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
Date	15 September 1996
Official name	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya[1][2]
Location	Circuit 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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