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Just give him some time to adapt, i know its been said multiple times and everybody expected more the first full season off him but lets be honest off all the mxgp based riders that came over the last decade, how many came out swinging their first year? Yes there is Guillod....
But dont forget Prado injured himself before the start of the supercross season and injured himself again after a few rounds, is he back on full 100% after those injuries yet? And also a total new bike, new team, new continent and everything for him to adapt to. I get a flashback at what Roczen once said about his switch to the USA, that he really struggled to adapt to the format, tracks, heat during summer and he just switched to US racing but on the same brand/team he was on in MXGP and he didnt had a major injury before or during his first full season so that make me give Prado some credit
If you look back at the few SX races he did last year while on GasGas he did much beter then he did this season during any race, so maybe its the kawi, ofcourse its not all to blame on the bike or team but everybody knows that on their level every little bit is counting. Its just a more off everything together that makes him struggle this season, but like every champion they are always going to blame something and not there self thats just to protect their own mental health so i can understand that for some reason.
This sport is brutal no matter how many championships you already have, and Prado did not make it himself easy to say the least by switching brands/team and MXGP for US SX and MX
I would honestly say give one more year to learn and adapt -> 2027 we will see a total different Prado no matter if its on a kawi by then or another brand....
I remember one time a mechanic writing “Riding or Racing?” Not sure who it was for, but they could’ve used that line for Jorge.
Alessi getting complicated:
Kawasaki has a rider racing with a definite bike disadvantage. Garrett Gerloff. Racing WSBK on arguably the most dated and uncompetitive platform against a swarm of MotoGP level Ducatis, he races and competes with honor and dignity. And as a team with his team. He rides his heart out at close to 200mph at times. Kawasaki re-signed him early, Prado could learn a thing or two about being a pro from Garrett.
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I know one thing at this point. I wouldn't touch him with a ren foot pole if I were a team manager. The most damage he has done is to his own ability to get future employment.
Here in the states, I think you're right... But the GP teams have a different, relatively recent memory. I'd bet that he would find a ride quickly.
I’m serious we need lap by lap photos of the prado pit board. We need to know lol.
You are correct here too. But I meant most recent comparison. People thought Albie under performed here and he constantly battled in the top 5. Kawi would be thrilled to get that out of Prado.
https://mxgpresults.com/riders/chad-reed/#stats
https://results.mxgp.com/resultsrider.aspx?ct=1&e=3007&c=9&r=1237
Disagree with my opinion...sure. But where was I wrong?
2016 was hardly Reed’s prime. However if people want to use these sorts of results for comparisons; he also came off the couch two years later and easily got top 10 overall in AMA.
Chad won his last championship in 2009. Posting results from 2016 and insinuating he was still in his prime is ridiculous. That would be similar to comparing Jason Anderson 2025 to Jason Anderson 2018. Chad was 34 in 2016.
Alessi never won a championship, so he's not even in the same conversation. Although, he also was famous for holeshotting. At least he made an attempt to hold the faster riders up rather than just letting them ride right by...
Prado's performance or lack of is unprecedented. He is the current 450 World Champ and is finishing behind privateers a minute or more from the leaders. Tortelli and Albertyn were great in their circumstances, and Prado, as evidenced by the length of these threads and podcasts, is an embarassment and enigma. When RV, Chad, and Allessi were all on the tail ends of their careers, Prado is at the heighth of his. Does this really need explaining?
I'm at the point where I'm just surprised at the lack respect for the fans, the team, mechanics, sponsors and fellow former Mxgp riders. He's making everyone supporting him look stupid. How do you do that? Has no one given him a reality check?
Dungey came off a nearly 6 year retirement and was a solid top 5 guy. It was amazing.
Reed's prime outdoors was in my opinion 2011 until he crashed out. But him and that Honda gelled. He was as fast or faster than anyone in the world at that point.
When was this, Reed rode an MXGP race in like 2017 or 2018 for Yamaha, but he was already past his prime. Alessi rode one in 05 I believe in the MX2 class and got a podium one moto I believe, and the one he raced in 2010 he was battling with Cairoli at Glen Helen. When was Mike racing around in the GPs in 18th or 20th? I don’t think Mike Alessi ever finished a outdoor race in those spots lol
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Reed was pretty amazing in that 2011 outdoor season!! I think Chads outdoor skills were underrated, he was really good from 03-06 but had to race RC. I don’t really look at his outdoor results from 2013 and on lol
He also got second to James in his only 250f class outdoors season. Counting that series he finished second in 7 separate national championship series. Thats a crazy impressive stat.
And to add to that stat- only 14 points separated Reedy from having 6 championships instead of 3.
Nailed it , he wanted to make sure everyone knew it was the bike and not his skill level first and foremos instead of giving the text book response we all hate " we made some improvements this week "
Personally I don't buy anything like food, tracks, homesick, us vs eu etc... the only thing I can imagine is that he has been a lucky boy to have a bike that fits his riding style (luck happens, nothing wrong with that) and have never been used to test/setup a bike to the level that you consistently ca ride with world class riders.
Blaming the bike month one is Ok, blaming it month two less, but blaming the bike month after month then you are basically admitting that you suck at setting up a bike to at leats be 'sort of comfortable'.
I've written it before, but I'll do it again... I see Valtteri Bottas and Mika Häkkinen in him... among the fastest in the world when the bike/car is perfect but far off if not...
When does he start getting booed by the fans? Or he has to be winning for that to happen?
A close second is the damage he has done to Kawasaki’s brand image and likely their ability to sell KXs.
100%. They race on the weekends to sell bikes on Monday. Prado has to have hurt that.
People that say he's slow or it's the bike are out of their mind. Lap time and speed wise he isn't even very off from the front group, also literally getting great starts every weekend.
BUT he is straight up giving up and refusing to put up results as soon as he gets passed early moto. It seems like mentally if he doesn't feel like he can't win, he doesn't care where he finishes at all. When they showed him on the broadcast this weekend, he literally rolled the whole section after the skyshot with one hand of the handlebars without a single care in the world. I've been a fan since I've got to watch him coming up from the EMX but I've never seen something like this.
Honestly he kinda lost me as fan this year, not because he isn't winnig, but because he literally doesn't care at all. It really seems like he does this to get out of his contract as fast as possible. There is absolutely no way Kawi and Prado go the whole 3 years if they can't figure it out after the first whole year, right?
What? His fastest lap was 6 seconds off of Jetts at Dilla.
Euros are used to racing slower, tight tracks.
Jett has made everyone up their pace in the US.
There aren't 5 sand tracks on our circuit.
New Bike.
He gives up once he's out of the top 8.
All reasons why he cant hang.
I hope he is here next year. He will do better, but do not ever think he will win here.
Reed came 2nd in the MXGP 250cc class Championship in 2001 behind Mikael Pichon, winning races and finishing 2nd overall in his first year in Europe before moving to USA full time in 2002.
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