Maxime Renaux (born 17 May 2000) is a French professional motocross racer. He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2016. He is the 2015 French 125 Junior Champion, the 2021 MX2 World Champion & was a member of the winning French team at the 2023 Motocross des Nations.
Motocross Career 2021 In 2021, Renuax won the MX2 World Championship with 5GP wins as well as 14 out of 18 podium finishes. 2022 For the 2022 season, Maxime made his debut in the MXGP class. He placed 4th in the final Championship standings with 1 Grand Prix win at Round 9, as well as 7 podium finishes.
He was also chosen to represent France at the MXON, alongside Dylan Ferrandis & Marvin Musquin, in the MXGP category. In the qualifying race he finished 7th, in Race 1 he finished 3rd & Race 3 he placed 1st, this was enough to give France 2nd place. 2023 After a strong debut season in 2022, Renaux was poised as a title challenger for 2023. Renaux won round 3, but a few weeks later at the Spanish Grand Prix, he suffered a fracture in his foot. This sidelined him for a majority of the season, therefore ending his championship goals. 2024
Renaux competed in the opening two Grand Prix but re-aggravated his injured foot from 2023. He returned for the last four races and scored one top five. 2025 In the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship, Maxime Renaux competed in the MXGP class for the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team.[source: Renaux rider profile / team announcement] He entered the season aiming to build consistency and challenge among top contenders such as Romain Febvre, Tim Gajser, and Jeffrey Herlings. Across the season, Renaux collected one overall Grand Prix victory and several strong moto finishes, eventually placing 7th in the championship standings with 527 points.“2025 MXGP Standings” “Maxime Renaux — 2025 MXGP Race Results”
Renaux began his season in strong fashion, winning the MXGP of Argentina outright, marking his sole GP win of 2025.“MXGP 2025 Results – Argentina details” In subsequent rounds, he frequently posted top-5 moto finishes. For instance, he placed 4th in Germany and also achieved 4th in the Latvia GP.[“Germany / Latvia 2025 GP results – Renaux performances”]
However, his campaign also included setbacks. Renaux withdrew from the MXGP of Great Britain (Matterley Basin) due to circumstances announced by his team.“Maxime Renaux Withdraws from MXGP of Great Britain” In the Turkey round, he still managed an overall 6th place finish amid challenging conditions.“Sixth for Renaux in Turkey”
Throughout the season, Renaux showed resilience. Still, he was unable to replicate the frequency of wins or podiums achieved by the championship frontrunners.
MXGP Results Year Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 Rnd8 Rnd9 Rnd10 Rnd11 Rnd12 Rnd13 Rnd14 Rnd15 Rnd16 Rnd17 Rnd18 Rnd19 Rnd20 AverageFinish PodiumPercent Place 2020 MX2 11 2 7 5 5 1 2 9 4 4 14 5 4 5 3 5 4 3 - - 5.17 28% 3rd 2021 MX2612423 122 2 13 1 8 5122 - - 2.66 78%1st 2022 MXGP 4 2 2 11 2 5 3 4 1 8 OUT OUT 2 6 8 3 5 4 - - 4.37 44%4th 2023 MXGP 6 4 1 2 10 OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT 6 63 16 DNS - 6.00 33% 10th 2024 MXGP 511 OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT 6 5 12 9 8.00 - 17th 2025 MXGP 1 10 7 21 6 14 7 4 9 4 11 OUT OUT 13 12 4 8 6 5 DNF 8.35 6% 7th 2026 MXGP 7 ARG 4 AND 2 SUI 9 SAR 5 TRE 5 FRA 4 GER 17 LAT 3 ITA 8 POR 7 RSA 9 GBR 13 CZE 13 FLA 9 SWE DNF NED OUT TUR OUT CHN OUT AUS - 7.18 13% 8th
References
External links Maxime Renaux at MXGP web site