The MXGP and MX2 world championships will be at Maggiora this weekend for the Italian GP, a round in which Jorge Prado (MXGP) and Andrea Adamo (MX2) could well secure the titles in their respective classes with one round to go.
With 100 points still to play for (50 in each round), Jorge Prado (GASGAS) has a 67-point lead over Romain Febvre (Kawasaki), the only opponent still mathematically in with a chance of the title, but such a scenario seems practically an impossible task. Febvre will have the pressure on him and knows that he has to achieve almost the full points and hope that the #61 is at or near zero, something that has never happened this season.
The last round in Turkey was even the weakest in terms of points for Prado, where he added 20 points.
In MX2, the accounts are very similar, with Adamo (KTM) leading the standings with 48 points more than his team-mate, Liam Everts. Jago Geerts (Yamaha) still has a mathematical chance of winning the title, but he’s 82 points behind the current championship leader.
Geerts has to wait almost two rounds – four races – to zero in on Adamo and Everts, while he himself has to score the maximum points.
Everts, on the other hand, is “only” one round behind Adamo, but it’s not just up to him to win the title.
It is therefore virtually certain that Prado and Adamo will win the world titles in their respective categories and only a miracle can give their opponents hope of reaching the top of the standings or, on the other hand, only a hecatomb will prevent Prado and Adamo from becoming champions.
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