![]() ![]() The 2021 season is Febvre’s second term in green but he is red-hot in his most competitive spell since he diced with Gajser for the first half of his title defence in 2016 a period that came to a premature end with his crash and concussion at the British Grand Prix.įebvre’s racing ‘joie de vivre’ came in a fertile period for MXGP. It was only his third podium of the campaign, but his haul of point puts him right in the mix for the MXGP red plate. ![]() Kawasaki’s presence and progress in MXGP might be at a crossroads.įebvre, the 2015 World Champion, slipped off the #3 bike in both motos but the errors did not dent his speed or confidence on the wet sand to go 2-1. By winning round six of 17-and on the hardest stage of the year-the 29-year-old not only vindicated his status as one of MXGP’s leading lights but also his championship credentials (he sits just five points behind the curiously error-prone Tim Gajser) and Esca’s solid work in developing the KX450F. Febvre has become hot property in a reluctant silly season swap-around for 2022 and beyond. Why the opportunism? Kawasaki had recently announced a split with the current MX Esca team that have been running the factory operation since the end of the ‘00s. On this near-impossible sea of bumps and holes and rippling terrain, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Romain Febvre made mistakes-but less than others-to grasp his first victory of the season and in timely fashion. The third Grand Prix in an intense back-to-back stint in the 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship landed with a dab into the Lommel sand: feared by some, known by many, mastered by very few. ![]()
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