Through 6, I give Jorge a better shot at an SX Title

Thinking the same thing, he has been kind of a disappointment in the outdoors

Same. If he actually tried on the Kawi last year, his results outdoors would probably have been similar to this years results. 

He’s been crushing everyone not named Lawrence or Deegan… The only other 3 guys in our series who could go anywhere in the world and fight for wins. 

If dude could rip some more holeshots he would give himself way better results 

I wonder how many people with an opinion on prado have actually followed him in mxgp....because then you know his success  depends entirely on the start....last saturday, he spent five Laps behind fernandis....coenen needed two corners for that......there is absolutely nothing wrong with prado's speed.....he just needs to be more aggressive

I expected him to be fighting for wins Outdoors, and for 12th Indoors. He’s been about top 5 in both series though surprisingly

Would really like to see him battle Deegan more in the Nationals 

Ive been thinking the same thing. The outdoor circuit doesnt seem to fit him very well. He's amazing at slower and technical tracks. Maybe he'll get used to it and get better. But I wouldn't be surprised if in 2-3 years he's known as an SX specialist

Let just start with him being a regular podium guy first. At this point he’s not threat in either discipline.

His consistency is so strange. He'd randomly have bad races in MXGP, or two vastly different motos. Remember at MXdN at Matterly he beat Gajser, Tomac, Herlings, Febvre, and Hunter in the qualy race and then in the motos he was just a different guy.

George fast af in the whoops but he's a headtrip and has zero shot at an sx title.

All these caviats with this guy all the time. 

"The tracks don't suit him"

He doesn't have the fitness to go flat out for 2x 30+2

2023 wasn't an impressive championship and I'm sure Herlings had health issues in 2024. 

He has always had a hard time staying in the fight. If he gets a start we will see him charge harder longer

If he stays healthy, can see him consistently fighting for podiums in supercross next year. Has talent, just needs to take another step to battle with the Lawrence’s. 

Matterly Basin on saturday was dry, while sunday turned out pretty muddy and he just isn't good in those conditions. I still scratch my head that he won heat races in sloppy conditions though. 

I do think both Prado and Deegan will be more competitive for wins in SX than in MX. Championship contenders? That's a tall order, idk about that. Prado had showed incredible speed and specially whoop skills. But he gotta get through an SX season without having multiple finishes outside the top 10th first before we can talk about title contender. With him it completely depends if he's believing in himself though. I don't think we have seen the best of him in the US yet. Last year was basically a wasted year for him on top of that.

He has to be the most risk averse elite rider ever.

Agreed, he's been underwhelming.  He cannot manage a lead, cannot ride through the pack. And this is on the "good" bike.

And Marchbanks is just 20 points behind him in the series while on the "bad" bike. 

Prado is doing pretty well, I think. Heck, he’s right in the thick of everything. 

I would say if the stars align he could be on the podium a couple of times throughout 17 rounds next year but consistently is a stretch in my opinion.  

Remember, next year he’ll be racing against Jett and Deegan, both who are unarguably better Supercross riders than Jorge but didn’t race 450 SX this year. 

Last year he said he would have won the race on a KTM. He went 5-6. Now he’s on his dream machine and realistically his day would have been 5-4 without the gifts he got. Maybe 5-5 if Lucas runs the 2nd moto. Difference in the 2 years is this year he’s trying. 

Prados avg start position in mx this year is 6th. Marchbanks is 15th.  They are only around 20 points apart in the championship.  Both have dnf a moto.  

If Marchbanks started in front of prado more often I'm pretty sure he would be ahead of him in the points or damn near tied.  Prado had shown more elite speed.  But only when he starts first or second.  .  

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Sort of feel like Jorge doesn’t handle adversity as well as some of the guys in front of him and lacks the grit of those guys as well. Maybe it’s not a fair assessment but that’s what I’ve seen. The problem is, the guys in front of him know it too. 

When did Marchbanks have a DNF? 

First round. Collided with ET

He’s closing the gap every weekend

He was last after the crash but finished 28th.

I also think it’s fair to say, that as of 2023, Pro Motocross is the premier series. We can argue talent all day long, but our guys in the AMA are just way more difficult to deal with than MXGP guys. I think it really just comes down to that and that alone for Jorge. I don’t think he got slower. I think he can ride just as fast as our top guys. He’s just flat out not as gnarly. 

He doesn't stand a farts chance in hell of winning either one.

First proper year in the US and fighting for podiums and leading laps. 

I don’t know what you lot are smoking talking negatively about the guy when most of you probably struggle to climb a set of stairs.

It has been a weird year for Prado.

SX was beyond any realistic expectations. Two podiums, multiple fastest qualifying sessions, at some rounds basically the best rider in the whoops etc. 9,5/10 from me relative to what can be expected of him indoors.

This outdoor season has been strange. A few flashes of brilliance but a on a whole relatively speaking a bit mediocre.