19 Facts About Lucio Cecchinello

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Lucio Cecchinello was born on October 21,1969 and is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer who manages his own motorcycle racing team.

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Lucio Cecchinello competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1993 to 2003.

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At his third race, on Monza race track, Lucio Cecchinello gained his first victory followed by further victories that gave him the Italian Runner-up champion title, behind Max Biaggi, in the Italian Sport Production Championship of 1989.

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In 1991, Lucio Cecchinello made his debut in the 125cc European Championship with Team Italia finishing 10th overall.

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Lucio Cecchinello won eight races out of the 11 included in the calendar becoming the official European Champion.

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In 1996, Cecchinello created his own racing team for the World Championship in the 125 class.

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Lucio Cecchinello acted as a racer and a team manager, and scored in the top ten several times.

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Lucio Cecchinello had his first victory at the 125cc World Championship at Jarama race track in Spain in 1998: During the same season, his teammate was Japanese rider Noboru Ueda.

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Lucio Cecchinello's team participated in the 250cc class several times, and later in the MotoGP class.

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Lucio Cecchinello lined up many riders such as Casey Stoner, Alex De Angelis, David Checa, Roberto Locatelli, Mattia Pasini, Randy De Puniet, Carlos Checa, Eugene Laverty and Toni Elias.

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Since 2004, Lucio Cecchinello has been engaged full-time in managing the LCR Team.

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Lucio Cecchinello is member of the IRTA Committee, the association that represents the technical-sport advices of the Teams in the deal with the MotoGP organizers and the Institutions.

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Lucio Cecchinello retired after the 2003 season, but the team continues in the championship with Casey Stoner, and Randy de Puniet as the main rider.

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Lucio Cecchinello achieved his first podium with the team, with a third-place result in Argentina after a last-lap pass on Andrea Iannone.

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Lucio Cecchinello won the Australian GP, his first dry win.

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Lucio Cecchinello became the first British person to win the Australian Grand Prix.

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Lucio Cecchinello ended the year with 141 points, finishing seventh in the championship.

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Lucio Cecchinello followed this up with two top five finishes in his next three races to produce a solid start to the season.

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Lucio Cecchinello extended his contract with LCR and Honda until 2019.