1996 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Austria  1996 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 15 races in the
1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 August 1996
Official nameHB Motorrad Grand Prix Austria[1][2]
LocationA1-Ring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.319 km (2.684 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:29.430
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:30.112
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Australia Mick Doohan
Third Japan Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:33.700
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:34.686
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann
Second Spain Luis d'Antin
Third Germany Jürgen Fuchs
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Masaki Tokudome
Time 1:41.254
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Dirk Raudies
Time 1:42.002
Podium
First Italy Ivan Goi
Second Germany Dirk Raudies
Third Italy Valentino Rossi

The 1996 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 August 1996 at the A1-Ring.

In the 125cc class, a young Valentino Rossi achieved his first grand prix podium.[3]

Mick Doohan, Àlex Crivillé and Norifumi Abe, spraying the champagne on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the 500cc race.

500 cc classification[edit]

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Team Repsol Honda Honda 42:37.024 25
2 Australia Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda +0.500 20
3 Japan Norifumi Abe Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +4.534 16
4 Italy Luca Cadalora Kanemoto Honda Honda +19.470 13
5 Brazil Alex Barros Honda Pileri Honda +20.936 11
6 United States Scott Russell Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +21.058 10
7 Spain Carlos Checa Fortuna Honda Pons Honda +25.632 9
8 Italy Loris Capirossi Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +25.701 8
9 France Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +25.986 7
10 Spain Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +28.046 6
11 Japan Tadayuki Okada Team Repsol Honda Honda +32.446 5
12 United Kingdom Terry Rymer Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +38.616 4
13 Spain Alberto Puig Fortuna Honda Pons Honda +39.031 3
14 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams QUB Team Optimum ROC Yamaha +1:18.224 2
15 United Kingdom Chris Walker Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:20.212 1
16 Italy Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
17 United Kingdom James Haydon World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Italy Marcellino Lucchi IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +1 Lap
19 United Kingdom Eugene McManus Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Australia Paul Young Padgett's Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
21 France Jean Pierre Jeandat Team Paton Paton +1 Lap
Ret United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Sean Emmett Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Switzerland Adrien Bosshard Elf 500 ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Japan Shinichi Itoh Team Repsol Honda Honda Retirement
Sources: [4][5]

250cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda 41:29.190 25
2 Spain Luis d'Antin Honda +16.374 20
3 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Honda +21.140 16
4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +22.979 13
5 France Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda +27.805 11
6 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +37.712 10
7 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +37.756 9
8 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda +52.913 8
9 France Regis Laconi Honda +54.232 7
10 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +1:01.608 6
11 Switzerland Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia +1:03.950 5
12 Italy Alessandro Antonello Aprilia +1:04.462 4
13 Argentina Sebastian Porto Aprilia +1:17.335 3
14 France Christian Boudinot Aprilia +1:22.534 2
15 Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda +1:26.589 1
16 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +1:28.269
17 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia +1 Lap
18 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda +1 Lap
19 France Cristophe Cogan Honda +1 Lap
20 Austria Richard Haidegger Aprilia +1 Lap
21 Austria Uwe Bolterhauer Honda +1 Lap
22 Austria Thomas Stadler Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Austria Johann Wolfsteiner Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Davide Bulega Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain José Luis Cardoso Aprilia Retirement
Ret Switzerland Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement
Ret France Olivier Jacque Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia Retirement

125cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 41:50.829 25
2 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda +0.767 20
3 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia +2.322 16
4 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +2.739 13
5 Germany Peter Öttl Aprilia +4.341 11
6 Spain Jorge Martinez Aprilia +4.910 10
7 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha +17.385 9
8 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda +19.464 8
9 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +20.971 7
10 Germany Manfred Geissler Aprilia +26.469 6
11 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +27.666 5
12 Japan Akira Saito Honda +27.687 4
13 Spain Herri Torrontegui Honda +38.933 3
14 Spain Josep Sarda Honda +42.917 2
15 France Frederic Petit Honda +46.979 1
16 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +51.963
17 Czech Republic Jaroslav Hules Honda +55.754
18 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda +58.003
19 Austria Harald Danninger Honda +1:17.416
20 Netherlands Loek Bodelier Honda +1:18.116
21 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:32.504
22 Austria Gerwin Hofer Honda +1 Lap
23 Austria Georg Scharl Honda +1 Lap
Ret Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Darren Barton Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Paolo Tessari Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia Retirement
Ret Austria Bernd Holzleitner Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Gabriele Debbia Yamaha Retirement

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "A1-Ring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "MotoGP Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. ^ "1996 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1996". www.motogp.com.


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