Romain Febvre, Champion in Waiting
By Infront Moto Racing on 25th Jul 15
2015 could quite possibly be the most dramatic MXGP in history. A season that has offered America versus the World, Ryan Villopoto versus Antonio Cairoli, the two greatest riders of their era. However that story never really unfolded, instead we saw a young man reaching for the stars and trying to create his own big of history.
What has transpired in 2015 has been nothing short of motion pictures stuff, not even legendary film director Steven Spielberg could have come up with what we have witnessed this season.
From the moment Ryan Villopoto stalled his bike in Qatar, to the injuries to Villopoto, Desalle, Nagl and Cairoli it's been high drama and all out action. One man stands now at the very top of the MXGP championship points and that rider is without question the man of the moment, Romain Febvre.
If Febvre is crowned MXGP World champion in September he will be a worthy winner. His form over the last two months has been nothing short of impressive and his victory came in the time Desalle, Nagl and Cairoli were still fit. That my friends shouldn't be lost in the injury battles of the Belgian, German and Italian.
"It has been everything I could have hoped for and more,” Febvre said recently. "Winning so many Grand Prix's in my first season in the MXGP class, leading the series, it is all very exciting. I take this season one race at a time, I don't look at the points, I don't think about the championship, I just want to win and do my best.”
The Frenchman continues to look rock solid and this weekend's round in Loket will be the perfect place to continue his rise to the top.
Hard-pack has always been something of a home race for French riders and Febvre loves the stuff, although his 1-1 in Sweden and his second moto win in Latvia proves that his confidence also allows him to be more than competitive in the sand.
"The weekend was really great in Sweden. I had won three in a row going there, but had not gone 1-1, so to do that is so good. The start is getting very important every race and we all have the same speed. We had some testing the week before Sweden, and we improved a lot our performance for the starts and also on the track."
If the Frenchman can win this year's MXGP title he will become the first Frenchman to win on the big bike class, and also the first MXGP rookie to win since Antonio Cairoli in 2009. An amazing feat for a rider so young.
