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A pre-season crash has paused Jorge Prado’s 2025 Monster Energy Supercross preparations, ruling the high-profile Kawasaki signing out of the team’s official photoshoot and annual SMX Media Days in Anaheim this week.

Scheduled to appear on Wednesday at Angel Stadium in a series of media sessions, MXGP world champion Prado was a late absentee from the two-day event, immediately casting doubt over his health status.

The Spaniard was also unable to attend Saturday night’s FIM Awards ceremony in Palma – the capital city of Spanish island Majorca – and a video message confirmed that he is currently recovering from a recent incident while training for Anaheim 1 in Southern California.

“I’m very sad not being able to be with all of you guys celebrating this world championship in Majorca, especially in my home country,” Prado explained. “I had a crash last week, I hit my head and my arm, so I couldn’t fly over – I’m pretty sad, not being able to be there.”

While the extent of Prado’s apparent injuries are not entirely clear, it’s still expected that he will be fit to debut with Monster Energy Kawasaki at the SuperMotocross World Championship (SMX) season-opener on Saturday, January 11. He’s been in the US since directly following the Motocross of Nations (MXoN) in October.