1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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1996 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
Previous: | 1995 | Next: | 1997 |
1996 World Champions 500cc – Mick Doohan (Honda) 250cc – Max Biaggi (Aprilia) 125cc – Haruchika Aoki (Honda) |
The 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 48th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Contents
1 Season summary
2 1996 Grand Prix season calendar
2.1 Calendar changes
3 1996 Grand Prix season results
4 Participants
4.1 500cc participants
4.2 500cc riders' standings[4][5]
4.3 250cc riders' standings
4.4 125cc riders' standings[6]
5 References
Season summary
Honda's Mick Doohan continued his domination of the 500 class with 8 victories.[1] His Repsol Honda teammate, Àlex Crivillé beat him to the line twice in Austria and the Czech Republic.[1]Luca Cadalora, now with the Kanemoto Honda team took two wins for the third consecutive year.[1]Suzuki's hopes were dashed when Daryl Beattie suffered head injuries in a pre-season crash.[1] He returned only to crash in Spain then two races later in France which effectively ended his career.[1]Loris Capirossi won his first 500 Grand Prix when Crivillé collided with his teammate, Doohan on the last lap of the Australian round.[1] A new European team made its debut with the Elf team using a Swissauto V4 sidecar engine in an ROC chassis.[1] It proved to be fast but unreliable. Honda introduced the NSR500V, a V twin as a cost effective alternative for privateer teams.[1]
Max Biaggi claimed his third consecutive 250 championship for Aprilia.[1]Haruchika Aoki repeated as the 125 champion for Honda.[1] Newcomers winning their first Grands Prix were Norifumi Abe in the 500 class, Olivier Jacque in the 250 class and Valentino Rossi in the 125 class.[1]
1996 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1996:[2][3]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 31 March | Marlboro Grand Prix of Malaysia | Shah Alam Circuit |
2 | 7 April | Marlboro Indonesian Grand Prix | Sentul International Circuit |
3 | 21 April | Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan | Suzuka Circuit |
4 | 12 May | Gran Premio Lucky Strike de España | Circuito Permanente de Jerez |
5 | 26 May | Gran Premio d'Italia Polini | Mugello Circuit |
6 | 6 June | Grand Prix de France | Circuit Paul Ricard |
7 | 29 June †† | Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix | TT Circuit Assen |
8 | 7 July | Warsteiner Grand Prix Deutschland | Nürburgring |
9 | 21 July | British Grand Prix | Donington Park |
10 | 4 August | HB Motorrad Grand Prix Austria | Österreichring |
11 | 18 August | Grand Prix České republiky | Brno Circuit |
12 | 1 September | Gran Premio IP Città di Imola | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari |
13 | 15 September | Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya | Circuit de Catalunya |
14 | 6 October | GP Rio | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet |
15 | 20 October | Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix | Eastern Creek |
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes
- The French Grand Prix moved from the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans to the Circuit Paul Ricard.
- The Austrian Grand Prix returned from the calendar after a one year absence and moved from the Salzburgring to the Österreichring, one year before the track was renamed as the A1-Ring.
- The Indonesian Grand Prix was added to the calendar.
- The Argentine Grand Prix was initially scheduled, but was eventually taken off the calendar.
- The European Grand Prix was renamed the Catalan Grand Prix.
1996 Grand Prix season results
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 31 March | Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix | Shah Alam | Stefano Perugini | Max Biaggi | Luca Cadalora | Report |
2 | 7 April | Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix | Sentul | Masaki Tokudome | Tetsuya Harada | Mick Doohan | Report |
3 | 21 April | Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | Suzuka | Masaki Tokudome | Max Biaggi | Norifumi Abe | Report |
4 | 12 May | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | Jerez | Haruchika Aoki | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
5 | 26 May | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix | Mugello | Peter Öttl | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
6 | 9 June | French motorcycle Grand Prix | Paul Ricard | Stefano Perugini | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
7 | 29 June †† | Dutch TT | Assen | Emilio Alzamora | Ralf Waldmann | Mick Doohan | Report |
8 | 7 July | German motorcycle Grand Prix | Nürburgring | Masaki Tokudome | Ralf Waldmann | Luca Cadalora | Report |
9 | 21 July | British motorcycle Grand Prix | Donington | Stefano Perugini | Max Biaggi | Mick Doohan | Report |
10 | 4 August | Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix | Zeltweg | Ivan Goi | Ralf Waldmann | Àlex Crivillé | Report |
11 | 18 August | Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix | Brno | Valentino Rossi | Max Biaggi | Àlex Crivillé | Report |
12 | 1 September | City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix | Imola | Masaki Tokudome | Ralf Waldmann | Mick Doohan | Report |
13 | 15 September | Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix | Catalunya | Tomomi Manako | Max Biaggi | Carlos Checa | Report |
14 | 6 October | Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix | Rio de Janeiro | Haruchika Aoki | Olivier Jacque | Mick Doohan | Report |
15 | 20 October | Australian motorcycle Grand Prix | Eastern Creek | Garry McCoy | Max Biaggi | Loris Capirossi | Report |
†† = Saturday race
Participants
500cc participants
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500cc riders' standings[4][5]
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
250cc riders' standings
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold – Pole |
125cc riders' standings[6]
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
References
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