1996 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1996 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 June 1996
Official name	Grand Prix de France [1] [2] [3]
Location	Le Castellet
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.800 km (2.361 mi)
500cc
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
250cc
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
125cc
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

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.

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

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996".
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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