WATCH JORGE PRADO TAKE THE 450 POINTS LEAD AT THE GRAND PRIX OF CHINA

The 2023 FIM 450 World Championship has a new leader, as Jorge Prado fought through the heat, humidity, condensed schedule (to avoid a Typhoon) and even a little illness to take his GasGas MC450F to his 48th Grand Prix victory in China.  The Spaniard will now take the red plate to the final round of the season, in his home country—before moving to the USA to race in the future! Tim Gajser had a substantial points lead over Prado a month ago, but the efforts of Prado and Jeffrey Herlings clawed the points back and when Gajser finished 17th in the first moto all of his points lead disappeared. Prado now leads the 450 World Championship by 7 points over Gajser and gets home court advantage for the finale.

Jorge Prado (1) has one more race in the MXGP series before switching to the AMA Supercross and National Championship series in 2025. Tim  Gajser can still wrestle the 2025 450 crown out of Jorge Prado’s hands at the final round. Tim is just 7 points behind.

The MX2 title fight saw Lucas Coenen take his eighth 250  GP victory of the year for the  Nestaan Husqvarna team, passing his teammate and Championship leader Kay de Wolf on the  track in the process! DeWolf settled for second place overall  because he still has a 36-point lead over Coenen in the 250 title chase. The 250 finale will be in the village of Cozar, Spain on September 29.

450 RESULTS: GRAND PRIX OF CHINA
1. Jorge Prado (Gas)…2-1
2. Romain Febvre (Kaw)…1-3
3. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)…3-4
4. Ruben Fernandez (Hon)…4-6
5. Jan Pancar (KTM)…8-5
6. Glenn Coldenhoff (Fan)…5-8
7. Tim Gajser (Hon)..17-2
8. Kevin Horgmo (Hon)…7-10
9. Mattia Guadagnini (Hus)…9-9
10. Andrea Bonacorsi (Yam)…12-7

Jeffrey Herlings was closing in on Tim Gajser and Jorge Prado in the points chase, but time ran out and Jeffrey is now 48 points out of the title with only one race left.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 450 CLASS
(After 19 of 20 rounds)
1. Jorge Prado (Gas)…943
2. Tim Gajser (Hon)…936
3. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)…895
4. Jeremy Seewer (Kaw)…643
5. Romain Febvre (Kaw)…611
6. Glenn Coldenhoff (Fan)…574
7. Calvin Vlaanderen (Yam)…550
8. Kevin Horgmo (Hon)…428
9. Valentin Guillod (Hon)…359
10. Brian Bogers (Fan)….317

250 RESULTS: GRAND PRIX OF CHINA
1. Lucas Coenen (Hus)…1-1
2. Kay de Wolf (Hus)…3- 2
3. Simon Laengenfelder (Gas)…2-3
4. Mikkel Haarup (Tri)…5-4
5. Andrea Adamo (KTM)…6-5
6. Camden McLellan (Tri)… 7-8
7. Thibault Benistant (Yam)…10-6
8. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (Yam)…9- 7
9. Liam Everts (KTM)…4-17
10. Ferruccio Zanchi (Hon)…12-9

Simon Laengenfelder (516) has quietly secured third place in the 2024 FIM 250 World Championship. He can’t be caught by fourth place Liam Everts no matter what happens in Spain.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 250 CLASS
(After 19 of 20 rounds)
1. Kay de Wolf (Hus)…915
2. Lucas Coenen (Hus)..879
3. Simon Laengenfelder (Gas)…811
4. Liam Everts (KTM)…749
5. Mikkel Haarup (Tri)…658
6. Andrea Adamo (KTM)…632
7. Rick Elzinga (Yam)…555
8. Sacha Coenen (KTM…456
9. Camden McLellan (Tri)…395
10. Ferruccio Zanchi (Hon)..359