Jorge Prado (GasGas) won in Shanghai, the Chinese Grand Prix, the penultimate event on the circuit, and regained the lead. of the MXGP World Championship, taking advantage of the fact that his main rival, the Slovenian Tim Gajser (Honda), four-time world champion, fell in the first race.
The Spanish driver finished second in the first round of the Chinese GP and crossed the finish line first in the second, regaining the World Championship lead held by Tim Gajser since the eighth round in Italy.
The Slovenian, who suffered two falls and a breakdown in Shanghai, He finished second in the general classification with 936 points, seven less than Jorge Prado. Third is the Dutch Jeffrey Herlings with 895.
“It was a great result that allowed me to regain the lead. I lost 25 points because of the fall in Italy and now it’s Tim’s turn. It’s difficult but motocross has these things,” said Prado, at the end of the race.
Another Spaniard in the competition, Rubén Fernández, also from Galicia, finished fourth in Shanghai after finishing fourth in the first race and eighth in the second.
This Chinese Grand Prix was marked by the threat of heavy rains which was forced to compress the competition by eliminating the qualifying round.
The final round of the MXGP World Championship will be held in Ciudad Real on September 28 and 29.
In the MX2 race, the only Spaniard competing, David Braceras, was just ahead in eleventh position. The winner was Belgian Lucas Coenen.
Source: La Verdad
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