1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 September 1996 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Àlex Crivillé, Mick Doohan and Luca Cadalora, pushing hard to catch race leader and eventual winner Carlos Checa in the 500cc race.
  1996 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the
1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date15 September 1996
Official nameGran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya[1][2]
LocationCircuit de Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 1:46.201
Fastest lap
Rider Carlos Checa
Time 1:47.183
Podium
First Carlos Checa
Second Mick Doohan
Third Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:47.757
Fastest lap
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:48.490
Podium
First Max Biaggi
Second Olivier Jacque
Third Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Youichi Ui
Time 1:54.536
Fastest lap
Rider Tomomi Manako
Time 1:54.307
Podium
First Tomomi Manako
Second Garry McCoy
Third Kazuto Sakata

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Carlos Checa Fortuna Honda Pons Honda 44:56.885 25
2 Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda +6.591 20
3 Àlex Crivillé Team Repsol Honda Honda +6.640 16
4 Luca Cadalora Kanemoto Honda Honda +7.048 13
5 Tadayuki Okada Team Repsol Honda Honda +7.129 11
6 Shinichi Itoh Team Repsol Honda Honda +21.867 10
7 Alberto Puig Fortuna Honda Pons Honda +25.939 9
8 Alex Barros Honda Pileri Honda +26.875 8
9 Loris Capirossi Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +27.105 7
10 Norifumi Abe Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +58.628 6
11 Scott Russell Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +1:02.111 5
12 Jeremy McWilliams QUB Team Optimum ROC Yamaha +1:25.019 4
13 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha +1:39.079 3
14 Paul Young Padgett's Racing Team Harris Yamaha +1 Lap 2
15 Chris Walker Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1 Lap 1
Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Eugene McManus Millar Racing Yamaha Retirement
Ret Andrew Stroud World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Kenny Roberts Jr Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Adrien Bosshard Elf 500 ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Sean Emmett Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement
DNS Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Did not start
DNS Jean Pierre Jeandat Team Paton Paton Did not start
Sources: [3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 42:03.123 25
2 Olivier Jacque Honda +10.188 20
3 Ralf Waldmann Honda +13.476 16
4 Tohru Ukawa Honda +14.291 13
5 Jürgen Fuchs Honda +14.433 11
6 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia +18.269 10
7 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +25.600 9
8 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +34.269 8
9 Eskil Suter Aprilia +38.493 7
10 Regis Laconi Honda +40.120 6
11 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +40.150 5
12 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +46.555 4
13 Luis d'Antin Honda +48.011 3
14 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda +49.391 2
15 Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia +53.953 1
16 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +54.143
17 Davide Bulega Aprilia +54.369
18 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +54.621
19 Alessandro Antonello Aprilia +1:08.015
20 Francisco Riquelme Honda +1 Lap
21 Ismael Bonilla Honda +1 Lap
22 Vicente Esparragoso Honda +1 Lap
Ret José Luis Cardoso Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jamie Robinson Aprilia Retirement
Ret Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia Retirement
Ret Cristophe Cogan Honda Retirement
Ret Miguel Tey Honda Retirement
Ret José Barresi Yamaha Retirement
Ret Franco Battaini Honda Retirement
Ret Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda Retirement
Ret Christian Boudinot Aprilia Retirement
Ret Sete Gibernau Yamaha Retirement

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Tomomi Manako Honda 42:26.228 25
2 Garry McCoy Aprilia +1.190 20
3 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +6.606 16
4 Emilio Alzamora Honda +6.754 13
5 Haruchika Aoki Honda +6.920 11
6 Youichi Ui Yamaha +6.962 10
7 Yoshiaki Katoh Honda +6.998 9
8 Jorge Martinez Honda +7.244 8
9 Ivan Goi Honda +8.828 7
10 Dirk Raudies Honda +13.303 6
11 Noboru Ueda Honda +17.744 5
12 Herri Torrontegui Honda +19.034 4
13 Jaroslav Hules Honda +39.015 3
14 Mirko Giansanti Honda +40.142 2
15 Gabriele Debbia Yamaha +40.194 1
16 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +49.499
17 Daniel Ribalta Honda +58.692
18 David García Honda +1:15.975
Ret Manfred Geissler Aprilia Retirement
Ret Darren Barton Aprilia Retirement
Ret Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement
Ret José Antonio Ramirez Honda Retirement
Ret Enrique Maturana Yamaha Retirement
Ret Frederic Petit Honda Retirement
Ret Masaki Tokudome Aprilia Retirement
Ret Valentino Rossi Aprilia Retirement
Ret Loek Bodelier Honda Retirement
Ret Josep Sarda Honda Retirement
Ret Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement
Ret Akira Saito Honda Retirement
Ret Peter Öttl Aprilia Retirement

References
  1. "1996 Catalan MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Catalunya - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. "1996 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. "motogp.com · CATALUNYA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1996". Motogp.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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