Prado, Adamo secure motocross world championships on Pirelli

Andrea Adamo (Photo: Pirelli

Pirelli is celebrating reaching 81 titles in the FIM Motocross World Championship after the penultimate round of the 2023 World Championship (Maggiora Park, Italy). Two new world titles were secured one round early by Jorge Prado Garcia (Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing) in MXGP and Andrea Adamo (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) in MX2. Both riders have used Pirelli’s Scorpion MX32 tyre range throughout the season to dominate.

Jorge Prado Garcia’s was the Spanish rider’s third motocross world title, having previously won the MX2 class in 2018 and 2019, also on Pirelli rubber. For Italian rider Andrea Adamo, the 2017 EMX150 champion, this is a first world title. Pirelli riders also occupy four of the top five positions in the MXGP championship, while the top five in MX2 all run on Pirelli.

In MXGP, after Saturday’s pole obtained by Alberto Forato (Team SM Action Migliori KTM), Jorge Prado won the first heat to secure the world title. Jeremy Seewer (Wilvo Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP) won the overall of the day, preceding Prado and Ruben Fernandez (Honda HRC) for a final podium completely Pirelli branded.

Pirelli dominance continued in MX2 with Jago Geerts (Kemea Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2) and Simon Langenfelder (Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing) who ended the day on equal points, but the Belgian won the overall by virtue of the best placing in race two. Andrea Adamo finished in third place, sealing the victory of the world title with a podium.

These excellent results for Pirelli in the World Championship were joined in the EMX250 European Championship, in which Italian Andrea Bonacorsi (Yamaha Hutten Metaal) became the continental champion in the series’ final 2023 meeting.

The range of Pirelli Scorpion MX tyres includes motocross tyres for soft terrain, such as the Scorpion MX Soft; tyres for soft and medium grounds, like the Scorpion MX32 Mid Soft; tyres for medium and hard terrain, like the Scorpion MX32 Mid Hard; as well as tyres ideal for trainings such as the Scorpion MX Extra X.