Kawasaki pilot Romain Febvre made massive strides towards his second world championship, as the veteran capitalised on Lucas Coenen’s struggles in the Chinese heat to extend his points lead to 47 points heading into the final round in Australia this weekend. The Frenchman’s experience is continuing to shine through at the most crucial stages, and now he has one hand gripped to the gold plate. It’s going to take a lot for Coenen to keep his chances alive heading into the final moto, but as we all know, anything can happen in motocross.

Words: Kawasaki Press Release

Romain Febvre: “This was one of the toughest GPs of the year and today was a good day for the championship; it feels like a win and I don’t care about missing the podium. I got a really good start in the first moto but I didn’t have a good first lap and some guys passed me. I knew I needed to come back at them but I took it really smooth and didn’t risk attacking too hard and hitting the wall in the heat. I knew Lucas was behind me and that was the most important thing as I came back to fourth. I had another good start in race two but Lucas came across us from the outside. However he then went over the front at turn two and I knew he would need to come back through the pack so I just rode a steady race. In my head I was focused on the front and I wanted to stick with them but Ruben had a better line and when he came through I decided to concentrate on keeping fourth.”