1996 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1996 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 June 1996 at Circuit Paul Ricard.

  1996 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the
1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date9 June 1996
Official nameGrand Prix de France[1][2][3]
LocationLe Castellet
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.800 km (2.361 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:21.448
Fastest lap
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:22.022
Podium
First Mick Doohan
Second Àlex Crivillé
Third Alberto Puig
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:23.378
Fastest lap
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:24.189
Podium
First Max Biaggi
Second Ralf Waldmann
Third Tetsuya Harada
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Masaki Tokudome
Time 1:29.351
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:29.263
Podium
First Stefano Perugini
Second Tomomi Manako
Third Emilio Alzamora

500 cc classification
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda 42:43.959 25
2 Àlex Crivillé Team Repsol Honda Honda +11.539 20
3 Alberto Puig Fortuna Honda Pons Honda +26.255 16
4 Norifumi Abe Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +26.467 13
5 Scott Russell Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +29.739 11
6 Luca Cadalora Kanemoto Honda Honda +40.379 10
7 Alex Barros Honda Pileri Honda +58.435 9
8 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha +1:14.962 8
9 James Haydon World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1:19.042 7
10 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 6
11 Jeremy McWilliams QUB Team Optimum ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 5
12 Eugene McManus Millar Racing Yamaha +1 Lap 4
13 Florian Ferracci Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 3
14 Jean-Marc Deletang ELC Lease ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 2
15 Toshiyuki Arakaki Padgett's Racing Team Yamaha +1 Lap 1
Ret Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia Retirement
Ret Tadayuki Okada Team Repsol Honda Honda Retirement
Ret Kenny Roberts Jr Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Sean Emmett Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Shinichi Itoh Team Repsol Honda Honda Retirement
Ret Carlos Checa Fortuna Honda Pons Honda Retirement
Ret Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Jean Pierre Jeandat Team Paton Paton Retirement
Ret Loris Capirossi Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Sources: [4][5]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 41:06.274 25
2 Ralf Waldmann Honda +6.894 20
3 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha +27.160 16
4 Tohru Ukawa Honda +36.462 13
5 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +36.564 11
6 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +36.650 10
7 Eskil Suter Aprilia +38.284 9
8 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +38.440 8
9 Cristiano Migliorati Honda +39.173 7
10 Luis d'Antin Honda +39.434 6
11 Regis Laconi Honda +51.144 5
12 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda +52.228 4
13 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +52.726 3
14 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda +54.385 2
15 Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia +54.506 1
16 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +54.708
17 Davide Bulega Aprilia +54.932
18 Massimo Ottobre Aprilia +1:04.710
19 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +1 Lap
20 Sebastien Gimbert Honda +1 Lap
21 Cristophe Cogan Honda +1 Lap
22 Gilles Ferstler Honda +1 Lap
Ret Jürgen Fuchs Honda Retirement
Ret Olivier Jacque Honda Retirement
Ret José Luis Cardoso Aprilia Retirement
Ret Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda Retirement
Ret José Barresi Yamaha Retirement
Ret Jamie Robinson Aprilia Retirement
Ret Christian Boudinot Aprilia Retirement
Ret Sete Gibernau Honda Retirement

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 40:44.539 25
2 Tomomi Manako Honda +0.373 20
3 Emilio Alzamora Honda +0.672 16
4 Noboru Ueda Honda +0.708 13
5 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +0.929 11
6 Dirk Raudies Honda +2.926 10
7 Haruchika Aoki Honda +3.261 9
8 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +4.598 8
9 Garry McCoy Aprilia +14.243 7
10 Akira Saito Honda +14.489 6
11 Manfred Geissler Aprilia +14.579 5
12 Ivan Goi Honda +18.898 4
13 Frederic Petit Honda +23.947 3
14 Herri Torrontegui Honda +28.271 2
15 Youichi Ui Yamaha +48.262 1
16 Paolo Tessari Honda +48.529
17 Loek Bodelier Honda +48.889
18 Gabriele Debbia Yamaha +49.239
19 Bertrand Stey Honda +1:00.037
20 Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:12.258
21 Gregory Fouet Honda +1 Lap
Ret Darren Barton Aprilia Retirement
Ret Arnaud Vincent Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jaroslav Hules Honda Retirement
Ret Masaki Tokudome Aprilia Retirement
Ret Valentino Rossi Aprilia Retirement
Ret Josep Sarda Honda Retirement
Ret Andrea Ballerini Aprilia Retirement
Ret Eric Mizera Aprilia Retirement
Ret Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement
Ret Peter Öttl Aprilia Retirement
Ret Jorge Martinez Aprilia Retirement
Previous race:
1996 Italian Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1996 season		 Next race:
1996 Dutch TT
Previous race:
1995 French Grand Prix		 French Grand Prix Next race:
1997 French Grand Prix

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  2. "1996 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Paul Ricard - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. "1996 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1996". www.motogp.com.
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