1996 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 10 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 4 August 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | HB Motorrad Grand Prix Austria[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | A1-Ring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 August 1996 at the A1-Ring.
In the 125cc class, a young Valentino Rossi achieved his first grand prix podium.[3]
500 cc classification
[edit]| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Àlex Crivillé
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | 42:37.024 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Mick Doohan
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +0.500 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Norifumi Abe
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +4.534 | 16 | ||
| 4 |  Luca Cadalora
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Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +19.470 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Alex Barros
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Honda Pileri | Honda | +20.936 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Scott Russell
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +21.058 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Carlos Checa
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Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +25.632 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Loris Capirossi
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +25.701 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  Jean-Michel Bayle
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +25.986 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Juan Borja
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Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +28.046 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Tadayuki Okada
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +32.446 | 5 | ||
| 12 |  Terry Rymer
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +38.616 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Alberto Puig
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Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +39.031 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Jeremy McWilliams
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QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | +1:18.224 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Chris Walker
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Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1:20.212 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Lucio Pedercini
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Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 | James Haydon
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World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 18 | Marcellino Lucchi
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IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 | Eugene McManus
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Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 20 | Paul Young
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Padgett's Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 21 | Jean Pierre Jeandat
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Team Paton | Paton | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Kenny Roberts Jr.
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Frederic Protat
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Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Sean Emmett
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Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Adrien Bosshard
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Elf 500 ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Shinichi Itoh
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [4][5] | |||||||
250cc classification
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125cc classification
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References
[edit]- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "A1-Ring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "MotoGP Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ "1996 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1996". www.motogp.com.