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The gates dropped for round sixteen of the FIM Motocross World Championship at the MXGP of The Netherlands in Assen. Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev set the fastest lap time for the weekend in MXGP while Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Max Anstie set the fastest time in MX2.

Both riders have added one point to their TAG Heuer fastest lap score sheets.

If you don’t know about this competition, the way it works is; he who sets the fastest lap time in each MXGP or MX2 over the weekend at each round of MXGP this year will be awarded 1 point towards the TAG Heuer sponsored ‘fastest lap’ competition. At the end of the season, the rider who has the most points will be awarded an elegant gift of prestige, a TAG Heuer watch.

If you scroll down on the main page at MXGP.com you will see the TAG HEUER Fastest Lap results grid which is situated directly underneath the FOX Holeshot results grid

The Fox Holeshot award runs across the entire MXGP season. The way it works is 1 point is awarded for each race holeshot. He who has the most points in MXGP at the end of the season will win the grand prize of €10,000 while he with the most points in MX2 will win the grand prize of €5,000.

At the MXGP of The Netherlands in Assen, Marchetti Racing Team KTM’s Jose Butron and Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl took the FOX Holeshots in the MXGP Class, while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Davy Pootjes took both holeshots in MX2.

Watch the MXGP of The Netherlands FOX Holeshot films here below:

MXGP of The Netherlands MXGP Fox Holeshots

MXGP of The Netherlands MX2 Fox Holeshots

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 31^st August 2015 - MXGP’s newest phenomenon Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre wrapped up the 2015 FIM Motocross World Championship at the MXGP of The Netherlands, which was the sixteenth round of the eighteen round series.

Originating from Epinal, France, Romain Febvre is one of the most gifted racers in the world. The youngster, who only turned 23 years old on December 31^st, started racing motocross at a young age, but after a few injuries in his early teens the young Frenchman decided to switch from motocross to Super Motard.

After a few years of burning rubber on the road, in 2010, Febvre felt he had returned to full health and fitness, which left him with the desire to make a return to the dirt where his true passion lies. A year after swapping his Super Motard slicks for motocross knobblies, the talented Frenchman entered the premier amateur series, the European Championship EMX250 and won.

In 2012, Febvre entered the FIM Motocross World Championship MX2 where he finished 13^th in the championship standings with a 5^th place being his best race finish of that season.

In 2013, he had a flying start to the season where he made his maiden MX2 podium appearance and was running second in the championship standings before breaking his leg three rounds in. After a four round hiatus he returned and wound out the year in twelfth.

In 2014, Febvre embarked on his third MX2 world championship campaign where he made three podium appearances with the most memorable being the MXGP of Brazil where he topped the box for the first time in his career. At the end of the 2014 FIM Motocross World Championship MX2, Febvre was the bronze medalist.

The age rule in MX2 is based on the riders age as of January 1^st. Febvre’s birthday is the 31^st of December, therefore the talented French star had no choice but to race the premier class MXGP.

Despite finishing third in the 2014 MX2 world championship, Febvre mentioned that Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube was the only factory team that offered him a place, but it wasn’t something that bothered him as he felt great on the bike right from the first time he rode it.

After a tough winter, which saw the youngster battling a couple of injuries such as a broken upper arm and a hernia, Febvre remained confident in his ability and entered what was, has been and still is, the toughest and deepest season of FIM Motocross World Championship racing ever. While most of the hype at the start of the season surrounded the already acclaimed riders that already have multiple world titles under their belts, it wasn’t long before the rookie found his feet and started to front the field.

Five rounds into championship, at the MXGP of Spain, the 461 of Romain Febvre hit a couple of milestones when he led a number of laps and landed on the podium for the first time in his MXGP career. While those achievements alone were commendable for a rookie, the train didn’t stop there as he has since led 158 laps, which is the most out of anyone in the class, won 13 races, taken 6 grand prix overalls, has stood on the podium 11 times consecutively and is now, with two rounds remaining, the 2015 FIM Motocross World Champion!

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ROMAIN FEBVRE-BIOGRAPHY AND CAREER

Name and surname: Romain Febvre

Nationality: French           

Place of birth: Epinal (France)

Date of birth: 31/12/1991

World Titles: 1

First World Title: 2015, MXGP

GP wins: 7 (1 MX2 and 6 MXGP)

First GP win: 2014, MXGP of State of Goias, Trindade, MX2

Last GP win: 2015, MXGP of Lombardia, Mantova, MXGP

2015 position in the Championship: 1/MXGP, Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube

2014 position in the Championship: 3/MX2; Wilwo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing

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With two rounds left to go in the 2015 FIM Motocross World Championship Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s rookie sensation Romain Febvre has clinched the coveted 2015 MXGP World Title. The extremely talented Frenchman went into the MXGP of The Netherlands with a 101 point lead over fellow countryman Gautier Paulin. To be crowned champ, he had to take the same or more points as Paulin. In race one yesterday, Febvre couldn’t quite find his rhythm but still managed to finish fifth. But just as a true champion, the 23 year old went into race two with a calm head and told himself “I just want to ride like I can, if it’s not today then hopefully it’s next time in Mexico”, and with that attitude Febvre put in a performance reflective of his monumental season and won the race convincingly for second overall at the grand prix, his eleventh consecutive podium, and was crowned the 2015 FIM Motocross World Champion.

With the title wrapped up, Febvre can cruise the last two rounds of the MXGP world championship which will take place in Mexico and the USA before switching his focus to the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nation where he could potentially put a cherry on top of the cake with a victory for France.

ASSEN (The Netherlands), 30 August 2015 – The sixteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship will be one that is remembered for many years to come. Before racing had commenced there was a lot of speculation as to how the super soft white sand would hold up and also as to how the crowd would respond to the MXGP of The Netherlands taking place on a man-made circuit rather than at one of their beloved and historic sand tracks. But in the end, the event exceeded all expectations with 37,000 super enthusiastic fans coming out to witness the brand new and spectacular track shape up just as a true sand circuit would. It was a memorable day for Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Shaun Simpson and Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser who stood top of the box in their respective classes, but even more so for Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre who clinched the MXGP world title in his rookie season with two rounds to go.

It has been his best season yet and it is only getting better for Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Shaun Simpson who has just moved to fourth in the MXGP championship standings after landing on top of the box here in Assen. In regards to the uniqueness of this event the Scot said “on a whole, this weekend has been a great experience, the track developed quite well and it had one of the best starts of the year. I enjoyed it and I would definitely like to come back here again.”

It was spine tingling end to the weekend for Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre who eventually warmed up to the beach-like sand of Assen to win the final moto and be crowned FIM Motocross World Champion.

The super charged crowd were right in behind their Dutch motocross sensation Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Glenn Coldenhoff who stood on the third step on the podium here at his home grand prix. 

Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev had good speed all weekend but faded in both races while his teammate Gautier Paulin made a few too many errors. The Honda duo went fourth and fifth respectively.

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 34:06.986; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:07.820; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:17.408; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Suzuki), +0:21.124; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:27.726; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:33.041; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:50.954; 8. Dean Ferris (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:56.817; 9. Todd Waters (AUS, Husqvarna), +1:04.682; 10. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Kawasaki), +1:27.079

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), 33:54.650; 2. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Suzuki), +0:08.684; 3. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:15.773; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:20.569; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:24.983; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:26.774; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:41.941; 8. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:21.248; 9. Todd Waters (AUS, Husqvarna), +1:25.816; 10. Jeffrey Dewulf (BEL, Yamaha), +1:30.051

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 45 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 41 p.; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, SUZ), 40 p.; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HON), 40 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 36 p.; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 30 p.; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Todd Waters (AUS, HUS), 24 p.; 9. Dean Ferris (AUS, HUS), 23 p.; 10. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 20 p

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 638 points; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HON), 536 p.; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 499 p.; 4. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 437 p.; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 416 p.; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 414 p.; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 394 p.; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, SUZ), 361 p.; 9. Clement Desalle (BEL, SUZ), 331 p.; 10. Todd Waters (AUS, HUS), 324 p

MXGP Manufacturer: 1. Yamaha, 646 points; 2. KTM, 628 p.; 3. Suzuki, 616 p.; 4. Honda, 609 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 574 p.; 6. Kawasaki, 369 p.; 7. TM, 126 p.

The looming question as to whether Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser can simultaneously up his game in the sand and keep his head calm enough to take the red plate was answered this weekend with the Slovenian taking a win and a second place for the overall and the red plate. Gajser now leads Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass in the MX2 championship by thirteen points.

“It was a difficult day today, we had a few issues in the first race and I crashed and even in this one I struggled in the last 10 minutes,” Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s heavy hitter Max Anstie said right after winning the final race. The Brit only managed to finish ninth in race one after he binned it and struggled to get his bike re-started. Nevertheless, the ‘99’ overcame the adversity he faced today with his convincing moto win in race two for second overall.

It was an emotionally charged day for Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Brent Van Doninck, who uncorked his first bottle of bubbles. “I am so happy. It’s really special for me, normally I wasn’t meant to be racing GP’s this year so I didn’t think this would happen in my first year,” the young Belgian said after stepping down from the third step of the podium.

Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Julien Lieber looked at home on the whooped out sand of Assen today where he missed the podium by one point while Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Jeremy Seewer rode smooth for fifth.

It was another rough round of motocross for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing squad with Pauls Jonass going down in race two and smashing off his front brake. Jonass pulled into pitlane for repairs and re-joined the race almost a lap down. Impressively, the young Latvian managed to charge his way all the way back to thirteenth while his team mate Davy Pootjes pulled out of the race due to the pain of a tendon injury on his wrist.

HSF Logistic Motorsport Team’s Brian Bogers finished up in tenth overall.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), 34:39.248; 2. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:04.445; 3. Julien Lieber (BEL, Yamaha), +0:07.381; 4. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:10.620; 5. Harri Kullas (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:18.777; 6. Thomas Covington (USA, Kawasaki), +0:23.741; 7. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:57.762; 8. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), +1:02.306; 9. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +1:17.932; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +1:19.774.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), 33:49.752; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:12.125; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:18.973; 4. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:20.462; 5. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +0:27.709; 6. Julien Lieber (BEL, Yamaha), +0:31.134; 7. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:31.299; 8. Harri Kullas (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:35.111; 9. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +1:08.426; 10. Ben Watson (GBR, KTM), +1:09.258.

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 47 points; 2. Max Anstie (GBR, KAW), 37 p.; 3. Brent Van doninck (BEL, YAM), 36 p.; 4. Julien Lieber (BEL, YAM), 35 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 31 p.; 6. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 30 p.; 7. Harri Kullas (FIN, HUS), 29 p.; 8. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 28 p.; 9. Thomas Covington (USA, KAW), 25 p.; 10. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 22 p.; 11. Ben Watson (GBR, KTM), 18 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 518 points; 2. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 505 p.; 3. Max Anstie (GBR, KAW), 474 p.; 4. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 446 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 440 p.; 6. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 423 p.; 7. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 393 p.; 8. Julien Lieber (BEL, YAM), 391 p.; 9. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 320 p.; 10. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 301 p.

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 689 points; 2. Kawasaki, 673 p.; 3. Yamaha, 569 p.; 4. Honda, 559 p.; 5. Suzuki, 441 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 388 p.; 7. TM, 85 p.

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All the photos of the MXGP of The Netherlands will be available HERE

MXGP OF THE NETHERLANDS - QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1520 m

Type of ground: Sand

Temperature: 25°C

Weather conditions: Sunny

Crowd Attendance: 37,000

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Here are all the qualifying race highlights from yesterday here in Assen: 

MXGP Qualifying Race Highlights

MX2 Qualifying Race Highlights