LCR Team
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.Casey Stoner switched to the 125cc class to partner with Cecchinello, while French rider Randy de Puniet was recruited to ride in 250cc.In the 125cc class, the team recruited two Italian riders, Roberto Locatelli, a former 125cc World Champion and rookie Mattia Pasini.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.However, the team was not able to repeat their 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.Bradl took his first premier class pole position at the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.However a broken ankle sustained in a crash in Malaysia cost him a top five finish in the final championship standings.The team also announced a partnership with foreign exchange trading company CWM FX 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.Miller left the team in 2016 to join Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS, leaving Crutchlow as the sole rider for LCR in 2016.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.The team ran separate liveries with different main sponsors for each rider, Castrol for Crutchlow and Idemitsu for Nakagami.In 2021, Álex Márquez joined Nakagami and repeated the experience in 2022, both riders struggling to show their true potential.For 2021, 2022 and 2023, the LCR E-Team is competing in the electric series with the duo set by Eric Granado and Miquel Pons, both showing strong performances on board their bikes.