SPEEDING AROUND THE WORLD

SPEEDING AROUND THE WORLD

MEMORABLE SHOTS COLLECTION OF THE 2016 MotoGP SEASON TM

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he 2016 has been a great year for me. As a man I had the best experience of my life when

my wife Lucy gave birth to our baby Willow. As a rider I think we had an incredible season and I feel I’ve ridden well. The LCR Honda Team have done a brilliant job all year and I’d like to thank Honda, Lucio, my Crew, all our Sponsors and all the fans around the world for supporting us.

Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Rider

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MotoGP Team is more than just a collection of people working toward a common goal. It is a group of people with a full set of complementary skills and with a strong sense of mutual commitment. Team members operate with a high degree of knowledge, sharing responsibilities and efforts to generate high

performances. All together, during this season, we gave to Cal the right instruments and the proper environment to achieve such unbelievable targets.

Elisa Pavan Press Officer

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only a teenager when I decided that this would have been my world and I chased the dream giving all myself. Over time my father Luciano, my mother Margherita and my sister Elena became my number one supporters going along with me in these 30 years of races. A long and laborious path made of satisfactions, hard moments and many sacrifices. But today I finally raise the trophy up to the sky from the highest step of the podium and I think that we made it, that today WE are the best. I want to deeply thank everybody for believing in me and the LCR Team during these years.

First of all, my father, to whom I dedicate this extraordinary victory.

Lucio Cecchinello Team Principal & CEO

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35 WEEKS SPEEDING AROUND THE WORLD

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LOSAIL - QATAR WEEK 01

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RIO HONDO - ARGENTINA WEEK 03

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AUSTIN - TEXAS WEEK 04

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JEREZ - SPAIN WEEK 06

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MUGELLO - ITALY WEEK 10

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SPIELBERG - AUSTRIA WEEK 22

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PHILLIP ISLAND - AUSTRALIA WEEK 32

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THE WINNERS

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Marc Mรกrquez Victorious at Argentina, Texas, Germany, Spain (Aragon) and Japan Grands Prix

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Jorge Lorenzo Victorious at Qatar, France, Italy and Spain (Valencia) Grands Prix

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Valentino Rossi Victorious at Spain (Jerez and Catalunya) Grands Prix

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Cal Crutchlow Victorious at Czech Republic and Australia Grands Prix

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Maverick ViĂąales Victorious at Great Britain Grand Prix

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Dani Pedrosa Victorious at San Marino & Riviera di Rimini Grand Prix

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MotoGP World Standing 2016

INDEPENDENT TEAM

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1st Marc Mรกrquez

Honda Factory Team

2nd Valentino Rossi

Yamaha Factory Team

3rd Jorge Lorenzo

Yamaha Factory Team

4th Maveric Vinales

Suzuki Factory Team

5th Andrea Dovizioso

Ducati Factory Team

6th Dani Pedrosa

Honda Factory Team

7th Cal Crutchlow

Honda Independent Team

8th Pol Espargaro

Yamaha Independent Team

9th Andrea Iannone

Ducati Factory Team

10th Hector Barbera

Ducati Independent Team

11th Aleix Espargaro

Suzuki Factory Team

12th Alvaro Bautista

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13th Eugene Laverty

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14th Danilo Petrucci

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15th Scott Redding

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SPECIAL T H ANKS The LCR Honda Team is extremely grateful to all the friends and brands involved in this unforgettable season. With your hard work, support and passion, you keep on making us bigger as a MotoGP team.

With this book we want to express our deepest gratitude for being always by our side.

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ABOUT MotoGP

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It’s the one of the most spectacular sport entertainment of the world and the oldest motorsport series in history, its first annual competition having been held in 1949. An eighteen-race series visiting over a dozen countries, multiple continents and with pan-global television coverage. Upwards of ten nationalities of the world’s most skilled riders line a grid armed with cutting-edge motorcycle technology with prototype machinery fielded by manufacturers including; Honda, Ducati, Aprilia, Suzuki and Yamaha.

2016 marks the 25th year of MotoGP™, celebrating collaboration and consensus between the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme), IRTA (International Road Racing Teams Association), the MSMA (Motorcycle Sport Manufacturers Association) and Dorna Sport (MotoGP™ commercial rights holder).

TH 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY ABOUT LCR HONDA 2016 has been an important milestone for Lucio Cecchinello and the LCR Honda Team. Three anniversaries occured in the month of March: 30 years of career for the former rider and Team Manager, 20 years competing as a Team in the World Championship and 10 years in MotoGP™ class with Honda. Founded in 1996 the LCR Team (Lucio Cecchinello Racing) have gathered numerous successes in three different categories lining up with some of the most talented riders of the field such as Nobby Ueda, Alex De Angelis, Mattia Pasini, Randy De Puniet, Roberto Locatelli, Carlos Checa, Casey Stoner, Stefan Bradl, Jack Miller, Cal Crutchlow and many others. The actual palmarès counts 570 races held in 125cc/250cc/MotoGP™ classes with 78 podiums and 23 victories achieved, 2 “Rookie of the Year” awards (Pasini, Bradl), the 250cc class Runner-Up Award (Stoner) and the Best Independent Team Rider Award (Crutchlow).

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