The 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 48th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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 fourth 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]
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes
Participants
500cc participants
|
Key
|
Regular rider
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Wildcard rider
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Replacement rider
|
|
Results and standings
Grands Prix
†† = Saturday race
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
|
Points
|
25
|
20
|
16
|
13
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Colour |
Result
|
Gold |
Winner
|
Silver |
Second place
|
Bronze |
Third place
|
Green |
Points classification
|
Blue |
Non-points classification
|
Non-classified finish (NC)
|
Purple |
Retired, not classified (Ret)
|
Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ)
|
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
|
Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
|
White |
Did not start (DNS)
|
Withdrew (WD)
|
Race cancelled (C)
|
Blank
|
Did not practice (DNP)
|
Did not arrive (DNA)
|
Excluded (EX)
|
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
|
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
|
Points
|
25
|
20
|
16
|
13
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Colour |
Result
|
Gold |
Winner
|
Silver |
Second place
|
Bronze |
Third place
|
Green |
Points classification
|
Blue |
Non-points classification
|
Non-classified finish (NC)
|
Purple |
Retired, not classified (Ret)
|
Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ)
|
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
|
Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
|
White |
Did not start (DNS)
|
Withdrew (WD)
|
Race cancelled (C)
|
Blank
|
Did not practice (DNP)
|
Did not arrive (DNA)
|
Excluded (EX)
|
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
|
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
|
Points
|
25
|
20
|
16
|
13
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
|
Colour |
Result
|
Gold |
Winner
|
Silver |
Second place
|
Bronze |
Third place
|
Green |
Points classification
|
Blue |
Non-points classification
|
Non-classified finish (NC)
|
Purple |
Retired, not classified (Ret)
|
Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ)
|
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
|
Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
|
White |
Did not start (DNS)
|
Withdrew (WD)
|
Race cancelled (C)
|
Blank
|
Did not practice (DNP)
|
Did not arrive (DNA)
|
Excluded (EX)
|
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
|
References
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.