Prado might as well stay, his chances of repeating just took a huge dive…..

APLMAN99 wrote:

When Lewis interviewed him on press day and he was complimentary of the way the SX group worked hard to make the track raceable last week...

When Lewis interviewed him on press day and he was complimentary of the way the SX group worked hard to make the track raceable last week, he inferred that the Luongo folks wouldn’t/couldn’t do that and would have just canceled the race. I look for the GP overlords to find some unique and creative ways to punish him for that misdeed……..!

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soyMotero wrote:

Rumor here in Spain is that the MXGP of Argentina has been cancelled, its not official but it will be, the Argentinian goverment will no longer...

Rumor here in Spain is that the MXGP of Argentina has been cancelled, its not official but it will be, the Argentinian goverment will no longer support events due to they reduce inflation policy,  of course Infront/Youthstream won't do absolutely nothing to save one of the best GPS of the year, so the first round will be at Spain, and Prado will race A2 if the Argentinian GP gets officialy called off this week (Because Luongo will not find someone who can pay him a million bucks and organize a GP in less than a month), and then he will return to Europe and race there. 

Prado wants to leave MXGP with a bang, especially this year with 2 GPS in Spain (One of them in a track that is actually called "Jorge Prado Motopark"), and then race in the US for the rest of his career where he might not be as succesful, but at least he will be respect by the AMA, Feld and MXSports, unlike here in Europe where riders are told to play golf if they complain.

And do you think Infront cares? Homie they have Lost Musquin, Roczen, the Lawrence's bros, Ferrandis, Vialle and a few more and they haven't even bat an eye, as long as the numbers in the bank account are green, they will be fine, they are the only ones benefiting from motocross in Europe, not the riders or teams. It's been like that for many years and it will not change unless some other company is willing to buy the Promotion Rights of the series.

ayearinmx wrote:

yea, i agree they shouldn't have ridden that qualy race, which makes Prado's comment all the stranger as he wanted it cancelled and Infront didn't...

yea, i agree they shouldn't have ridden that qualy race, which makes Prado's comment all the stranger as he wanted it cancelled and Infront didn't ..... add in the fact that, I think Infront only cancelled one race (Turkey qualifying) last year, and not that many more in recent memory - one in Indo springs to mind

caviar&cigarettes338 wrote:

I don’t know much about mxgps, is it true riders don’t make any money from the series for winning or anything ? And seems weird they...

I don’t know much about mxgps, is it true riders don’t make any money from the series for winning or anything ? And seems weird they only have 20 riders on the gate . What the cost for a rider to line up and race mx2 or mxgp?

Ry1994 wrote:

A few years ago Ben townley commented on the track being not that good in indonesia and was just mud in a paddock. Luongo pulled him...

A few years ago Ben townley commented on the track being not that good in indonesia and was just mud in a paddock. Luongo pulled him and Everts (his manager at the time) and gave them a right talking to and threatened them. Last year at the mxgp of France at Ernee the Conditions for qualifying for awful and most of the riders said it was unsafe to go out for the quali race and just to use practice times as gate picks. He told them if you don’t like it go play golf, we need to earn money from the fans. Now motocross isn’t a pansy sport but for some of the fastest riders in the world to say that then it must have been unsafe. 
 

so to answer your question yes youthstream are that petty to fine him/gas gas team for that comment.

caviar&cigarettes338 wrote:

I don’t know much about mxgps, is it true riders don’t make any money from the series for winning or anything ? And seems weird they...

I don’t know much about mxgps, is it true riders don’t make any money from the series for winning or anything ? And seems weird they only have 20 riders on the gate . What the cost for a rider to line up and race mx2 or mxgp?

philG wrote:

Am i right in thinking in 22 there were no points at stake, but the 23 Turkey cancellation gave Febvre one less points race to count...

Am i right in thinking in 22 there were no points at stake, but the 23 Turkey cancellation gave Febvre one less points race to count as the season wound up? 

I am not saying Turkey was wrong, that was a safety issue for everyone on site . 

Ry1994 wrote:

A few years ago Ben townley commented on the track being not that good in indonesia and was just mud in a paddock. Luongo pulled him...

A few years ago Ben townley commented on the track being not that good in indonesia and was just mud in a paddock. Luongo pulled him and Everts (his manager at the time) and gave them a right talking to and threatened them. Last year at the mxgp of France at Ernee the Conditions for qualifying for awful and most of the riders said it was unsafe to go out for the quali race and just to use practice times as gate picks. He told them if you don’t like it go play golf, we need to earn money from the fans. Now motocross isn’t a pansy sport but for some of the fastest riders in the world to say that then it must have been unsafe. 
 

so to answer your question yes youthstream are that petty to fine him/gas gas team for that comment.