Romain Febvre finished 6th in his return at the MXGP of Loket. The Frenchman missed the last four rounds due a thumb injury.
Febvre, fastest during morning warm-up in a KRT 1-2, was less fortunate than his teammate at the start of race one to emerge fourteenth at the first timing split but had advanced to tenth by lap two. Inevitably taking no risk of a collision on his return from injury the Frenchman displayed his immaculate race skills to move forward methodically, taking over his eventual sixth place on lap fourteen of nineteen.
From a better start in race two he maintained a solid fourth place until six laps from the end when he aggravated his right ankle on landing over a jump; he was forced to slow for several laps to surrender one position in the moto, thus ended the day sixth overall and he remains seventh in the series standings.
Romain Febvre: “It’s never easy to jump back into the championship mid-season after a break, so overall the result was not too bad with a sixth and a fifth. I was missing just a little physically but I had hoped my speed would be a little better in the first race. In the second race I could match the speed of the leaders until I overstretched my ankle on a jump; I had to slow down for two or three laps and that cost me fourth.”
