Kawasaki factory rider, Romain Febvre won the opening MXGP moto in Lugo, Spain after starting in the lead and just waltzing away with the win. Extending his championship lead over Lucas Coenen, who moved into second place in the MXGP championship points, but is 52 points off the red plate owner. Second in the moto was Monster Energy Yamaha rider Max Renaux and third HRC man, Ruben Fernandez.

Romain Febvre: It is good to get the holeshot, that makes life easier, and then I could ride my pace and I had some good lines. The track is difficult and so many square bumps under the mud and it was hard, but I made it and now one to go.

World championship points are now Romain Febvre 364 points, Lucas Coenen 312pts, Tim Gajser 305pts, Glenn Coldenhoff 268pts and Maxime Renaux 247pts.

MXGP Moto One

Febvre led the opening MXGP moto from Seewer, Renaux, Geerts, Fernandez, Coldenhoff, Coenen, Guadagnini, Vlaanderen and Herlings. Geerts crashed out and back in last now. Coenen moved past Coldenhoff for fifth position.

Pretty cool, the Kawasaki, Ducati, Yamaha, Honda, KTM, Fantic bikes in the top six, before we got another Yamaha another Fantic, another Ducati and another KTM. All factory bikes and factory riders. How good is it with all these factory teams in MXGP.

Lap two the lead by Febvre was 1.6 seconds, with Renaux a second behind Seewer. Lap three the gap was 3.4 seconds as Seewer then crashed and the gap to Renaux in second was 8.2 seconds, with Fernandez, Coenen, Coldenhoff, Vlaanderen, Bonacorsi, all passing the Ducati rider.

Lap seven and it was Febvre with a 9.7 second lead over Renaux, then Fernandez, Coenen, Coldenhoff, Bonacorsi, Vlaanderen, Guadaganini, Herlings and Van Doninck in 10th. Seewer back in 11th then Jonass. Herlings moved past Guadagnini and into 8th place. Herlings into seventh place as he passed Vlaanderen.

Herlings closing up on Bonacorsi for sixth position and Seewer pushing to get past Guadagnini. The lead by Febvre was 10 seconds on lap 14, with Renaux three seconds ahead of third placed man Fernandez. Seewer again crashed and lost all hope of making the top ten. Febvre wins it from Renaux and Fernandez.

MXGP - Grand Prix Race 1 - Classification

1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 34:31.746; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:04.151; 3. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:09.823; 4. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:20.474; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:29.809; 6. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Fantic), +0:38.429; 7. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:40.532; 8. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:54.326; 9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Honda), +1:03.162; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Ducati), +1:05.728; 11. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Kawasaki), +1:10.414; 12. Ben Watson (GBR, Beta), +1:11.638; 13. Brian Bogers (NED, Fantic), +1:28.648; 14. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), +1:35.785; 15. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +1:36.565; 16. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), +1:51.220; 17. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KTM), -1 lap(s); 18. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), -1 lap(s); 19. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Ducati), -1 lap(s); 20. Josh Gilbert (GBR, Honda), -1 lap(s); 21. Tom Koch (GER, Beta), -1 lap(s); 22. John Adamson (GBR, Honda), -1 lap(s); 23. Lucas Bodega Gomez (ESP, KTM), -3 lap(s); 24. Ander Valentin (ESP, Yamaha), -12 lap(s);

MXGP - World Championship Classification

1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 364 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 312 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 305 p.; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 268 p.; 5. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 247 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 243 p.; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 209 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 182 p.; 9. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 181 p.; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 163 p.; 11. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 131 p.; 12. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 121 p.; 13. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 119 p.; 14. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, DUC), 118 p.; 15. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 113 p.; 16. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 111 p.; 17. Isak Gifting (SWE, YAM), 78 p.; 18. Brian Bogers (NED, FAN), 72 p.; 19. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 72 p.; 20. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KTM), 64 p.; 21. Kevin Brumann (SUI, HUS), 50 p.; 22. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), 47 p.; 23. Tom Koch (GER, BET), 30 p.; 24. Marcel Stauffer (AUT, KTM), 23 p.; 25. Josh Gilbert (GBR, HON), 20 p.; 26. Noah Ludwig (GER, KTM), 19 p.; 27. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HON), 18 p.; 28. Maximilian Spies (GER, KTM), 13 p.; 29. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, DUC), 10 p.; 30. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, DUC), 9 p.; 31. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 8 p.; 32. Cornelius Toendel (NOR, HON), 7 p.; 33. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KAW), 6 p.; 34. Fabio Aparecido dos Santos (BRA, YAM), 5 p.; 35. Cato Nickel (GER, HUS), 4 p.; 36. Romain Pape (FRA, YAM), 3 p.; 37. Alberto Forato (ITA, HON), 2 p.; 38. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 1 p.; 39. Mark Scheu (GER, HUS), 1 p.; 40. John Adamson (GBR, HON), 1 p.;

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