Jorge Prado and Romain Febre share victory in Lombok

Jorge Prado (gas gas) and French Romain Febvre Kawasaki won races 1 and 2 at the Lombok GP (Indonesia) held this Sunday and shared 2nd place.

These results move the Lugo rider closer to the top of the World Championship standings with 562 points and the Frenchman with 459 points.

If the MXGP leader won Race 1 with a spectacular final overtake, Race 2 saw the Kawasaki riders win the second MXGP held in Indonesia. Thanks to Glenn Coldenhoff, Yamaha made its presence felt on the third step of the podium.

in race 1 meadow He didn’t get off to a perfect start, with Febvre, Fernandez and Seewer passing Pohlmann. However, the Prado quickly recovered to 3rd place before taking 2nd place from Fernandez due to a mistake and a crash. The decision was made with three laps to go. After approaching Febvre, he launched a perfect attack.

Coldenhoff took the holeshot in Race 2, but soon after Febvre and Prado headed up again, this time the Kawasaki riders were determined to win. On Lap 4, the Frenchman started to build up a decent margin, behind which there was a short duel between Fernandes and Seewer, but some mistakes by the Swiss and a comeback by Coldenhoff. rice field. As the laps went on, the position seemed to solidify, but it wasn’t enough, but the last three laps brought the Prado and Yamaha closer again.

“It’s been a good weekend. We extended our lead in the championship, but the most important thing is that we’re doing well. We won the qualifying moto and the first moto. I’m looking forward to the race.” Round, I won the Loket in 2021 and I always enjoy Lommel,” explained Jorge.

Ruben Fernandes (Honda) finished fifth in both races, moving one point ahead of Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha) of Switzerland to move up to third overall with 415 points.

“Once again, it’s a little disappointing to leave the track in this position. I felt like I could have held off the riders in front of me and finished on the podium, but I made a few mistakes in the first race. “When I was second they slowed me down and in second I couldn’t give the riders in front of me the push I needed to catch up. It’s a bit frustrating because I know I had a chance but This is motocross and that’s how I feel right now, ‘I have to focus on the next location race and try again to be on the podium,’ said Ruben.

The next scheduled World Cup will take place on 16 July at the Loket circuit in the Czech Republic.