I guess the question on everyone’s lips is, can Jorge Prado add to his four World motocross championships with his move to America. It is a tough call, because as good as Prado is, and he was clearly the best rider in this years MXGP championship, with the championship, more GP wins than anyone else and more race wins. He also led more laps than two of the all-time greats in Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser and on many occasions, made these two legends look more than a little normal.

However, I think in many experts’ eyes, mine included, there is a guy call Jett Lawrence in the field and for me, Lawrence is the best rider we have ever seen, period. Better than Carmichael, better than Everts, better than McGrath. Those are the three kings of AMA motocross, AMA supercross and MXGP and believe me, I am a huge fan of all three, but Lawrence just does stuff that is so smooth and precision perfect. Every time you see him race, its mouth wide open stuff.

I do have the same vibe I had when two-time World motocross champion Sebastien Tortelli went to America as the then current World 250cc champion back in 1999. After dominating Stefan Everts in the final round of the World championship in Greece, the Frenchman just looked like his future was going to be rosy and while Tortelli had more of a charging style and less technical as somebody like Lawrence, he came up against a guy with the same style, in Ricky Carmichael.

Now, we all know RC ended up being the goat of AMA racing and dominated anyone and everyone in his path. I just get the same feeling about Lawrence vs Prado. Had the Spaniard stayed in Europe, he might have won himself another four or five World titles, in America, it will be a lot harder. I do believe he will be the second-best rider in the AMA Nationals, if he gets through the AMA supercross series uninjured. He is in my opinion a level above Chase Sexton, Eli Tomac, Cooper Webb or Ken Roczen, at this stage of their careers.

I also have to go back to when Ben Townley moved to America. Having won the 2004 MX2 World title, he moved to the MXGP class and battled hard with Everts and Josh Coppins and while Antonio Cairoli was winning the MX2 World title in 2005 and Townley finished third in the MXGP, I really felt like those two would have been a brilliant battle for World titles from 2006 until 2017. Unfortunately, Townley moved to USA and spent a lot of his career injured, while Cairoli went onto become the second-best GP rider of all time.

Of course, Prado has skills that Tortelli and Townley probably didn't have and supercross will be easier for the Spanish rider, as his technical skills are suited and GP tracks now help riders develope a lot better, but its still hard work heading to America.

A long list of Grand Prix riders took the route to USA and most failed or got lucky that their careers didn’t line up with legends like Carmichael, Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey or Eli Tomac.

Dylan Ferrandis won himself an AMA 250 and an AMA 450 motocross championship and he for sure, wasn’t winning a World title while names like Jeffrey Herlings, Tim Gajser and Jorge Prado were around, but took a good break when the AMA championships were in transition and names like Aaron Plessinger, Adam Cianciarulo and Zach Osborne and not Eli Tomac or Ken Roczen were in charge.

What Haiden Deegan can do when he hits the 450 class will also depend a lot on what Prado can win, and while its hard to say if Deegan is as good as Lawrence and Prado, he might just be better than both and he has that ruthless style that might cause the two smooth, and consistent riders a problem, just as Carmichael did to McGrath back at the start of this century.

And then we have Lucas Coenen also wanting to make the move and he, like Deegan might be too young and strong for Lawrence and Prado at some stage. Whatever happens, we will all sit back and hope our World MXGP champion can actually win titles in USA and add to his already legendary career. You can only respect Prado for the move, because as we saw this year, he could easily have dominated the sport in Europe for many, many years, but he took the difficult journey.