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| Race 6 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 9 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Le Castellet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 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] | |||||||
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