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| Race 15 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Eastern Creek Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 October 1996 at Eastern Creek Raceway.
| Pos | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Loris Capirossi | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | 45:47.858 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Tadayuki Okada | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +10.980 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Carlos Checa | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +11.397 | 16 | ||
| 4 |  Alex Barros | Honda Pileri | Honda | +11.438 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +12.424 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Àlex Crivillé | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +20.394 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Luca Cadalora | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +22.064 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Mick Doohan | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +22.134 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Shinichi Itoh | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +29.821 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Peter Goddard | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +32.744 | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +33.519 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
| 13 | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Andrew Stroud | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
| 15 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Team Paton | Paton | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Stephane Mertens | Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Paul Young | Padgett's Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Norifumi Abe | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Martin Craggill | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Eugene McManus | Millar Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Jeremy McWilliams | QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Laurent Naveau | ELC Lease ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Scott Russell | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [2] [3] | |||||||
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 1 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | 42:12.903 | 25 |
| 2 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +0.049 | 20 |
| 3 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +0.247 | 16 |
| 4 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +0.533 | 13 |
| 5 | Ivan Goi | Honda | +9.741 | 11 |
| 6 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +10.037 | 10 |
| 7 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +11.987 | 9 |
| 8 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +18.127 | 8 |
| 9 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +19.405 | 7 |
| 10 | Akira Saito | Honda | +22.643 | 6 |
| 11 |  Dirk Raudies | Honda | +22.780 | 5 |
| 12 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +22.259 | 4 |
| 13 | Luigi Ancona | Aprilia | +38.669 | 3 |
| 14 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | +51.772 | 2 |
| 15 | Herri Torrontegui | Honda | +56.713 | 1 |
| 16 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +1:01.819 | |
| 17 | Gabriele Debbia | Yamaha | +1:06.325 | |
| 18 | Andrew Duke | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Andrew Willy | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 20 | Jason van Vliet | Honda | +2 Laps | |
| Ret | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret |  Jaroslav Hules | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret |  Loek Bodelier | Honda | Retirement |
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