Prado's fault?

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5/9/2026 11:50pm

Only thing Prado did wrong was hang out too long next to Kenny after the race haha 

 

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5/10/2026 12:36am

If the other guys on the track aren't supposed to race then don't have them line up. The final rounds where everyone rides around like lappers so they "don't impact the race" are pathetic and impact the race worse than if they just raced normally. 

The entire field handled it just fine tonight, prado included. 

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5/10/2026 4:31am

Hunter made 2 mistakes, first one allowed Prado to get very close. If it wasn't Prado anyone of the other would have closed up.

First mistake going of track was Hunters downfall getting stressed.

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The Shop

5/10/2026 5:33am

Not his “fault”. That’s an overstatement. He definitely had an impact, and it looked deliberate. But it was fair play, not dirty. Hunter shouldn’t have made an enemy out of him earlier in the year.

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5/10/2026 6:07am

Prado did nothing wrong lol. If anything Kenny and Hunter are lucky that everyone was so respectful of their battle and gave them some space, they certainly didn’t have to.

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5/10/2026 6:11am

In what world would that be Prado's fault?

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5/10/2026 6:12am
Not his “fault”. That’s an overstatement. He definitely had an impact, and it looked deliberate. But it was fair play, not dirty. Hunter shouldn’t have made...

Not his “fault”. That’s an overstatement. He definitely had an impact, and it looked deliberate. But it was fair play, not dirty. Hunter shouldn’t have made an enemy out of him earlier in the year.

Is a guy racing now a deliberate issue? Was he supposed to slow down?

5/10/2026 7:22am
steveloyer wrote:

Is a guy racing now a deliberate issue? Was he supposed to slow down?

The point of this discussion is basically whether Prado was intentionally trying to add pressure to Hunter, and whether that contributed to Hunter’s mistakes. 

Consensus so far seems to be that Prado didn’t do anything wrong, was just trying to race his own race, but he probably did add extra pressure on Hunter (intentionally or not).


My two cents is that with the tension between Prado and Hunter this year, Prado probably was hoping to make Hunter’s life a bit more difficult. Maybe a few panic revs coming into the corners behind him etc. but I doubt he would’ve done anything more to interfere. 

The cynical side of me wonders if Prado also hoped to win a few more fans over by subtly playing Team 94 out there.

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5/10/2026 8:57am
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If Hunter didn’t take Ken out in the sand earlier this year the points wouldn’t have been close, karma

IF…………is a word almost as dumb as Asterisk…..

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5/10/2026 10:29am

I will watch again but I don't recall Prado showing even a wheel to H Lawrence. I don't understand the down votes when most agree Lawrence shot his self in the foot, Prado didn't directly affect anything. I stated in another thread that Lawrence likely is not as confident as he seemed. If he was confident Prado couldn't have caused such an effect being that far back. I believe Lawrence could have passed Roczen earlier BTW and likely be champ if he didn't play the waiting game.

JT on RacerX has perpetuated his comments from last night about Prado, as if he caused his boy to lose the race🙄.

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5/10/2026 11:31am

Funny how people always say "they shouldn't interfere with the championship." DECIDING TO BACK OFF A NOT RACE IS INTERFERING. You're helping someone either way. Don't race either of them dirty but race both of them.

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5/10/2026 11:33am

If Prado isn’t going as fast or faster than the guy in front of him, then he’s not ‘pressuring’ him……

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