1996 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 August 1996
Official name	HB Motorrad Grand Prix Austria[1][2]
Location	A1-Ring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.319 km (2.684 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Mick Doohan Time 1:29.430 Fastest lap Rider Àlex Crivillé Time 1:30.112 Podium First Àlex Crivillé Second Mick Doohan Third Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position Rider Olivier Jacque Time 1:33.700 Fastest lap Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 1:34.686 Podium First Ralf Waldmann Second Luis d'Antin Third Jürgen Fuchs
125 cc
Pole position Rider Masaki Tokudome Time 1:41.254 Fastest lap Rider Dirk Raudies Time 1:42.002 Podium First Ivan Goi Second Dirk Raudies Third Valentino Rossi

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]

Mick Doohan, Àlex Crivillé and Norifumi Abe, spraying the champagne on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the 500cc race.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	42:37.024	25
2	Mick Doohan	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+0.500	20
3	Norifumi Abe	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+4.534	16
4	Luca Cadalora	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	+19.470	13
5	Alex Barros	Honda Pileri	Honda	+20.936	11
6	Scott Russell	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+21.058	10
7	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Honda Pons	Honda	+25.632	9
8	Loris Capirossi	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+25.701	8
9	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+25.986	7
10	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+28.046	6
11	Tadayuki Okada	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+32.446	5
12	Terry Rymer	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+38.616	4
13	Alberto Puig	Fortuna Honda Pons	Honda	+39.031	3
14	Jeremy McWilliams	QUB Team Optimum	ROC Yamaha	+1:18.224	2
15	Chris Walker	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1:20.212	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	James Haydon	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Marcellino Lucchi	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	+1 Lap
19	Eugene McManus	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1 Lap
20	Paul Young	Padgett's Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Jean Pierre Jeandat	Team Paton	Paton	+1 Lap
Ret	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Sean Emmett	Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Adrien Bosshard	Elf 500 ROC	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Shinichi Itoh	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	Retirement
Sources: [4][5]

250cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	41:29.190	25
2	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+16.374	20
3	Jürgen Fuchs	Honda	+21.140	16
4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+22.979	13
5	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Honda	+27.805	11
6	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+37.712	10
7	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+37.756	9
8	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+52.913	8
9	Regis Laconi	Honda	+54.232	7
10	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	+1:01.608	6
11	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	+1:03.950	5
12	Alessandro Antonello	Aprilia	+1:04.462	4
13	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:17.335	3
14	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	+1:22.534	2
15	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	+1:26.589	1
16	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+1:28.269
17	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	+1 Lap
18	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Cristophe Cogan	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Richard Haidegger	Aprilia	+1 Lap
21	Uwe Bolterhauer	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Thomas Stadler	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Johann Wolfsteiner	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Osamu Miyazaki	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Olivier Jacque	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	Retirement

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Ivan Goi	Honda	41:50.829	25
2	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+0.767	20
3	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	+2.322	16
4	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+2.739	13
5	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	+4.341	11
6	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	+4.910	10
7	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+17.385	9
8	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+19.464	8
9	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+20.971	7
10	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+26.469	6
11	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+27.666	5
12	Akira Saito	Honda	+27.687	4
13	Herri Torrontegui	Honda	+38.933	3
14	Josep Sarda	Honda	+42.917	2
15	Frederic Petit	Honda	+46.979	1
16	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+51.963
17	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	+55.754
18	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	+58.003
19	Harald Danninger	Honda	+1:17.416
20	Loek Bodelier	Honda	+1:18.116
21	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	+1:32.504
22	Gerwin Hofer	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Georg Scharl	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Darren Barton	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Paolo Tessari	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Bernd Holzleitner	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Gabriele Debbia	Yamaha	Retirement

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