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LCR Team

LCR Team is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name LCR Honda Castrol with rider Álex Márquez and LCR Honda Idemitsu with rider Takaaki Nakagami, as well as the MotoE World Cup under the name LCR E-Team. The team was founded in 1996 by Italian rider Lucio Cecchinello.

LCR Team
2023 nameMotoGP:
LCR Honda Idemitsu
LCR Honda Castrol
MotoE:
LCR E-Team
BaseMonte Carlo, Monaco
PrincipalLucio Cecchinello
Rider(s)MotoGP:
30. Takaaki Nakagami
42. Álex Rins
45. Tetsuta Nagashima (replacement rider)
MotoE:
51. Eric Granado
71. Miquel Pons
MotorcycleMotoGP:
Honda RC213V
MotoE:
Ducati V21L
TyresMotoGP:
Michelin
MotoE:
Michelin
Riders' Championships

History

1996–2003: Lucio Cecchinello era

The team was set up by Italian rider Lucio Cecchinello in 1996 (LCR being an initialism for Lucio Cecchinello Racing). He set up his own team for the 125cc World Championship using Honda motorcycles, earning several top ten returns. Similar results followed in the 1997.

In the 1998 the team recruited two-time 125cc runner-up Noboru Ueda to ride alongside Cecchinello. In only his second race for the team, Ueda got the team their first Grand Prix victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Johor Circuit. Cecchinello's first win for his own team came later that year in Madrid Grand Prix at Jarama. Cecchinello finished 5th in overall standings while Ueda only managed to finish 13th after missing half of the season due to injury. Hiroyuki Kikuchi was drafted as Ueda's replacement during his absence.

The Cecchinello-Ueda partnership continued in 1999 and 2000, yielding another win by Ueda in 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix as well as numerous podiums for both riders. Ueda finished both seasons in 5th position while Cecchinello struggled to match his teammates performance and was only able to finish in 9th and 11th position in those seasons.

In 2001 the team switched to Aprilia motorcycles. The team also recruited the Spanish youngster Raúl Jara as Cecchinello's teammate. Cecchinello's performance improved and he took the first win with Aprilia at the Catalan Grand Prix and finished the season 4th in overall standings.

In 2002 the team expanded their operation into 250cc class. San Marinese rider Alex de Angelis was recruited to partner Cecchinello in 125cc, while the young Australian rookie, Casey Stoner and the Spanish David Checa were recruited to compete in 250cc class. Cecchinello managed to repeat the last years performance and once again finished the season 4th in overall standing with 3 wins while De Angelis has his first career podium and finished 9th overall. In the 250cc class, Stoner and Checa were able to achieve several top ten finish in the team's 250cc debut season.

In 2003 the team continued their double assault in 125cc and 250cc. Casey Stoner switched to the 125cc class to partner with Cecchinello, while French rider Randy de Puniet was recruited to ride in 250cc. Both teams had a successful season with 3 race wins in each class. De Puniet, was also in contention for the World Championship. However, he only managed to finished 4th overall with 3 wins and 9 podiums. In 125cc, Cecchinello achieved 2 wins including a win in his home Grand Prix while Stoner achieved both his first career podium and his first career win with the team. At the end of 2003, Cecchinello decided to end his racing career and concentrate in team management.

2004–2005: Post-Cecchinello era

In 2004 the team retained de Puniet to ride an official Aprilia factory bike in 250cc. In the 125cc class, the team recruited two Italian riders, a former 125cc World Champion Roberto Locatelli and rookie Mattia Pasini. Both de Puniet and Locatelli had successful season and were in contention for the World Championship although they were only managed to finish the season 3rd in overall standings. De Puniet had 1 win and 8 podiums while Locatelli had 2 wins and 6 podiums.

For the 2005 season the team only competed in the 250cc class on Aprilia factory bikes. Roberto Locatelli moved up to 250cc and Casey Stoner returned from his one-year stint at KTM. Stoner managed to record 5 wins, 10 podiums and finished the season as runner-up to Dani Pedrosa. Stoner's runner-up was the best result so far in the team history. Stoner was also the first LCR rider to have more than 3 race wins in a season.

2006–present: Move to MotoGP

Casey Stoner (2006) and Carlos Checa (2007)

In October 2005, the team, along with Casey Stoner, reportedly had an agreement to move to the MotoGP class in the upcoming season with support from Yamaha.[1][2] After the season ended, Stoner received an offer from the Honda Pons team and tested the Honda RC211V bike with them at Valencia.[3] With Stoner leaving the team, LCR had to put their MotoGP project on hold. However, in December 2005, Stoner unexpectedly became available again after Honda Pons failed to secure sponsorship for the upcoming season.[4] LCR immediately re-signed Stoner and made an agreement with HRC to run the RC211V in 2006.[5]

Stoner recorded the team's first pole position in only their second MotoGP race at the Qatar Grand Prix. The subsequent race in Turkey saw LCR and Stoner record their first podium in MotoGP. Stoner competed with Marco Melandri the entire race, until Melandri managed to beat him to the line. Stoner went on to finish the season in 8th position with a series of top 10 results. Stoner left the team for a Ducati factory ride in 2007. Veteran Spanish rider Carlos Checa replaced him at the team, riding the new 800cc Honda RC212V. However, the team was not able to repeat their impressive 2006 results, as Checa struggled to adapt to the new 800cc bike and his best finish was a sixth place at the Spanish and San Marino Grands Prix.

Randy de Puniet (2008–10) and Toni Elias (2011)

Randy de Puniet rejoined the team in 2008. Again, the team struggled with the satellite bike and Michelin tyres. De Puniet's best finish was only sixth position at the United States Grand Prix. De Puniet returned for the 2009 season, once again with the RC212V, but with Bridgestone tyres, as MotoGP shifted to a single tyre manufacturer rule. In the British Grand Prix, De Puniet finished third, his best result with the team, and the team's first podium in the premier class since Stoner's 2006 podium. In 2010, de Puniet finished the season in ninth place aboard a Honda RC212V, with his best result being a fourth place at the Catalan Grand Prix. After the departure of de Puniet to the Pramac Racing team, the team signed reigning Moto2 world champion Toni Elías for the 2011 season, and Elías finished 15th in the championship, finishing five races in the top ten.

Stefan Bradl (2012–14)

At the end of 2011, the team signed German Stefan Bradl, who had just won the Moto2 championship. Bradl rode the all-new Honda RC213V, and had a good season, finishing consistently in the top-10. His best result was a fourth-place finish at Mugello. He won the Rookie of the Year award, finishing eighth in the championship.

2013 was even better for Bradl, as he was consistently fighting for top five places. Bradl took his first premier class pole position at the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. He finished second in the race, his first MotoGP podium. However a broken ankle sustained in a crash in Malaysia cost him a top five finish in the final championship standings. Bradl eventually finished the season in seventh place.

2 bikes expansion (2015)

Midway through the 2014 season, it was announced that LCR would expand to a two-bike satellite Honda team in 2015. The team's second bike is an open-specification Honda RC213V-RS, "replacing" Gresini Racing, as they will become an Aprilia factory team. The team also announced a partnership with foreign exchange trading company CWM FX, and they were represented by British rider Cal Crutchlow on a factory-specification Honda RC213V bike, and Australian rookie Jack Miller, riding the open-specification RC213V-RS.

After the 2015 Czech Republic Grand Prix, CWM pulled out of the team due to fraud allegations following a police raid in March 2015. The sponsorship was run by their long-term sponsor, Givi. At Sepang, Crutchlow's bike represented a new livery from Castrol.

Cal Crutchlow and first MotoGP victory (2016–2017)

Miller left the team in 2016 to join Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS, leaving Crutchlow as the sole rider for LCR in 2016. Crutchlow started the season poorly, with 4 DNFs and 1 finish outside the points in the first 8 races leaving him outside the top 15 of the standings. He then finished second in the German Grand Prix before taking his first victory in Brno just two races later. This was LCR's first ever win in the premier class, and also was the first race win by a British rider in the 500cc/MotoGP class since Barry Sheene at the 1981 Swedish Grand Prix. His victory in Brno was also part of MotoGP's record of eight different riders winning in eight successive races, with Crutchlow's Brno victory being the sixth in the streak. He then scored another podium in Silverstone before taking another victory at Phillip Island, making him the first Briton ever to win the Australian Grand Prix. He ended the year with 141 points, finishing seventh in the championship.

In 2017, Crutchlow scored one podium finish and was ninth in the riders' world championship.

Re-expansion to 2 bikes, MotoE (2018–present)

For 2018, LCR Team signed Japanese rookie Takaaki Nakagami to partner Crutchlow. The team ran separate liveries with different main sponsors for each rider, Castrol for Crutchlow and Idemitsu for Nakagami. Nakagami's best finish was sixth place at the season finale in Valencia, ultimately finishing 20th in the riders' championship. Crutchlow started the year with a win in Argentina and scored podium finishes in Misano and Motegi. He had to finish season early after a crash at the Australian GP, fracturing his leg and missing the final three races of the season. Crutchlow finished the season with 148 points and seventh in the riders' championship. Former LCR rider Stefan Bradl replaced Crutchlow for the final two races.

In 2019, Crutchlow achieved 3 podiums and finished 9th in the championship. Nakagami improved to 13th place, despite missing the final three rounds of the season to undergo surgery. He was replaced in the final three rounds by Johann Zarco. As a satellite team in MotoGP, LCR was invited two enter the inaugural MotoE season and did so with Niccolò Canepa and former LCR 250cc and MotoGP rider Randy de Puniet.

In 2020, de Puniet was replaced on the MotoE team by Belgian Xavier Siméon.

Results

By season

Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
1996 125cc Honda Team GP3 Honda   Lucio Cecchinello 15 0 0 0 0 59 15th
1997 125cc Spidi Honda LCR Honda   Lucio Cecchinello 15 0 0 0 0 73 14th
1998 125cc Givi Honda LCR Honda   Lucio Cecchinello 13 1 3 0 1 130 5th
  Noboru Ueda 8 1 1 4 0 62 13th
  Hiroyuki Kikuchi 6 0 1 0 0 51 15th
1999 125cc Givi Honda LCR Honda   Noboru Ueda 16 1 6 1 2 171 5th
  Lucio Cecchinello 16 0 4 3 0 108 9th
2000 125cc Givi Honda LCR Honda   Noboru Ueda 16 0 4 1 2 153 5th
  Lucio Cecchinello 16 0 0 0 0 91 11th
2001 125cc MS Aprilia LCR Aprilia   Lucio Cecchinello 16 1 4 1 2 156 4th
  Raúl Jara 16 0 0 0 0 9 26th
2002 250cc Safilo Oxydo Race LCR Aprilia   Casey Stoner 15 0 0 0 0 68 12th
  David Checa 15 0 0 0 0 60 13th
125cc   Lucio Cecchinello 16 3 5 0 5 180 4th
  Alex de Angelis 16 0 1 1 0 87 9th
2003 250cc Safilo Oxydo – LCR Aprilia   Randy de Puniet 16 3 9 5 2 208 4th
125cc   Casey Stoner 14 1 4 1 2 125 8th
  Lucio Cecchinello 16 2 3 0 2 112 9th
2004 250cc Safilo Carrera – LCR Aprilia   Randy de Puniet 16 1 8 2 0 214 3rd
125cc   Roberto Locatelli 16 2 6 1 1 192 3rd
  Mattia Pasini 16 0 0 0 0 54 15th
2005 250cc Carrera Sunglasses – LCR Aprilia   Casey Stoner 16 5 10 2 1 254 2nd
  Roberto Locatelli 16 0 0 0 0 61 13th
2006 MotoGP Honda LCR Honda RC211V   Casey Stoner 16 0 1 1 0 119 8th
2007 MotoGP Honda LCR Honda RC212V   Carlos Checa 18 0 0 0 0 65 14th
250cc Honda RS250R   Eugene Laverty 17 0 0 0 0 6 25th
2008 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V   Randy de Puniet 18 0 0 0 0 61 15th
2009 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V   Randy de Puniet 17 0 1 0 0 106 11th
2010 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V   Randy de Puniet 17 0 0 0 0 116 9th
  Roger Lee Hayden 1 0 0 0 0 5 19th
2011 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V   Toni Elías 17 0 0 0 0 61 15th
  Kousuke Akiyoshi 1 (2)[a] 0 0 0 0 4 (7)[a] 20th
  Ben Bostrom 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC213V   Stefan Bradl 18 0 0 0 0 135 8th
2013 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC213V   Stefan Bradl 16 0 1 1 0 156 7th
2014 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC213V   Stefan Bradl 18 0 0 0 0 117 9th
2015 MotoGP CWM LCR Honda Honda RC213V   Cal Crutchlow 18 0 1 0 0 125 8th
Honda RC213V-RS   Jack Miller 18 0 0 0 0 17 19th
2016 MotoGP LCR Honda Honda RC213V   Cal Crutchlow 18 2 4 1 1 141 7th
2017 MotoGP LCR Honda Honda RC213V   Cal Crutchlow 18 0 1 0 0 112 9th
2018 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V   Takaaki Nakagami 18 0 0 0 0 33 20th
LCR Honda Castrol   Cal Crutchlow 15 1 3 1 0 148 7th
  Stefan Bradl 2 0 0 0 0 10 24th
2019 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V   Takaaki Nakagami 16 0 0 0 0 74 13th
  Johann Zarco 3 (16)[a] 0 0 0 0 3 (30)[a] 18th
LCR Honda Castrol   Cal Crutchlow 19 0 3 0 0 133 9th
MotoE LCR E-Team Energica Ego Corsa   Niccolò Canepa 6 0 0 0 0 46 9th
  Randy de Puniet 6 0 0 0 0 21 17th
2020 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V   Takaaki Nakagami 14 0 0 1 0 116 10th
LCR Honda Castrol   Cal Crutchlow 11 0 0 0 0 32 18th
MotoE LCR E-Team Energica Ego Corsa   Niccolò Canepa 7 0 0 0 0 51 9th
  Xavier Siméon 7 0 1 0 0 45 10th
2021 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V   Takaaki Nakagami 18 0 0 0 0 76 15th
LCR Honda Castrol   Álex Márquez 18 0 0 0 0 70 16th
MotoE LCR E-Team Energica Ego Corsa   Kevin Zannoni 7 0 0 0 1 44 12th
  Miquel Pons 6 1 2 0 0 73 7th
2022 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V   Takaaki Nakagami 17 0 0 0 0 48 18th
  Tetsuta Nagashima 3 0 0 0 0 0 29th
LCR Honda Castrol   Álex Márquez 20 0 0 0 0 50 17th
MotoE LCR E-Team Energica Ego Corsa   Eric Granado 12 5 8 2 4 192.5 3rd
  Miquel Pons 12 0 4 2 1 124 5th

* Season still in progress.

MotoGP results

By rider

Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
2022 MotoGP LCR Honda Castrol
LCR Honda Idemitsu
Honda RC213V   Stefan Bradl 1 0 0 0 0 2 25th
  Takaaki Nakagami 17 0 0 0 0 48 18th
  Álex Márquez 20 0 0 0 0 50 17th
  Tetsuta Nagashima 3 0 0 0 0 0 29th
MotoE LCR E-Team Energica Ego Corsa   Eric Granado 12 5 8 2 4 192.5 3rd
  Miquel Pons 12 0 4 2 1 124 5th

By year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike Tyres Riders Race Rider's standings Team standings Manufactures standings
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos
2006 Honda RC211V M ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL
  Casey Stoner 6 5 2 5 4 Ret Ret 4 4 DNS Ret 6 8 6 Ret Ret Ret 119 8th 119 8th 360 1st
2007 Honda RC212V M QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Carlos Checa Ret 6 12 10 Ret Ret 17 Ret 11 14 14 10 6 7 18 11 14 12 65 14th 65 9th 313 2nd
2008 Honda RC212V M QAT ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR IND JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Randy de Puniet 9 Ret 15 13 9 Ret Ret 12 Ret 8 6 16 Ret 13 12 9 10 15 61 15th 61 10th 315 3rd
2009 Honda RC212V B QAT JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE IND SMR POR AUS MAL VAL
  Randy de Puniet 10 11 4 14 8 8 7 9 Ret 3 10 12 12 11 8 Ret 11 106 11th 106 9th 297 2nd
2010 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER USA CZE IND SMR ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL
  Randy de Puniet 6 9 7 6 6 6 4 Ret 10 13 13 Ret 9 10 10 6 10 116 9th 121 7th 342 2nd
  Roger Lee Hayden 11 5 19th
2011 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER USA CZE IND SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Toni Elías Ret 9 11 11 13 8 10 15 16 13 11 13 15 Ret Ret 8 C 10 61 15th 61 10th 405 1st
  Ben Bostrom Ret 0 NC
  Kousuke Akiyoshi 12 4 (7) 20th
2012 Honda RC213V B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA IND CZE SMR ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL
  Stefan Bradl 8 7 9 5 8 8 Ret 5 4 7 6 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 135 8th 135 7th 412 1st
2013 Honda RC213V B QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR SMR ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL
  Stefan Bradl Ret 5 Ret 10 4 5 6 4 2 7 6 6 5 5 DNS DNS 5 6 156 7th 156 6th 389 1st
2014 Honda RC213V B QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Stefan Bradl Ret 4 5 10 7 Ret 5 10 16 Ret 7 7 Ret 4 7 Ret 4 8 117 9th 117 8th 409 1st
2015 B QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Honda RC213V   Cal Crutchlow 7 7 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 8 Ret Ret 11 7 6 7 5 9 125 8th 142 7th 355 2nd
Honda RC213V-RS   Jack Miller Ret 14 12 20 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 15 17 21 17 19th
2016 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Cal Crutchlow Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 11 6 Ret 2 15 1 2 8 5 5 1 Ret Ret 141 7th 141 8th 369 1st
2017 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Cal Crutchlow Ret 3 4 Ret 5 Ret 11 4 10 5 15 4 13 Ret Ret 5 15 8 112 9th 112 8th 357 1st
2018 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Takaaki Nakagami 17 13 14 12 15 18 Ret 19 Ret 17 15 C 13 12 22 15 14 14 6 33 20th 191 7th 375 1st
  Cal Crutchlow 4 1 19 Ret 8 6 4 6 Ret 5 4 C 3 Ret 7 2 DNS 148 7th
  Stefan Bradl 13 9 10 24th
2019 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
  Johann Zarco 13 Ret Ret 3 (30) 18th 210 7th 426 1st
  Takaaki Nakagami 9 7 10 9 Ret 5 8 Ret 14 9 11 17 18 10 10 16 74 13th
  Cal Crutchlow 3 13 Ret 8 9 8 Ret 7 3 5 Ret 6 Ret 6 12 5 2 Ret Ret 133 9th
2020 Honda RC213V M SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR
  Takaaki Nakagami 10 4 8 6 7 9 6 7 7 5 Ret 4 Ret 5 116 10th 148 8th 144 5th
  Cal Crutchlow DNS 13 13 15 17 DNS 10 Ret 8 11 Ret 13 13 32 18th
2021 Honda RC213V M QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME MAL ALG VAL
  Takaaki Nakagami Ret 17 10 4 7 Ret 13 13 9 5 13 13 10 10 17 15 11 Ret 76 15th 146 7th 214 4th
  Álex Márquez Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 14 11 Ret 14 9 9 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 4 13 70 16th
2022 Honda RC213V M QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL
  Takaaki Nakagami 10 19 12 14 16 7 7 8 Ret Ret 12 13 Ret 15 Ret 20 14 48 18th 98 10th 155 6th
  Tetsuta Nagashima 22 19 Ret 0 29th
  Álex Márquez Ret 13 15 Ret 7 13 14 14 10 Ret 15 17 14 10 12 13 8 Ret 17 17 50 17th

* Season still in progress.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

References

  1. ^ "Cecchinello on Stoner's title ambitions and future". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 October 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Stoner '50–50' for MotoGP". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Stoner 'at the front within two years'". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 11 November 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Stoner signs for Cecchinello!". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Stoner moves up, confirmed at LCR". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 30 December 2005. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

External links

  • Official website


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This article is about the MotoGP team For the road racing sidecar manufacturer see Louis Christen Racing LCR Team is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name LCR Honda Castrol with rider Alex Marquez and LCR Honda Idemitsu with rider Takaaki Nakagami as well as the MotoE World Cup under the name LCR E Team The team was founded in 1996 by Italian rider Lucio Cecchinello LCR Team2023 nameMotoGP LCR Honda IdemitsuLCR Honda Castrol MotoE LCR E TeamBaseMonte Carlo MonacoPrincipalLucio CecchinelloRider s MotoGP 30 Takaaki Nakagami42 Alex Rins45 Tetsuta Nagashima replacement rider MotoE 51 Eric Granado71 Miquel PonsMotorcycleMotoGP Honda RC213VMotoE Ducati V21LTyresMotoGP MichelinMotoE MichelinRiders Championships Contents 1 History 1 1 1996 2003 Lucio Cecchinello era 1 2 2004 2005 Post Cecchinello era 1 3 2006 present Move to MotoGP 2 Results 2 1 By season 2 2 MotoGP results 2 3 By rider 2 4 By year 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksHistory Edit1996 2003 Lucio Cecchinello era Edit The team was set up by Italian rider Lucio Cecchinello in 1996 LCR being an initialism for Lucio Cecchinello Racing He set up his own team for the 125cc World Championship using Honda motorcycles earning several top ten returns Similar results followed in the 1997 In the 1998 the team recruited two time 125cc runner up Noboru Ueda to ride alongside Cecchinello In only his second race for the team Ueda got the team their first Grand Prix victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Johor Circuit Cecchinello s first win for his own team came later that year in Madrid Grand Prix at Jarama Cecchinello finished 5th in overall standings while Ueda only managed to finish 13th after missing half of the season due to injury Hiroyuki Kikuchi was drafted as Ueda s replacement during his absence The Cecchinello Ueda partnership continued in 1999 and 2000 yielding another win by Ueda in 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix as well as numerous podiums for both riders Ueda finished both seasons in 5th position while Cecchinello struggled to match his teammates performance and was only able to finish in 9th and 11th position in those seasons In 2001 the team switched to Aprilia motorcycles The team also recruited the Spanish youngster Raul Jara as Cecchinello s teammate Cecchinello s performance improved and he took the first win with Aprilia at the Catalan Grand Prix and finished the season 4th in overall standings In 2002 the team expanded their operation into 250cc class San Marinese rider Alex de Angelis was recruited to partner Cecchinello in 125cc while the young Australian rookie Casey Stoner and the Spanish David Checa were recruited to compete in 250cc class Cecchinello managed to repeat the last years performance and once again finished the season 4th in overall standing with 3 wins while De Angelis has his first career podium and finished 9th overall In the 250cc class Stoner and Checa were able to achieve several top ten finish in the team s 250cc debut season In 2003 the team continued their double assault in 125cc and 250cc Casey Stoner switched to the 125cc class to partner with Cecchinello while French rider Randy de Puniet was recruited to ride in 250cc Both teams had a successful season with 3 race wins in each class De Puniet was also in contention for the World Championship However he only managed to finished 4th overall with 3 wins and 9 podiums In 125cc Cecchinello achieved 2 wins including a win in his home Grand Prix while Stoner achieved both his first career podium and his first career win with the team At the end of 2003 Cecchinello decided to end his racing career and concentrate in team management 2004 2005 Post Cecchinello era Edit In 2004 the team retained de Puniet to ride an official Aprilia factory bike in 250cc In the 125cc class the team recruited two Italian riders a former 125cc World Champion Roberto Locatelli and rookie Mattia Pasini Both de Puniet and Locatelli had successful season and were in contention for the World Championship although they were only managed to finish the season 3rd in overall standings De Puniet had 1 win and 8 podiums while Locatelli had 2 wins and 6 podiums For the 2005 season the team only competed in the 250cc class on Aprilia factory bikes Roberto Locatelli moved up to 250cc and Casey Stoner returned from his one year stint at KTM Stoner managed to record 5 wins 10 podiums and finished the season as runner up to Dani Pedrosa Stoner s runner up was the best result so far in the team history Stoner was also the first LCR rider to have more than 3 race wins in a season 2006 present Move to MotoGP Edit Casey Stoner 2006 and Carlos Checa 2007 In October 2005 the team along with Casey Stoner reportedly had an agreement to move to the MotoGP class in the upcoming season with support from Yamaha 1 2 After the season ended Stoner received an offer from the Honda Pons team and tested the Honda RC211V bike with them at Valencia 3 With Stoner leaving the team LCR had to put their MotoGP project on hold However in December 2005 Stoner unexpectedly became available again after Honda Pons failed to secure sponsorship for the upcoming season 4 LCR immediately re signed Stoner and made an agreement with HRC to run the RC211V in 2006 5 Stoner recorded the team s first pole position in only their second MotoGP race at the Qatar Grand Prix The subsequent race in Turkey saw LCR and Stoner record their first podium in MotoGP Stoner competed with Marco Melandri the entire race until Melandri managed to beat him to the line Stoner went on to finish the season in 8th position with a series of top 10 results Stoner left the team for a Ducati factory ride in 2007 Veteran Spanish rider Carlos Checa replaced him at the team riding the new 800cc Honda RC212V However the team was not able to repeat their impressive 2006 results as Checa struggled to adapt to the new 800cc bike and his best finish was a sixth place at the Spanish and San Marino Grands Prix Randy de Puniet 2008 10 and Toni Elias 2011 Randy de Puniet rejoined the team in 2008 Again the team struggled with the satellite bike and Michelin tyres De Puniet s best finish was only sixth position at the United States Grand Prix De Puniet returned for the 2009 season once again with the RC212V but with Bridgestone tyres as MotoGP shifted to a single tyre manufacturer rule In the British Grand Prix De Puniet finished third his best result with the team and the team s first podium in the premier class since Stoner s 2006 podium In 2010 de Puniet finished the season in ninth place aboard a Honda RC212V with his best result being a fourth place at the Catalan Grand Prix After the departure of de Puniet to the Pramac Racing team the team signed reigning Moto2 world champion Toni Elias for the 2011 season and Elias finished 15th in the championship finishing five races in the top ten Stefan Bradl 2012 14 At the end of 2011 the team signed German Stefan Bradl who had just won the Moto2 championship Bradl rode the all new Honda RC213V and had a good season finishing consistently in the top 10 His best result was a fourth place finish at Mugello He won the Rookie of the Year award finishing eighth in the championship 2013 was even better for Bradl as he was consistently fighting for top five places Bradl took his first premier class pole position at the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca He finished second in the race his first MotoGP podium However a broken ankle sustained in a crash in Malaysia cost him a top five finish in the final championship standings Bradl eventually finished the season in seventh place 2 bikes expansion 2015 Midway through the 2014 season it was announced that LCR would expand to a two bike satellite Honda team in 2015 The team s second bike is an open specification Honda RC213V RS replacing Gresini Racing as they will become an Aprilia factory team The team also announced a partnership with foreign exchange trading company CWM FX and they were represented by British rider Cal Crutchlow on a factory specification Honda RC213V bike and Australian rookie Jack Miller riding the open specification RC213V RS After the 2015 Czech Republic Grand Prix CWM pulled out of the team due to fraud allegations following a police raid in March 2015 The sponsorship was run by their long term sponsor Givi At Sepang Crutchlow s bike represented a new livery from Castrol Cal Crutchlow and first MotoGP victory 2016 2017 Miller left the team in 2016 to join Estrella Galicia 0 0 Marc VDS leaving Crutchlow as the sole rider for LCR in 2016 Crutchlow started the season poorly with 4 DNFs and 1 finish outside the points in the first 8 races leaving him outside the top 15 of the standings He then finished second in the German Grand Prix before taking his first victory in Brno just two races later This was LCR s first ever win in the premier class and also was the first race win by a British rider in the 500cc MotoGP class since Barry Sheene at the 1981 Swedish Grand Prix His victory in Brno was also part of MotoGP s record of eight different riders winning in eight successive races with Crutchlow s Brno victory being the sixth in the streak He then scored another podium in Silverstone before taking another victory at Phillip Island making him the first Briton ever to win the Australian Grand Prix He ended the year with 141 points finishing seventh in the championship In 2017 Crutchlow scored one podium finish and was ninth in the riders world championship Re expansion to 2 bikes MotoE 2018 present For 2018 LCR Team signed Japanese rookie Takaaki Nakagami to partner Crutchlow The team ran separate liveries with different main sponsors for each rider Castrol for Crutchlow and Idemitsu for Nakagami Nakagami s best finish was sixth place at the season finale in Valencia ultimately finishing 20th in the riders championship Crutchlow started the year with a win in Argentina and scored podium finishes in Misano and Motegi He had to finish season early after a crash at the Australian GP fracturing his leg and missing the final three races of the season Crutchlow finished the season with 148 points and seventh in the riders championship Former LCR rider Stefan Bradl replaced Crutchlow for the final two races In 2019 Crutchlow achieved 3 podiums and finished 9th in the championship Nakagami improved to 13th place despite missing the final three rounds of the season to undergo surgery He was replaced in the final three rounds by Johann Zarco As a satellite team in MotoGP LCR was invited two enter the inaugural MotoE season and did so with Niccolo Canepa and former LCR 250cc and MotoGP rider Randy de Puniet In 2020 de Puniet was replaced on the MotoE team by Belgian Xavier Simeon Results EditBy season Edit Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points Pos 1996 125cc Honda Team GP3 Honda Lucio Cecchinello 15 0 0 0 0 59 15th1997 125cc Spidi Honda LCR Honda Lucio Cecchinello 15 0 0 0 0 73 14th1998 125cc Givi Honda LCR Honda Lucio Cecchinello 13 1 3 0 1 130 5th Noboru Ueda 8 1 1 4 0 62 13th Hiroyuki Kikuchi 6 0 1 0 0 51 15th1999 125cc Givi Honda LCR Honda Noboru Ueda 16 1 6 1 2 171 5th Lucio Cecchinello 16 0 4 3 0 108 9th2000 125cc Givi Honda LCR Honda Noboru Ueda 16 0 4 1 2 153 5th Lucio Cecchinello 16 0 0 0 0 91 11th2001 125cc MS Aprilia LCR Aprilia Lucio Cecchinello 16 1 4 1 2 156 4th Raul Jara 16 0 0 0 0 9 26th2002 250cc Safilo Oxydo Race LCR Aprilia Casey Stoner 15 0 0 0 0 68 12th David Checa 15 0 0 0 0 60 13th125cc Lucio Cecchinello 16 3 5 0 5 180 4th Alex de Angelis 16 0 1 1 0 87 9th2003 250cc Safilo Oxydo LCR Aprilia Randy de Puniet 16 3 9 5 2 208 4th125cc Casey Stoner 14 1 4 1 2 125 8th Lucio Cecchinello 16 2 3 0 2 112 9th2004 250cc Safilo Carrera LCR Aprilia Randy de Puniet 16 1 8 2 0 214 3rd125cc Roberto Locatelli 16 2 6 1 1 192 3rd Mattia Pasini 16 0 0 0 0 54 15th2005 250cc Carrera Sunglasses LCR Aprilia Casey Stoner 16 5 10 2 1 254 2nd Roberto Locatelli 16 0 0 0 0 61 13th2006 MotoGP Honda LCR Honda RC211V Casey Stoner 16 0 1 1 0 119 8th2007 MotoGP Honda LCR Honda RC212V Carlos Checa 18 0 0 0 0 65 14th250cc Honda RS250R Eugene Laverty 17 0 0 0 0 6 25th2008 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V Randy de Puniet 18 0 0 0 0 61 15th2009 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V Randy de Puniet 17 0 1 0 0 106 11th2010 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V Randy de Puniet 17 0 0 0 0 116 9th Roger Lee Hayden 1 0 0 0 0 5 19th2011 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC212V Toni Elias 17 0 0 0 0 61 15th Kousuke Akiyoshi 1 2 a 0 0 0 0 4 7 a 20th Ben Bostrom 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2012 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC213V Stefan Bradl 18 0 0 0 0 135 8th2013 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC213V Stefan Bradl 16 0 1 1 0 156 7th2014 MotoGP LCR Honda MotoGP Honda RC213V Stefan Bradl 18 0 0 0 0 117 9th2015 MotoGP CWM LCR Honda Honda RC213V Cal Crutchlow 18 0 1 0 0 125 8thHonda RC213V RS Jack Miller 18 0 0 0 0 17 19th2016 MotoGP LCR Honda Honda RC213V Cal Crutchlow 18 2 4 1 1 141 7th2017 MotoGP LCR Honda Honda RC213V Cal Crutchlow 18 0 1 0 0 112 9th2018 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V Takaaki Nakagami 18 0 0 0 0 33 20thLCR Honda Castrol Cal Crutchlow 15 1 3 1 0 148 7th Stefan Bradl 2 0 0 0 0 10 24th2019 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V Takaaki Nakagami 16 0 0 0 0 74 13th Johann Zarco 3 16 a 0 0 0 0 3 30 a 18thLCR Honda Castrol Cal Crutchlow 19 0 3 0 0 133 9thMotoE LCR E Team Energica Ego Corsa Niccolo Canepa 6 0 0 0 0 46 9th Randy de Puniet 6 0 0 0 0 21 17th2020 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V Takaaki Nakagami 14 0 0 1 0 116 10thLCR Honda Castrol Cal Crutchlow 11 0 0 0 0 32 18thMotoE LCR E Team Energica Ego Corsa Niccolo Canepa 7 0 0 0 0 51 9th Xavier Simeon 7 0 1 0 0 45 10th2021 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V Takaaki Nakagami 18 0 0 0 0 76 15thLCR Honda Castrol Alex Marquez 18 0 0 0 0 70 16thMotoE LCR E Team Energica Ego Corsa Kevin Zannoni 7 0 0 0 1 44 12th Miquel Pons 6 1 2 0 0 73 7th2022 MotoGP LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V Takaaki Nakagami 17 0 0 0 0 48 18th Tetsuta Nagashima 3 0 0 0 0 0 29thLCR Honda Castrol Alex Marquez 20 0 0 0 0 50 17thMotoE LCR E Team Energica Ego Corsa Eric Granado 12 5 8 2 4 192 5 3rd Miquel Pons 12 0 4 2 1 124 5th Season still in progress MotoGP results Edit By rider Edit Year Class Team name Bike Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points Pos 2022 MotoGP LCR Honda CastrolLCR Honda Idemitsu Honda RC213V Stefan Bradl 1 0 0 0 0 2 25th Takaaki Nakagami 17 0 0 0 0 48 18th Alex Marquez 20 0 0 0 0 50 17th Tetsuta Nagashima 3 0 0 0 0 0 29thMotoE LCR E Team Energica Ego Corsa Eric Granado 12 5 8 2 4 192 5 3rd Miquel Pons 12 0 4 2 1 124 5thBy year Edit key Races in bold indicate pole position races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Bike Tyres Riders Race Rider s standings Team standings Manufactures standings1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos2006 Honda RC211V M ESP QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL Casey Stoner 6 5 2 5 4 Ret Ret 4 4 DNS Ret 6 8 6 Ret Ret Ret 119 8th 119 8th 360 1st2007 Honda RC212V M QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Carlos Checa Ret 6 12 10 Ret Ret 17 Ret 11 14 14 10 6 7 18 11 14 12 65 14th 65 9th 313 2nd2008 Honda RC212V M QAT ESP POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR IND JPN AUS MAL VAL Randy de Puniet 9 Ret 15 13 9 Ret Ret 12 Ret 8 6 16 Ret 13 12 9 10 15 61 15th 61 10th 315 3rd2009 Honda RC212V B QAT JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE IND SMR POR AUS MAL VAL Randy de Puniet 10 11 4 14 8 8 7 9 Ret 3 10 12 12 11 8 Ret 11 106 11th 106 9th 297 2nd2010 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP FRA ITA GBR NED CAT GER USA CZE IND SMR ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL Randy de Puniet 6 9 7 6 6 6 4 Ret 10 13 13 Ret 9 10 10 6 10 116 9th 121 7th 342 2nd Roger Lee Hayden 11 5 19th2011 Honda RC212V B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER USA CZE IND SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Toni Elias Ret 9 11 11 13 8 10 15 16 13 11 13 15 Ret Ret 8 C 10 61 15th 61 10th 405 1st Ben Bostrom Ret 0 NC Kousuke Akiyoshi 12 4 7 20th2012 Honda RC213V B QAT ESP POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA USA IND CZE SMR ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL Stefan Bradl 8 7 9 5 8 8 Ret 5 4 7 6 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 135 8th 135 7th 412 1st2013 Honda RC213V B QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR SMR ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Stefan Bradl Ret 5 Ret 10 4 5 6 4 2 7 6 6 5 5 DNS DNS 5 6 156 7th 156 6th 389 1st2014 Honda RC213V B QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Stefan Bradl Ret 4 5 10 7 Ret 5 10 16 Ret 7 7 Ret 4 7 Ret 4 8 117 9th 117 8th 409 1st2015 B QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VALHonda RC213V Cal Crutchlow 7 7 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 8 Ret Ret 11 7 6 7 5 9 125 8th 142 7th 355 2ndHonda RC213V RS Jack Miller Ret 14 12 20 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 15 17 21 17 19th2016 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Cal Crutchlow Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 11 6 Ret 2 15 1 2 8 5 5 1 Ret Ret 141 7th 141 8th 369 1st2017 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Cal Crutchlow Ret 3 4 Ret 5 Ret 11 4 10 5 15 4 13 Ret Ret 5 15 8 112 9th 112 8th 357 1st2018 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL Takaaki Nakagami 17 13 14 12 15 18 Ret 19 Ret 17 15 C 13 12 22 15 14 14 6 33 20th 191 7th 375 1st Cal Crutchlow 4 1 19 Ret 8 6 4 6 Ret 5 4 C 3 Ret 7 2 DNS 148 7th Stefan Bradl 13 9 10 24th2019 Honda RC213V M QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL Johann Zarco 13 Ret Ret 3 30 18th 210 7th 426 1st Takaaki Nakagami 9 7 10 9 Ret 5 8 Ret 14 9 11 17 18 10 10 16 74 13th Cal Crutchlow 3 13 Ret 8 9 8 Ret 7 3 5 Ret 6 Ret 6 12 5 2 Ret Ret 133 9th2020 Honda RC213V M SPA ANC CZE AUT STY RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL POR Takaaki Nakagami 10 4 8 6 7 9 6 7 7 5 Ret 4 Ret 5 116 10th 148 8th 144 5th Cal Crutchlow DNS 13 13 15 17 DNS 10 Ret 8 11 Ret 13 13 32 18th2021 Honda RC213V M QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM AME MAL ALG VAL Takaaki Nakagami Ret 17 10 4 7 Ret 13 13 9 5 13 13 10 10 17 15 11 Ret 76 15th 146 7th 214 4th Alex Marquez Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 14 11 Ret 14 9 9 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 4 13 70 16th2022 Honda RC213V M QAT INA ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED GBR AUT RSM ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL Takaaki Nakagami 10 19 12 14 16 7 7 8 Ret Ret 12 13 Ret 15 Ret 20 14 48 18th 98 10th 155 6th Tetsuta Nagashima 22 19 Ret 0 29th Alex Marquez Ret 13 15 Ret 7 13 14 14 10 Ret 15 17 14 10 12 13 8 Ret 17 17 50 17th Season still in progress Notes Edit a b c d Non bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season References Edit Cecchinello on Stoner s title ambitions and future MotoGP com Dorna Sports 11 October 2005 Retrieved 24 November 2011 Stoner 50 50 for MotoGP Crash net Crash Media Group 21 October 2005 Retrieved 24 November 2011 Stoner at the front within two years Crash net Crash Media Group 11 November 2005 Retrieved 24 November 2011 Stoner signs for Cecchinello Crash net Crash Media Group 13 December 2005 Retrieved 24 November 2011 Stoner moves up confirmed at LCR Crash net Crash Media Group 30 December 2005 Retrieved 24 November 2011 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LCR Team amp oldid 1124431554, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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