| Romain Febvre | |
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 Febvre in 2017 | |
| Nationality | French |
| Born | 31 December 1991 (age 32) Epinal, France |
| Motocross career | |
| Years active | 2012-Present |
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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]
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.
| Year | Rnd 1 | Rnd 2 | Rnd 3 | Rnd 4 | Rnd 5 | Rnd 6 | Rnd 7 | Rnd 8 | Rnd 9 | Rnd 10 | Rnd 11 | Rnd 12 | Rnd 13 | Rnd 14 | Rnd 15 | Rnd 16 | Rnd 17 | Rnd 18 | Rnd 19 | Rnd 20 | Average Finish | Podium Percent | Place |
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| 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | OUT | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3.47 | 53% | 5th |
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