Romain Febvre Interview

Frenchman Romain Febvre sure enjoyed some big success last weekend. The Yamaha Factory rider put together a very consistent 2-1 result for the second Grand Prix victory of his career and the first in the MXGP class. The former European 250cc champion is without question the surprise of the 2015 season.

Febvre was excited and a little surprised by his victory last Sunday, but the surprise didn’t stop him from celebrating with his countrymen.

“It was amazing to win the Grand Prix of France,” Febvre said. “Last week at Matterley Basin I win my first moto in this class, and now to win the GP, it is unbelievable, I will enjoy this moment for a long time. This win is better than my first GP win in the MX2 class last year, to win at home is so good. The crowd was amazing and for sure they enjoyed the racing.”

Febvre didn’t have it all his own way though as he fought with both the current world number one and number two in Antonio Cairoli and Max Nagl  in the Sunday moto’s.

“The first moto I was behind Tony (Cairoli) but I couldn’t get the win. The second moto I started really well, I was behind Max, and then he made a mistake and I closed the gap. I tried to pass him straight away and that was possible and I won the GP, beautiful for me.”

Despite winning the Saturday qualification race the Yamaha rider enjoyed Sunday much more as the circuit was more to his liking.

“The track was better on Sunday for me. On Saturday it was so hard and there was a lot of water on the track (because of the dust). On Sunday they worked well on the track and it was better, more lines on Sunday and I enjoyed it much more.”

The weekend ended with the massive crowd standing in front of the MXGP podium and singing the countries national anthem. For Febvre it was the perfect end to the perfect weekend.

“It is so nice when the crowd sang the national anthem at the end, to win your home GP with that type of crowd is unbelievable.”

Febvre now heads to Maggiora, Italy in a little more than a weeks’ time to try and build on what is already a special season for the MXGP rookie.

“I like places like Maggiora, always a big crowd and I think we will see some good racing. The season has been very special for me and I could never have imagined that I would achieve so much in this first year in MXGP. We worked really hard in the winter for this and I want to thank the team for their work.”