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Race 6 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 9 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Le Castellet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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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.
500 cc classification
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] |
250 cc classification
125 cc classification
References
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
- ^ "1996 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Paul Ricard - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "1996 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1996". www.motogp.com.