1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

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Date15 September 1996
Official nameGran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya[1][2]
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
Spain  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)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:46.201
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Carlos Checa
Time 1:47.183
Podium
First Spain Carlos Checa
Second Australia Mick Doohan
Third Spain Àlex Crivillé
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:47.757
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:48.490
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second France Olivier Jacque
Third Germany Ralf Waldmann
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:54.536
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tomomi Manako
Time 1:54.307
Podium
First Japan Tomomi Manako
Second Australia Garry McCoy
Third Japan Kazuto Sakata

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

250 cc classification

125 cc classification

References

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