Motorbike World Championship 1996

Motorbike World Championship 1996

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Mick Doohan
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Max Biaggi
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Haruchika Aoki
Constructor:	Aprilia
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Darren Dixon Andy Hetherington
Constructor:	LCR -BRM- Swissauto
<1995 season	1997 season>

The 1996 motorcycle world championship season was the 48th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

In the classes up to 500 cm³, up to 250 cm³ and up to 125 cm³, 15 races and seven races were held for the sidecar .

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	March 31	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Luca Cadalora	Alex Barros	Carlos Checa	Tadayuki Okada	Tadayuki Okada
2	04/07	GP of Indonesia	Sentul	Mick Doohan	Alex Barros	Loris Capirossi	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
3	04/21	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Norick Abe	Àlex Crivillé	Scott Russell	Àlex Crivillé	Norick Abe
4th	05/12	GP of Spain	Jerez	Mick Doohan	Luca Cadalora	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan	Luca Cadalora
5	May 26th	Italian GP	Mugello	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé
6th	09.06.	French GP	Le Castellet	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Alberto Puig	Àlex Crivillé	Àlex Crivillé
7th	29.06.	66. Dutch TT	Aces	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Alex Barros	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan
8th	07.07.	60th GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Luca Cadalora	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan
9	07/21	British GP	Donington	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Norick Abe	Mick Doohan	Scott Russell
10	04.08.	Austrian GP	Österreichring	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Norick Abe	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé
11	08/18	Czech GP	Brno	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Scott Russell	Jean-Michel Bayle	Àlex Crivillé
12	01.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Tadayuki Okada	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé
13	15.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Carlos Checa	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Mick Doohan	Carlos Checa
14th	06.10.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Mick Doohan	Àlex Crivillé	Norick Abe	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan
15th	20.10.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Loris Capirossi	Tadayuki Okada	Carlos Checa	Àlex Crivillé	Àlex Crivillé

Driver ranking

1 Mick Doohan Honda 309 2 Àlex Crivillé Honda 245 3 Luca Cadalora Honda 168 4th Alex Barros Honda 158 5 Norick Abe Yamaha 148 6th Scott Russell Suzuki 133 7th Tadayuki Okada Honda 132 8th Carlos Checa Honda 124 9 Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha 110 10 Loris Capirossi Yamaha 98 11 Alberto Puig Honda 93 12 Shin'ichi Ito Honda 77 13 Kenny Roberts Jr. Yamaha 69 14th Juan Borja ELF 500 ROC 34 15th Frédéric Protat ROC Yamaha 32 16 Jeremy McWilliams ROC Yamaha 26th 17th Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha 25th

18th Daryl Beattie Suzuki 24 19th Doriano Romboni Aprilia 23 20th Terry Rymer Suzuki 16 21st James Haydon ROC Yamaha 16 22nd Sean Emmett Harris-Yamaha 9 23 Peter Goddard Suzuki 6th 24 Eugene McManus Yamaha 6th 25th Toshi Arakaki Harris-Yamaha / Paton 4th 26th Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha 3 Florian Ferracci ROC-Yamaha / Paton 3 28 Jean-Marc Delétang ROC Yamaha 2 Paul Young Harris Yamaha 2 Andrew Stroud ROC Yamaha 2 31 Chris Walker ELF 500 ROC 2 32 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	365
2	Yamaha	216
3	Suzuki	152
4th	ROC- Yamaha	53
5	ELF 500 ROC	35
6th	Aprilia	24
7th	Harris- Yamaha	11
8th	Paton	1

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	March 31	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Max Biaggi	Tetsuya Harada	Luis d'Antin	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
2	04/07	GP of Indonesia	Sentul	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
3	04/21	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Max Biaggi	Noriyasu Numata	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi
4th	05/12	GP of Spain	Jerez	Max Biaggi	Tetsuya Harada	Ralf Waldmann	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
5	May 26th	Italian GP	Mugello	Max Biaggi	Marcellino Lucchi	Ralf Waldmann	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
6th	09.06.	French GP	Le Castellet	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
7th	29.06.	66. Dutch TT	Aces	Ralf Waldmann	Jürgen Fuchs	Max Biaggi	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque
8th	07.07.	60th GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Ralf Waldmann	Olivier Jacque	Jürgen Fuchs	Ralf Waldmann	Ralf Waldmann
9	07/21	British GP	Donington	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi
10	04.08.	Austrian GP	Österreichring	Ralf Waldmann	Luis d'Antin	Jürgen Fuchs	Olivier Jacque	Ralf Waldmann
11	08/18	Czech GP	Brno	Max Biaggi	Olivier Jacque	Ralf Waldmann	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
12	01.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Ralf Waldmann	Olivier Jacque	Tōru Ukawa	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann
13	15.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Max Biaggi	Olivier Jacque	Ralf Waldmann	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
14th	06.10.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Olivier Jacque	Ralf Waldmann	Jürgen Fuchs	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque
15th	20.10.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Max Biaggi	Ralf Waldmann	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi

Driver ranking

1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 274 2 Ralf Waldmann Honda 268 3 Olivier Jacque Honda 193 4th Jürgen Fuchs Honda 174 5 Tōru Ukawa Honda 142 6th Luis d'Antin Honda 138 7th Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 105 8th Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 104 9 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda 91 10 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 62 11 Jürgen van den Goorbergh Honda 56 12 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 56 13 Eskil Suter Aprilia 56 14th Cristiano Migliorati Honda 50 15th Regis Laconi Honda 43 16 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 41 17th Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 41 18th Jamie Robinson Aprilia 26th

19th Sebastián Porto Aprilia 25th 20th Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia 22nd 21st Noriyasu Numata Suzuki 20th 22nd Sete Gibernau Honda / Yamaha 20th 23 Daijirō Katō Aprilia 16 24 Davide Bulega Aprilia 14th 25th Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia 13 26th Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 10 27 Kensuke Haga Yamaha 9 28 Yasu Hatakeyama Honda 9 29 Alessandro Antonello Aprilia 8th 30th Massimo Ottobre Aprilia 6th 31 José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 3 32 Christophe Cogan Honda 2 Christian Boudinot Aprilia 2 Marcus Payten Honda 2

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	305
2	Aprilia	304
3	Yamaha	121
4th	Suzuki	20th

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	March 31	Malaysian GP	Shah Alam	Stefano Perugini	Haruchika Aoki	Peter Öttl	Kazuto Sakata	Emilio Alzamora
2	04/07	GP of Indonesia	Sentul	Masaki Tokudome	Haruchika Aoki	Peter Öttl	Haruchika Aoki	Haruchika Aoki
3	04/21	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Masaki Tokudome	Haruchika Aoki	Noboru Ueda	Noboru Ueda	Kazuto Sakata
4th	05/12	GP of Spain	Jerez	Haruchika Aoki	Emilio Alzamora	Noboru Ueda	Jorge Martínez	Kazuto Sakata
5	May 26th	Italian GP	Mugello	Peter Öttl	Haruchika Aoki	Kazuto Sakata	Masaki Tokudome	Akira Saitō
6th	09.06.	French GP	Le Castellet	Stefano Perugini	Tomomi Manako	Emilio Alzamora	Masaki Tokudome	Valentino Rossi
7th	29.06.	66. Dutch TT	Aces	Emilio Alzamora	Ivan Goi	Haruchika Aoki	Masaki Tokudome	Emilio Alzamora
8th	07.07.	60th GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Masaki Tokudome	Stefano Perugini	Haruchika Aoki	Jorge Martínez	Peter Öttl
9	07/21	British GP	Donington	Stefano Perugini	Masaki Tokudome	Tomomi Manako	Masaki Tokudome	Masaki Tokudome
10	04.08.	Austrian GP	Österreichring	Ivan Goi	Dirk Raudies	Valentino Rossi	Masaki Tokudome	Dirk Raudies
11	08/18	Czech GP	Brno	Valentino Rossi	Jorge Martínez	Tomomi Manako	Valentino Rossi	Jorge Martínez
12	01.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Masaki Tokudome	Emilio Alzamora	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez	Valentino Rossi
13	15.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Tomomi Manako	Garry McCoy	Kazuto Sakata	Yōichi Ui	Tomomi Manako
14th	06.10.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Haruchika Aoki	Emilio Alzamora	Masaki Tokudome	Haruchika Aoki	Haruchika Aoki
15th	20.10.	Australian GP	Eastern Creek	Garry McCoy	Haruchika Aoki	Masaki Tokudome	Haruchika Aoki	Haruchika Aoki

Driver ranking

1 Haruchika Aoki Honda 220 2 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 193 3 Tomomi Manako Honda 167 4th Emilio Alzamora Honda 158 5 Jorge Martínez Aprilia 131 6th Stefano Perugini Aprilia 128 7th Noboru Ueda Honda 126 8th Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 113 9 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 111 10 Ivan Goi Honda 110 11 Peter Öttl Aprilia 97 12 Garry McCoy Aprilia 87 13 Dirk Raudies Honda 81 14th Yoshiaki Katō Yamaha 61 15th Lucio Cecchinello Honda 59 16 Manfred Geissler Aprilia 54 17th Akira Saitō Honda 43 18th Yōichi Ui Yamaha 36

19th Frédéric Petit Honda 28 20th Herri Torrontegui Honda 18th 21st Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 14th 22nd Darren Barton Aprilia 12 23 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 12 24 Masao Azuma Honda 10 25th Josep Sardá Honda 8th 26th Shigeru Ibaraki Yamaha 6th 27 Loek Bodelier Honda 4th 28 Paolo Tessari Honda 4th 29 Luigi Ancona Honda / Aprilia 3 30th Mirko Giansanti Honda 2 31 Gabriele Debbia Yamaha 2 32 Shinichi Sugaya Honda 1 José Ramón Ramírez Yamaha / Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	324
2	Honda	313
3	Yamaha	83

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	May 26th	Italian GP	Mugello	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Steve Webster / David James	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
2	29.06.	66. Dutch TT	Aces	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Steve Webster / David James	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington
3	07.07.	60th GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	Steve Webster / David James	Steve Webster / David James	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington
4th	07/21	British GP	Donington	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / David James	Steve Webster / David James	Steve Abbott / Jamie Biggs
5	04.08.	Austrian GP	Österreichring	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Paul Güdel / Charly Güdel
6th	08/18	Czech GP	Brno	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / David James	Ian Wilford / Craig Hallam	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
7th	15.09.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Klaus Klaffenböck / Christian Parzer	Steve Abbott / Jamie Biggs	Steve Webster / David James	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg

Driver ranking

1	Darren Dixon	Andy Hetherington	Windle -ADM	141
2	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	LCR -BRM- Swissauto	119
3	Steve Webster	David James	LCR-ADM	110
4th	Paul Güdel	Charly Güdel	LCR-BRM-Swissauto	108
5	Steve Abbott	Julian Tailford	Windle ADM	72
6th	Klaus Klaffenböck	Christian Parzer	LCR-ADM	63
7th	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Trevor Hopkinson	LCR-BRM-Swissauto	56
8th	Markus Bösiger	Peter Höss and Jürg Egli	LCR-ADM	53
9	Mark Reddington	Trevor Crone	LCR-ADM	35
10	Tony Wyssen	Kilian Wyssen	LCR-BRM-Swissauto	33
11	Markus Schlosser	Thomas Herzog	LCR-BRM-Swissauto	33
12	Derek Brindley	Paul Hutchinson	LCR-BRM-Swissauto	27
13	Benny Janssen	Alex Bloemsma and Adolf Hänni and Frans Geurts van Kessel	LCR-ADM	25th
14th	Ian Wilford	Dudley Tomlinson or Alex Bloemsma or Craig Hallam	LCR-ADM	21st
15th	Markus Neumann	Siegfried Zillmann	LCR-ADM	15th
16	Kevin Webster	Rob McIntosh	LCR-ADM	15th
17th	Dave Molyneux	Peter Hill	Windle ADM	14th
18th	Barry Brindley	Scott Whiteside	LCR- Yamaha	10
19th	Ralph Bohnhorst	PEckart Rösinger	LCR-ADM	7th
20th	Billy Gallros	Peter Berglund	LCR-NGK	6th
21st	Brian Gray	Steve Pointer or Douglas Jewell	LCR-ADM	6th
22nd	Janez Remše	Zlatko Grebensek and Axel Kölsch	LCR-ADM	3
23	Jukka Lauslehto	Harry Hofsteenge	LCR-ADM	2
	Stuart Muldoon	Chris Gusman	LCR Yamaha	2
	Jari Nikkanen	Jarno Nikkanen	LCR-ADM	2

Constructors' championship

1	LCR -BRM- Swissauto	149
2	Windle -ADM	144
3	LCR -ADM	123
4th	LCR -Stredor	25th
5	LCR - Yamaha	12
6th	LCR -NGK	6th

literature

• Friedemann Kirn: Motorcycle World Cup '96 . The races for the world championship. 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-613-01777-6 .

Web links

Commons : Motorbike World Championship 1996  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1996 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)