1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

  1996 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 September 1996
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.655 km (2.875 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:46.201
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlos Checa
Time	1:47.183
Podium
First	Carlos Checa
Second	Mick Doohan
Third	Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:47.757
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:48.490
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Olivier Jacque
Third	Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:54.536
Fastest lap
Rider	Tomomi Manako
Time	1:54.307
Podium
First	Tomomi Manako
Second	Garry McCoy
Third	Kazuto Sakata

The 1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 September 1996 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Carlos Checa	Honda	44:56.885	25
2	Mick Doohan	Honda	+6.591	20
3	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+6.640	16
4	Luca Cadalora	Honda	+7.048	13
5	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+7.129	11
6	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+21.867	10
7	Alberto Puig	Honda	+25.939	9
8	Alex Barros	Honda	+26.875	8
9	Loris Capirossi	Yamaha	+27.105	7
10	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+58.628	6
11	Scott Russell	Suzuki	+1:02.111	5
12	Jeremy McWilliams	ROC Yamaha	+1:25.019	4
13	Frederic Protat	ROC Yamaha	+1:39.079	3
14	Paul Young	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Chris Walker	Elf 500	+1 Lap	1
Ret	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eugene McManus	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Andrew Stroud	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Adrien Bosshard	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	42:03.123	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+10.188	20
3	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+13.476	16
4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+14.291	13
5	Jürgen Fuchs	Honda	+14.433	11
6	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	+18.269	10
7	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+25.600	9
8	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+34.269	8
9	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	+38.493	7
10	Regis Laconi	Honda	+40.120	6
11	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	+40.150	5
12	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+46.555	4
13	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+48.011	3
14	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+49.391	2
15	Osamu Miyazaki	Aprilia	+53.953	1
16	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+54.143
17	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	+54.369
18	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+54.621
19	Alessandro Antonello	Aprilia	+1:08.015
20	Francisco Riquelme	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Ismael Bonilla	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Vicente Esparragoso	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Cristophe Cogan	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Miguel Tey	Honda	Retirement
Ret	José Barresi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Franco Battaini	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Tomomi Manako	Honda	42:26.228	25
2	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	+1.190	20
3	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+6.606	16
4	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+6.754	13
5	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+6.920	11
6	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+6.962	10
7	Yoshiaki Katoh	Honda	+6.998	9
8	Jorge Martinez	Honda	+7.244	8
9	Ivan Goi	Honda	+8.828	7
10	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+13.303	6
11	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+17.744	5
12	Herri Torrontegui	Honda	+19.034	4
13	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	+39.015	3
14	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	+40.142	2
15	Gabriele Debbia	Yamaha	+40.194	1
16	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+49.499
17	Daniel Ribalta	Honda	+58.692
18	David García	Honda	+1:15.975
Ret	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Darren Barton	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Antonio Ramirez	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Petit	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Loek Bodelier	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Josep Sarda	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Akira Saito	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	Retirement