Jorge Prado (motocross racer)

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Jorge Prado
Jorge Prado García.jpg
Prado in 2020.
NationalitySpanish
Born5 January 2001 (2001-01-05) (age 20)
Lugo, Spain
Motocross career
Years active2016 - present
TeamsKTM
Grands Prix79
Championships2
Wins35

Jorge Prado García (born 5 January 2001) is a Spanish professional motocross racer,[1] twice Motocross World Champion (2018 and 2019 in ).[2]

Career[]

Prado (#61) in a jump.

At the age of three he started riding a motorcycle and at the age of six he started competing in the first races. He won his first race at seven. His family moved to Lommel, Belgium in 2012.[3]

In 2016 he made his debut in the MX2 category, in the Belgian Grand Prix. In 2017, he was the first Spanish to win a motocross race in MX2,[4] later winning the championship in 2018 and 2019. In 2020 he races in MXGP with KTM and the De Carli team (top-level team, in which Tony Cairoli has been racing for years).[5]

Achievements[]

At 10 November 2021 Prado won 60 races and 35 GP in the Motocross World Championship.[6]

Year Motocycle World Championship
MXGP MX2 Titles GP wins Races wins
2016 KTM 33 0 0
2017 KTM 7 3 4
2018 KTM 1 MX2 12 17
2019 KTM 1 MX2 16 31
2020 KTM 6 3 5
2021 KTM 5 1 3
Total 0 2 2 35 60

References[]

  1. ^ "Jorge Prado MXGP profile". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Jorge Prado, è qui il futuro: "Il secondo Mondiale è ancora più bello"" (in Italian). corsedimoto.com. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ "El gallego Jorge Prado debutará en el Mundial de motocross con 15 años". lavozdegalicia.es. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Jorge Prado, campeón en el GP de Trentino". elprogreso.es. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "MX2: Jorge Prado rinnovo e MXGP nel 2020 con KTM". corsedimoto.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Jorge Prado - Results". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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