1996 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1996 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 October 1996
Location	Eastern Creek
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.930 km (2.442 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	1:30.478
Fastest lap
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	1:30.359
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Tadayuki Okada
Third	Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:31.718
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:32.084
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Ralf Waldmann
Third	Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Haruchika Aoki
Time	1:36.080
Fastest lap
Rider	Haruchika Aoki
Time	1:36.272
Podium
First	Garry McCoy
Second	Haruchika Aoki
Third	Masaki Tokudome

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.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Loris Capirossi	Yamaha	45:47.858	25
2	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+10.980	20
3	Carlos Checa	Honda	+11.397	16
4	Alex Barros	Honda	+11.438	13
5	Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha	+12.424	11
6	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+20.394	10
7	Luca Cadalora	Honda	+22.064	9
8	Mick Doohan	Honda	+22.134	8
9	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+29.821	7
10	Peter Goddard	Suzuki	+32.744	6
11	Kenny Roberts Jr	Yamaha	+33.519	5
12	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Frederic Protat	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	3
14	Andrew Stroud	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap	2
15	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Paton	+1 Lap	1
16	Stephane Mertens	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Juan Borja	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Paul Young	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Martin Craggill	Elf 500	Retirement
Ret	Eugene McManus	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Scott Russell	Suzuki	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	43:21.574	25
2	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+1.730	20
3	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+18.762	16
4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+25.226	13
5	Jürgen Fuchs	Honda	+25.725	11
6	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Honda	+26.034	10
7	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+29.606	9
8	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+46.399	8
9	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+46.610	7
10	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	+59.280	6
11	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+59.748	5
12	Regis Laconi	Honda	+59.828	4
13	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:16.258	3
14	Marcus Payten	Honda	+1:26.544	2
15	Alessandro Antonello	Aprilia	+1:29.720	1
Ret	Cristophe Cogan	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Craig Connell	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Barresi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Sete Gibernau	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
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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