IN
THE
WIND
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FEBVRE, GASJER TOP WILD MUDDY
MAGGIORA MXGP
T
orrential rain flooded the Mag-
giora track the morning of the
MXGP of Italy, and although the
skies cleared up by the time the
racing took place, the deluge
left the track drenched and rid-
ers caked in mud. And thanks to
the clay-base at the Italian venue,
the resulting course was an ex-
tremely tricky one. While the mud
certainly threw the results for a
curve, in the end, it was Yama-
ha's Romain Febvre and Honda's
Tim Gajser who took the MXGP
and MX2 victories, respectively.
Febvre made it two in a row
at Maggiora, round nine of the
MXGP Championship. Much to
the Yamaha Factory Racing Yam-
alube team's delight, the French-
man continues to climb in the
overall standings with another
victory in the premier class.
After topping the first moto
(where the Yamaha factory team
enjoyed a 1-2-3 finish), Febvre
was looking to repeat his suc-
cess in the second moto. But a
crash on the opening lap left him
with a bent handlebar and bro-
ken front brake. The Frenchman
had his work cut out for him from
that point on, but in the remain-
ing laps, he was able to push his
way back up to sixth place.
"With [Shaun] Simpson, we
came together on a jump and I
had to change the line quickly
and made a mistake," Febvre
explained of his first-lap get-
off. "I had a huge crash. I was
able to keep pushing for the GP
victory. My handlebar was very
bent and it was hard on the right
hand corners to put my leg out.
I had no front brake so you can
imagine how difficult the downhill
was on this track. I kept pushing
Romain Febvre
overcame a hard
crash in the second
moto to take the
overall win in the
MXGP class—his
second-consecutive
victory in the
championship.
PHOTOGRAPHY
COURTESY
OF
YAMAHA-RACING
