Lucio Cecchinello
Lucio Cecchinello (born October 21, 1969 in Venice ) is a former Italian motorcycle racer and today's team owner and boss.
Career
As a racing driver
Lucio Cecchinello was enthusiastic about motorsport from an early age and began with motocross . At the beginning of his career he worked as a mechanic for various racing teams in national and international series. From 1989 he began to compete in motorcycle races himself and took part in the Italian 125 cc Sports Production Championship on a Honda NSR 125 . Cecchinello celebrated his first victory in his third race in Monza . The following year he finished the championship in second behind Max Biaggi .
In 1991 Lucio Cecchinello made his debut in the 125cc European Championship and started on an Aprilia in Team Italia , for which he had worked as a mechanic three years earlier. His first EM season he finished twelfth. In the following season, the Venetian was runner-up in the 125cc class behind the Spaniard Juan Borja .
For the 1993 season, Lucio Cecchinello moved to the 125 cc World Championship , where he started for the Milanese manufacturer Gazzaniga , but could not score a single point in twelve races. In 1994 Cecchinello drove a Honda for Givi Racing and was able to collect his first five championship points.
In 1995, Lucio Cecchinello started for the renowned team of the former world champion Paolo Pileri on a Honda RS 125 in the European Championship, the Venetian won eight of the eleven races held and confidently secured the European Championship title ahead of the French Frédéric Petit and his compatriot Valentino Rossi .
For the 1996 season Cecchinello returned to the 125cc World Championship and started for the first time with his own team, Honda Team GP3 . The Italian rode regularly in the points and achieved a few placements in the top ten, which he secured the 16th World Cup place. After finishing 14th overall in the following season , Lucio Cecchinello rose to fifth place in the 125cc World Championship in 1998 . At the Madrid Grand Prix in Jarama , he achieved his first Grand Prix victory. In 1999 and 2000 Cecchinello reached the world championship ranks ninth and eleven in his own team and was always beaten by his teammate and employee Noboru Ueda . In the 2001 season , the Italian, starting on Aprilia for the first time, achieved his second victory at the Grand Prix of Catalonia in Barcelona and with fourth place, the best World Cup placement of his career.
In 2002 , Lucio Cecchinello achieved three Grand Prix victories and a total of five podium positions, repeating fourth place overall from the previous year. In the following season , despite two victories in Spain and Italy, he only managed to finish ninth in the World Cup. At the end of the 2003 season, Lucio Cecchinello ended his active career and concentrated on his role as team boss and member of the team association of the motorcycle world championship IRTA.
As a team boss
After Lucio Cecchinello started as the only pilot for his LCR team in 1996 and 1997 , he used a second driver for the first time in 1998 with the Japanese Noboru Ueda . From 2002 the Venetian gave some young talents, such as Alex De Angelis , Casey Stoner and Mattia Pasini, a chance to gain their first experience in the 125cc World Cup. For the 2005 season , the team was promoted to the 250 cc class and with Aprilia motorcycles and Casey Stoner as pilots they were able to celebrate the runner-up world title straight away. The LCR team has been competing in the MotoGP class since 2006 , where a rider on a Honda RC211V was used. In 2006 the team reached eighth place in the World Championship with Stoner, and in 2007 the Spaniard Carlos Checa came 14th. From 2008 to 2010 the Frenchman Randy De Puniet competed for LCR on a Honda RC212V . His successor for 2011 was the 2010 Moto2 World Champion, the Spaniard Toni Elías . In the 2012 season , the 2011 Moto2 world champion, the German Stefan Bradl , is driving for the team in the MotoGP class.
Stoner 2006 on LCR Honda
Randy De Puniet 2010
Toni Elías 2011
statistics
title
In the motorcycle world championship
| season | class | motorcycle | run | Victories | Podiums | Poles | Points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 125 cc | Gazzaniga | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | 125 cc | Honda | 14th | - | - | - | 5 | 30th |
| 1996 | 125 cc | Honda | 15th | - | - | - | 59 | 15th |
| 1997 | 125 cc | Honda | 15th | - | - | - | 73 | 14th |
| 1998 | 125 cc | Honda | 13 | 1 | 3 | - | 130 | 5. |
| 1999 | 125 cc | Honda | 16 | - | 4th | 3 | 108 | 9. |
| 2000 | 125 cc | Honda | 16 | - | - | - | 91 | 11. |
| 2001 | 125 cc | Aprilia | 16 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 156 | 4th |
| 2002 | 125 cc | Aprilia | 16 | 3 | 5 | - | 180 | 4th |
| 2003 | 125 cc | Aprilia | 16 | 2 | 3 | - | 112 | 9. |
| total | 149 | 7th | 19th | 4th | 914 | |||
Web links
- Official website of the LCR team (English, French, Italian, Japanese)
- Lucio Cecchinello on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
| 125 cc |
1928 : Paul Lehmann |
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| Moto3 |
2012 : Matteo Ferrari | 2013 : Karel Hanika |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cecchinello, Lucio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian motorcycle racer, team owner and boss |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venice |