Jorge Prado García (Lugo, 23 years old) savored this Sunday one of the most special victories of his sporting career. At home, together with all the fans and his family, at the Castilla-La Mancha GP, he rounded off an extraordinary MXGP season to revalidate his world champion title in the premier category of motocross. This is his fourth win after debuting in MX2 with another double in 2018 and 2019, in a demanding course where he has achieved 11 grand prix victories and has climbed to 16 podiums in 20 races held.
The first Spanish champion of the discipline, insatiable, had to finish his months of work in Cózar, venue of the last test of the course. He arrived 7 points ahead of the Slovenian Tim Gasjer and appeared on the track with the desire to win like a champion. He scored the qualifying round on Saturday and attacked big in the first round on Sunday to smooth the task. With 12 points in the final round of the championship, he was able to overcome two errors in the form of exiting the track after commanding a large part of it. He was relegated to fourth place, just behind his great rival for the title, and was able to dedicate himself to managing his advantage at the top of the table without taking too many risks.
“I have no words, I cannot express what I feel after achieving something like this. I still have to process it,” Prado commented after crossing the finish line. “Last year I achieved my dream for the first time and today another one has come true. “I have won the motocross World Championship in the highest category in Spain, in my land, and with my people,” he added when he was able to find them. Although he did not want to give up, since he is still linked to GasGas and the Pierer Mobility group – owner of KTM – for a few more weeks, the Galician has already closed his future plans: he will pack his bags and leave his comfort zone to pursue his dream definitively, conquer the United States.
After the motocross of nations that takes place at the beginning of October, California awaits Prado and his entourage. In a couple of weeks he will be working to make a place for himself in the elite of what would become the NBA of the off-roadthe AMA SuperMotocross championship. In the absence of official confirmation, and the competition has already published its number 70, facing a contest that starts on January 11, 2025 in Anaheim, California, Prado will join the Kawasaki factory team in this new and ambitious adventure.
“It’s like Jordan trying to play baseball,” illustrated Wil Hahn, former Supercross champion, in the documentary under the lightswhich showed Prado’s first foray onto North American soil last year. Although it may not seem like it, MXGP and SuperMotocross are two different universes. “Normally, Americans don’t come to compete in the World Cup because the level there is very high. A while ago it was much superior, and then it was the goal of any pilot to make the leap,” the Spanish pilot assured EL PAÍS last year. In 2023, he competed in four events of that championship as a guest, placing seventh in his second appearance and achieving a victory in the qualifying round. Not bad for a rookie.
“Since I was little I had in mind to compete in the United States, I wanted to know what it was like to compete in Supercross to get an idea of what my future could be in the coming years,” he advanced after that experience. The AMA championship, between 1974 and 2002 and then between 2008 and 2021, was in turn the motocross world championship of the International Motorcycle Federation (FIM), which granted that distinction to MXGP from 2022 onwards. After winning the second title in the premier category in Europe, Jesús Prado, the child’s father, spilled the beans and confirmed what was already an open secret.
“In the next few years we will be there and we will compete in the Supercross and Motocross championships, which is Jorge’s definitive dream,” he acknowledged into the TVG microphones. The nobleman of Spanish motocross will cross the pond in search of new adventures and more world titles.
