Romain Febvre

French motorcycle racer

Romain Febvre
Febvre in 2017
Nationality	French
Born	31 December 1991 (1991-12-31) (age 32) Epinal, France
Motocross career
Years active	2012-Present
Teams	Red Bull Ice One Husqvarna Factory Racing (2014) Monster Energy Yamaha MXGP (2014-2019) MXGP Kawasaki Racing Team (2019-Present)
Championships	MXGP - 2015
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

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

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
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

References

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

Preceded by

Tony Cairoli

Motocross World Championship
MXGP Champion
2015

Succeeded by

Tim Gajser

500cc / MX1 / MXGP world champions¹

1957 - B. Nilsson
1958 - R. Baeten
1959 - S. Lundin

1960 - B. Nilsson
1961 - S. Lundin
1962 – R. Tibblin
1963 – R. Tibblin
1964 – J. Smith
1965 – J. Smith
1966 – P. Friedrichs
1967 – P. Friedrichs
1968 – P. Friedrichs
1969 – B. Åberg

1970 – B. Åberg
1971 – R. De Coster
1972 – R. De Coster
1973 – R. De Coster
1974 – H. Mikkola
1975 – R. De Coster
1976 – R. De Coster
1977 – H. Mikkola
1978 – H. Mikkola
1979 – G. Noyce

1980 – A. Malherbe
1981 – A. Malherbe
1982 – B. Lackey
1983 – H. Carlqvist
1984 – A. Malherbe
1985 – D. Thorpe
1986 – D. Thorpe
1987 – G. Jobé
1988 – E. Geboers
1989 – D. Thorpe

1990 – E. Geboers
1991 – G. Jobé
1992 – G. Jobé
1993 – J. Martens
1994 – M. Hansson
1995 – J. Smets
1996 – S. King
1997 – J. Smets
1998 – J. Smets
1999 – A. Bartolini

2000 – J. Smets
2001 – S. Everts
2002 – S. Everts
2003 – S. Everts
2004 – S. Everts
2005 – S. Everts
2006 – S. Everts
2007 – S. Ramon
2008 – D. Philippaerts
2009 – T. Cairoli

2010 – T. Cairoli
2011 – T. Cairoli
2012 – T. Cairoli
2013 – T. Cairoli
2014 – T. Cairoli
2015 – R. Febvre
2016 – T. Gajser
2017 – T. Cairoli
2018 – J. Herlings
2019 – T. Gajser

2020 – T. Gajser
2021 – J. Herlings
2022 – T. Gajser

¹From 1957 to 2002 500cc is the premier class. 2003 top class named motocrossgp which combine the top driver from 500cc and 250cc last year.2004~2013 MX1 and 2014 to today MXGP is the premier class,both use the 450cc 4 stroke bike.