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What’s up with Jorge
He came out swinging at pala but these past 4 motos have been underwhelming.
Didn’t watch a lot of him in GPs but from these motos it seems like if he doesn’t get close to a holeshot he just kinda mails it in?
I wanna see him in the mix! Dude can ride!
*George
He's super talented. But he's kind of a gimmicky champ. He's like Webb in super cross. I can respect his resume but I also can acknowledge that I think there is a lot more substance to other gp champions and contenders.
What’s up with JS calling him Prada all the time?
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He didn't do all that bad other than his starts just being crap (which is of course unusal)... The guys ahead of him were the guys you'd expect to be ahead of him when with better starts, and it wasn't a great track for passing. When Hunter went down in race 2 Prado was able to keep pace with him for the rest of the race. Unfortunately he is in a significant hole now.
He started around the same position as Lucas in the first moto. Interesting to see the time differential between him and Lucas by the end of the moto.
Lucas was definitely the better rider for sure. I just don't know if I agree that there was all that wrong with Jorge. He did take a little too long to get going round Marchbanks, Plessinger and Ferrandis, and I think it was one of those tracks whereby if you didn't keep the tow early it was difficult to then make up big chunks after. For a guy that's looking at the series in terms of wanting to be champion (and reviewing the races again a minute ago) yeah he was a little off...
He’s like Sasha Coenan, needs a start otherwise he’s just riding around. They both are absolutely woeful at coming through the field considering their talents.
Prado won’t push unless he feels comfortable whether that is bike, track, traffic, etc. Even so without the blown engine last week he would be third in the series right now. I don’t think he has anything for Hunter or Jett. With how good Lucas looked it makes me wonder if part of why Prado came to the US was to get away from Lucas.
Sacha came from 31st to 14th during 1st moto….
Prado seems to have a really good believe in him self that he can beat Jett. But to be fair, he have never displayed the speed needed for it.
Even on European ground on familiar tracks for Prado he has not been on pair with Jett speed wise and it seems to me that he have reached his ceiling now.
He will have some good rides now and then but he don’t have enough in the tank to beat the beast guys over a whole summer.
Because the tracks are all one-linded
I agree with you. I think Prado and Coenen go 1-2 at Southwick. I’m not sure which one of them wins. The Honda isn’t as good in sand and Sexton straight up beat Jett in a moto there two years ago. That plus Jett’s foot not being 100% and Lucas and Prado being elite in the sand means it is Prados best chance to win a moto this year.
And what's wrong with prado thinking that.....If you don't think that as a compertitor then you'll never beat him...and jett is the best at the moment but he is certainly beatable.......
He's been underwhelming to say the least. And I don't mean 2025. I've been defending the guy the whole time but he's not exactly lighting the world on fire right now. Not sure what it is. He's better than that. Lucas coming over and smoking him straight up kind of proves that we're not seeing anywhere close to 2024 Prado. What Lucas showed yesterday is exactly what everyone expected from Prado. Not necessarily beat Jett because that's nearly impossible. But at least be close. And beat the rest. And definitely beat the rookie that's still figuring out the 450.
At this point I dont think he wins a moto this year. I would have said Southwick but if Lucas is there I'd bet on him.
Icarus believed that he could fly…
I'snt Prado contract with KTM perfromance based? Bonus? Dude better get going or lucas about to take his spot...just saying.
You bring up a good point. Looking at it through the lens of him wanting to contend for the championship puts it in a different perspective. It felt like expectations were pretty high coming off of supercross into outdoors. Even if you add full points for the moto that the bike blew up, he's still 4th in points and over a moto's worth of points out of the championship lead.
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Once the air was let out of his title hopes, I think he is mentally over it for the season. Just learn the tracks and stay healthy I think is the mindset now.
I think the altitude beat him up. That's all.
Learn the tracks? Didn’t he learn them last year?
Prado is going to become a Supercross specialist. Watch. He needs another year to challenge the Hunter boys outdoors.
As a factory rider he should have. Watch the GP's you'll see first hand.
his hometown is at 1500 feet, not CO, but not nothing. the belgian flatlanders seemed to do okay with it, but then again the best cyclists in the world are routinely dutch and belgian for some reason.
I go to the GPs quite often so I do see first hand.. I don’t think he’s woeful at coming through the pack. There’s just a lot of good riders..
Thats a solid take, IMO. Jorge isn't stupid. He knows spotting either Lawrence 25pts is game over. Took the wind right out of his sails.
Prada dem
He’s never been good at coming through the field. If he doesn’t get a hs he’s screwed.
Not gonna lie it looks like they need more HP under the hood to run with the Hondas on the starts.
Also I agree with the sentiment that he won’t fight as hard since the dnf and bad gate deal at hangtown sunk his points hard.
Look at Jett's 2nd moto.jump! Wild
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