LCR TEAM: FROM 1996 TO THIS DAY

2008 marks the 13th year of participation in the Motorcycle World Championship of the LCR Team and Lucio Cecchinello, its founder, who, over the years, have gathered numerous successes in three different categories. They can pride themselves of several collaborations with top level riders and important technical staff.

It was the year 1996 when Lucio decided to start a new adventure setting up his own organisation and holding both roles of rider/manager with the precise intent of building a future for himself in the industry.

In 1998 the LCR team enjoyed the first successes (shared with the team mate and friend Nobby Ueda) and in 2001 Lucio finished the championship in 4th placement riding the Aprilia 125.

In 2002 the LCR team lined up 4 riders in two different categories: in the 125cc class Lucio Cecchinello himself scored 3 victories and 2 second placements (4th placement in the final standings) and Alex De Angelis earned his first world championship podium. In the quarter-litre class “someone” named Casey Stoner marked his world championship debut together with David Checa.

In 2003, last year in the race competitions for Lucio, The LCR team, thanks to its newly signed Randy De Puniet, scored 9 podiums, 3 victories and several pole positions in the 250cc finishing in the 4th placement in the final standings while the Australian Stoner finished 9th in his first year in the 125cc class. At the end of 2003 the 3 LCR riders had surprisingly looted: 16 podiums, 6 victories and 6 pole positions.

The following year the Frenchman De Puniet continued to ascend the standings in the 250cc class earning the bronze medal behind Porto and Pedrosa and, in the 125cc, Roberto Locatelli (already world champion in the cadet category) achieved the same results finishing behind Barbera and Dovizioso.

2004 was the year of the world championship debut of another talented rider, Mattia Pasini, who earned the Rookie of the Year Award in the category.

In 2005 the LCR team earned the Runner-Up World Championship award in the 250cc class (best result so far achieved) riding the Aprilia thanks to the Australian phenomenon Casey Stoner (together with Locatelli), guarded by Lucio over a number of seasons and who, with the team debut in the queen category the following year, was confirmed by the Team Manager, confident of his potential.

This allowed Stoner (riding a Honda RC211V) to earn, in 2006, for the LCR Team, the first pole position and the first podium in the queen category.

In 2007 Stoner was replaced by a more mature rider able to make the most of the full potential of the new RC212V: Carlos Checa scored the 14th placement in the final standings. 

Since 1996, the LCR Team and its riders (counting 221 races) have rewarded their fans with 71 podiums, among which 21 victories and a World Championship Runner-Up Award in the 250cc class.

LCR Honda MotoGP Team STAFF – ON TRACK
Team Manager :	Lucio Cecchinello
Chief Engineer :	Christophe Bourguignon
Data Recording :	Manolo Zafferani
Motorbike Technicians :	Xavier Casanovas   Joan Casas   Chistopher Richardson
Michelin Technician :	Christophe Criaud
HRC Supervisor Engineer :	Atsushi Shimizu
Chassy/Suspensions Responsible :	Hamish Jamieson
Press Officer :	Elisa Pavan
Public Relation :	Oscar Haro
Hospitality Responsible :	Elena Cecchinello
Rider Manager :	Eric Mahé

LCR TEAM STATISTICS
1996	Lucio Cecchinello 15th, 125cc class World Championship
1997	Lucio Cecchinello 14th , 125cc class World Championship
1998	Lucio Cecchinello 5th, 125cc class World Championship Nobby Ueda 13th, 125cc class World Championship
1999	Lucio Cecchinello 9th, 125cc class World Championship Nobby Ueda 5th, 125cc class World Championship
2000	Lucio Cecchinello 11th, 125cc class World Championship Nobby Ueda 5th, 125cc class World Championship
2001	Lucio Cecchinello 4th, 125cc class World Championship Raul Jara 9th, 125cc class World Championship
2002	Lucio Cecchinello  4th, 125cc class World Championship Alex De Angelis 9th, 125cc class World Championship Casey Stoner 12th, 250cc class World Championship David Checa 13th, 250cc class World Championship
2003	Lucio Cecchinello 9th, 125cc class World Championship Casey Stoner  8th, 125cc class World Championship Randy De Puniet 4th, 250cc class World Championship
2004	Roberto Locatelli 3rd, 125cc class World Championship Mattia Pasini 15th, 125cc class World Championship Randy De Puniet 3rd, 250cc class World Championship
2005	Roberto Locatelli 13th, 250cc class World Championship Casey Stoner 2nd, 250cc class World Championship
2006	Casey Stoner 8th, MotoGP class World Championship
2007	Carlos Checa 14th, MotoGP class World Championship