2018 MXGP ITALY | MX2 OVERALL RACE RESULTS

Jorge Prado wins his first MX2 World Championship. 

The factory KTM rider of Jorge Prado clinched the MX2 championship before lining up at the gate in Italy for the final round of the 2018 MXGP series. His teammate, and 2018 MX2 champ, Pauls Jonass announced he had surgery to repair a knee injury he suffered at the 18th round of the MXGP series in Turkey. Meaning he wouldn’t lineup for the last round in Italy giving the championship to Prado. With the 2018 MX2 number 1 plate wrapped up, Prado still went out and rode like a true champion by sweeping both motos in Italy. Factory Husky riders Thomas Kjer Olsen and Thomas Covington placed second and third on the day.

MX2 OVERALL RESULTS | ITALY

Pos	Rider	Bike	Race 1	Race 2
1	Prado, Jorge	KTM	1	1
2	Olsen, Thomas Kjer	HUS	2	4
3	Covington, Thomas	HUS	7	3
4	Cervellin, Michele	YAM	4	7
5	Jacobi, Henry	HUS	3	9
6	Rodriguez, Anthony	YAM	9	5
7	Geerts, Jago	YAM	6	11
8	Lawrence, Hunter	HON	36	2
9	Vlaanderen, Calvin	HON	12	8
10	Watson, Ben	YAM	8	17
11	Weltin, Marshal	KAW	5	27
12	Bernardini, Samuele	YAM	35	6
13	Sikyna, Richard	KTM	18	10
14	Vaessen, Bas	HON	16	12
15	Van doninck, Brent	HUS	15	13
16	Strubhart Moreau, Brian	KAW	13	15
17	Furlotti, Simone	YAM	10	19
18	Lesiardo, Morgan	KTM	14	16
19	Rubini, Stephen	KTM	11	35
20	Sterry, Adam	KAW	21	14
21	Goupillon, Pierre	KAW	17	21
22	Mewse, Conrad	KTM	24	18
23	Lapucci, Nicholas	YAM	19	24
24	Koch, Tom	KTM	22	20
25	Östlund, Alvin	YAM	20	32
26	Fernandez, Ruben	YAM	27	22
27	Pichon, Zachary	KTM	30	23
28	Clochet, Jimmy	KTM	28	25
29	Polak, Petr	KTM	23	26
30	Bourdon, Anthony	KTM	32	28
31	Freidig, Loris	HUS	31	29
32	De Jong, Rene	KTM	34	30
33	Gamboa Montero , Alex	YAM	33	31
34	Casas, Oriol	HON	29	33
35	Root, Austin	KTM	38	34
36	Quarti, Yuri	KTM	26	36
37	Savaste, Kim	KTM	25	DNS
38	Pessoa, Gustavo	KAW	37	DNS

 

OVERALL MX2 POINT STANDINGS (ROUND 20 OF 20)

Pos	Rider	Nat.	Bike	Total
1	Prado, Jorge	ESP	KTM	873
2	Jonass, Pauls	LAT	KTM	777
3	Olsen, T.	DEN	HUS	673
4	Watson, Ben	GBR	YAM	602
5	Covington, T.	USA	HUS	599
6	Vlaanderen, C.	NED	HON	543
7	Cervellin, M.	ITA	YAM	397
8	Geerts, Jago	BEL	YAM	391
9	Lawrence, H.	AUS	HON	353
10	Jacobi, Henry	GER	HUS	343
11	Van doninck, B.	BEL	HUS	224
12	Mewse, Conrad	GBR	KTM	220
13	Sterry, Adam	GBR	KAW	220
14	Pootjes, Davy	NED	KTM	218
15	Rodriguez, A.	VEN	YAM	217
16	Beaton, Jed	AUS	KAW	216
17	Vaessen, Bas	NED	HON	199
18	Larranaga Olano, I.	ESP	HUS	185
19	Bernardini, S.	ITA	YAM	169
20	Furlotti, S.	ITA	YAM	147

 

2018 MXGP ITALY | FULL COVERAGE

Thomas Kjer Olsen went 2-4 for second overall.
American Thomas Covington went 7-3 for third overall. 

MX2 SATURDAY RACE REPORT

Jorge Prado won the MX2 qualifying race. 

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado came to Imola this weekend as the MX2 World Champion after learning his main competitor Pauls Jonass, also from Red Bull KTM, would be unable to race after having knee surgery. With a weekend similar to that of Herlings in the sense that he doesn’t need to push for the win Prado went out and took an impressive win today regardless.

At the start of qualifying however it was Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Ben Watson taking the first advantage and lead. The Brit and his teammate Anthony Rodriguez put Prado in a Yamaha sandwich for the opening lap but the young Spaniard was into the lead by the completion of the first official lap.

Chasing down Watson and Rodriguez was Honda 114 Motorsport’s Hunter Lawrence and Yamaha SM Action MC Migliori’s Michele Cervellin. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Kjer Olsen closed in fast though taking 5th from Cervellin on lap 2 and 4th from Lawrence 2 laps later.

Rodriguez was the next to fall victim to the speed of the tall Dane as he dropped to 4th while Lawrence lost momentum and dropped to back to 7th. The Aussie rebound well though and made a handful of passes to get back up to 4th.

Olsen tried to get by Watson and the two touched on the final lap sending Watson off track and slowing Olsen but the two finished 2nd and 3rd nevertheless. Prado’s win was by over a 12 second margin and sets him up perfectly to take a pair of good starts tomorrow.

Jorge Prado: “Coming into this GP I am for sure happy after the news earlier this week. This is kind of like a second home GP with team De Carli being from Italy and for all the guys it is important and a really special GP plus it is the last one of the season. I am feeling good with my Qualifying Race today I am ready for tomorrow.”