Romain Febvre

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Romain Febvre
Febvre in 2017
NationalityFrench
Born31 December 1991 (1991-12-31) (age 32)
Epinal, France
Motocross career
Years active2012-Present
Teams
  • Red Bull Ice One Husqvarna Factory Racing (2014)
  • Monster Energy Yamaha MXGP (2014-2019)
  • MXGP Kawasaki Racing Team (2019-Present)
Championships
Wins
  • MXGP: 20
  • MX2: 1

Romain Febvre (born 31 December 1991) is a French professional motocross racer.[1][2] He has competed in the FIM Motocross World Championships since 2012. Febvre is notable for winning the 2015 MXGP World Championship.[3][4] He was a member of the winning French team at the Motocross des Nations in 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2023.[5]

Motocross career[edit]

Born in Epinal, France, Febvre competed in motocross and supermoto as a youth, winning the 2007 French 125cc Supermoto national championship.[6] In 2011, he won the 2011 European Motocross Championship.[6] He then progressed to the MX2 class of the world championship with his best result being a third-place finish in the 2014 MX2 championship while riding for the Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing team.[2]

Febvre was then contracted to ride in the premier MXGP class for the Yamaha factory racing team run by 1984 world champion Michele Rinaldi.[6] He went on to clinch the 2015 FIM Motocross World Championship title with thirteen moto wins.[7]


Febvre left Yamaha at the end of 2019 and signed on with Kawasaki, whom he continues to race for to this day.

MXGP Results[edit]

Year Rnd
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2
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3
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5
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8
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9
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11
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12
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18
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19
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20
Average
Finish
Podium
Percent
Place
2014 MX2 3 5 7 5 5 2 4 5 4 6 5 5 6 4 4 1 4 - - - 4.41 18% 3rd
2015 MXGP 6 4 7 4 7 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 - - 2.77 72% 1st
2016 MXGP 2 1 1 4 2 3 5 2 6 1 OUT OUT 3 13 3 9 7 15 - - 4.81 56% 4th
2017 MXGP 5 18 5 9 13 8 13 5 6 6 4 4 6 8 4 2 DNF 2 4 - 7.00 11% 6th
2018 MXGP 5 5 4 4 4 4 11 5 3 5 5 3 16 4 4 2 5 OUT OUT OUT 5.11 18% 6th
2019 MXGP 12 OUT OUT OUT 8 3 OUT 5 2 8 2 13 1 2 7 10 OUT OUT - - 6.08 42% 9th
2020 MXGP OUT OUT 3 5 5 4 5 5 6 1 6 3 4 4 2 9 3 2 - - 4.01 38% 4th
2021 MXGP 3 4 5 3 5 1 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 3 - - 3.33 56% 2nd
2022 MXGP OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT 5 4 19 4 4 7 4 3 - - 6.25 13% 14th
2023 MXGP 4 7 3 7 2 OUT 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 9 3 - 3.06 72% 2nd
2024 MXGP 2 3

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Romain Febvre MXGP profile". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Romain Febvre Team Yamaha profile". yamaha-racing.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 MXGP Results & Standings". mxgp.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ^ "2015 MXGP Overall Standings". mxgpresults.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ "France and USA Battle at Motocross of Nations 2015". redbull.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Romain Febvre joins Yamaha Factory Racing for 2015". mxgp.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 MXGP World Standings". hondaracingcorporation.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
Preceded by Motocross World Championship
MXGP Champion

2015
Succeeded by