Prado Gives Up

When you are hungry for success you do your 101% best. Good example was Swedish roung MXGP where Gifting passed multitime world champs with millions salary and bank accounts. He gave his all and was best thing to see for long time. Rider who has done it before knows what is needed but if hunger is gone you dont risk your health and still got paid. 

Been Ferrandis fan years he was guy that gave 110% effort and wanted to win. After winning outdoors title seems his hunger for winning has gone and is enjoying life with good job in hand. Dont know if ego and hangover from MXGP titles is hurting Prado and whole new surroundings are just too much. Bike is running low and that with deep ruts make him look scared like amateur at tracks that were his strong races with Gasgas/KTM group. Last weekend there was good effort and positive things but this weekend after good start he looked like nothing was working. Its struggle to watch him do so bad. Havent seen Reed to able help him much but if DV2 would take coaching he will go back to podium contender. 

Here is all the gap between the winner and Jorge during this season 

+58.753 = Fox Raceway moto 1
+54.200 = Fox Raceway moto 2 

+1.41.719 = Hangtown moto 1
+43.482 = Hangtown moto 2 

+1.39.450 = Thunder Valley moto 1
DNF = Thunder Valley moto 2 

+2.03.951 = High Point moto 1
-1 lap + 22 seconds = High Point moto 2 

+46.043 = Southwick moto 1
+1.33.036 = Southwick moto 2 

+1.14.977 = Red bud moto 1
+42.906 = Red Bud moto 2 

+1.47.071 = Spring Creek moto 1
+1.26.039 = Spring Creek moto 2 

+1.42.375 = Washougal moto 1
+2.23.099 = Washougal moto 2 

+56.164 = IronMan moto 1
+53.319 = IronMan moto 2 

+1.51.317 = Unadilla moto 1
+1.55.287 = Unadilla moto 2 

+42.906 = smallest gap (Red Bud moto 2)
+2.23.099 = biggest gap (Washougal moto 2)
+1.24.064 = average gap with the leader (taking away High Point moto 2 where he got lapped and the DNF at Thunder Valley moto 2) 

Now lets analyse is raw speed by looking at the time practice compare to the pole(an exercice where is good at, he got the fastest time practice 7 out of 20 time in MXGP last year) 

+4.415 = Fox Raceway
+1.884 = Hangtown
+6.698 = Thundey Valley
+3.980 = High Point
+0.285 = Southwick 
+2.194 = Red Bud
+3.391 = Spring Creek
+3.081 = Washougal 
+0.864 = IronMan
+4.012 = Unadilla 

+0.285 = smallest gap (Southwick)
+6.698 = biggest gap (Thunder Valley)
+3.080 = Average gap with the pole 

I don't what is going exaclty, but for being the double MXGP world champion and having those stats where you're 1 minute and 24 seconds down the leader and 3 seconds slower in practice is quite catastrophic. Hope he rebounds though.

sounds like he has something in common.

didnt he have to sleep on the floor when he first come over!  😄

Factory 450 racer and “fighting” for top 20s while cashing checks. Same same.