent and kept placing on the podium.
In the second race, the angry Frenchman Febvre led sovereignly from start to finish, and two laps before the end he also repelled the attack of Tim Gajser, who was racing for second place on the track closest to him for the World Championship.
Prada donated the Italian Grand Prix to Seewer
Due to a rather mixed order between the two races, in the end Jeremy Seewer celebrated the victory in Maggiore, for which he can thank the newly crowned world champion Prado, who made a mistake at the end of the second race and lost his place and the overall victory for the Italian Grand Prix. With ninth and second place, Gajser was fifth overall in Maggiore.
In Italy, the Slovenian permanent representative of this class, Jan Pancar, was 18th, after he was 11th in the first run and finished the second prematurely. Today, young Jaka Peklaj remained without points in 33rd place overall.
The motocross season will end next week in Matterley Basin, Great Britain, and there will be a team WC in Ernee, France at the beginning of October.
Italian Grand Prix, Maggiore
Prva vožnja:
1. J. PRADO ŠPA/gasgas 25
2. J. SEEWER ŠVI/yamaha 22
3. A. FORATO ITA/KTM 20
9. T. GAJSER SLO/honda 12
Druga vožnja:
1. R. FEBVRE FRA/kawasaki 25
2. T. GAJSER SLO/honda 22
3. R. FERNANDEZ ŠPA/honda 20
COMMON RANKING
Skupni vrstni red: 1. J. PRADO ŠPA/gasgas 890 2. R. FEBVRE FRA/kawasaki 807 3. J. SEEWER ŠVI/yamaha 719 ... 13. T. GAJSER SLO/honda 240
Source: Rtvslo
