1996 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1996 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 August 1996 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was also the first victory for a young Valentino Rossi in the 125cc class.

  1996 Czech Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 August 1996
Official name	Grand Prix České Republiky
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Jean-Michel Bayle Time 2:02.834 Fastest lap Rider Àlex Crivillé Time 2:02.791 Podium First Àlex Crivillé Second Mick Doohan Third Scott Russell
250 cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 2:04.626 Fastest lap Rider Max Biaggi Time 2:06.067 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Olivier Jacque Third Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:11.140 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Time 2:11.816 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Jorge Martínez Third Tomomi Manako

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	45:38.884	25
2	Mick Doohan	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+0.002	20
3	Scott Russell	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+2.870	16
4	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+4.419	13
5	Loris Capirossi	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+6.753	11
6	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+6.858	10
7	Tadayuki Okada	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+8.892	9
8	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Honda Pons	Honda	+9.148	8
9	Alex Barros	Honda Pileri	Honda	+13.334	7
10	Shinichi Itoh	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+13.776	6
11	Norifumi Abe	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+15.009	5
12	Alberto Puig	Fortuna Honda Pons	Honda	+17.482	4
13	Terry Rymer	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+26.828	3
14	Jeremy McWilliams	QUB Team Optimum	ROC Yamaha	+49.242	2
15	Marcellino Lucchi	IP Aprilia Racing Team	Aprilia	+49.608	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+53.456
17	Sean Emmett	Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	+1:08.488
18	Eugene McManus	Millar Racing	Yamaha	+1:13.285
19	Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	Yamaha	+1:13.472
20	Chris Walker	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1:28.250
21	Adrien Bosshard	Elf 500 ROC	ROC Yamaha	+1:29.684
22	Jean Pierre Jeandat	Team Paton	Paton	+2:01.578
23	Paul Young	Padgett's Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	James Haydon	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Luca Cadalora	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	Retirement
DNS	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	Did not start
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	42:19.509	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+5.901	20
3	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+8.317	16
4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+8.517	13
5	Jürgen Fuchs	Honda	+8.662	11
6	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Honda	+22.095	10
7	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	+37.969	9
8	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+38.309	8
9	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	+38.418	7
10	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+38.502	6
11	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+39.177	5
12	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+43.563	4
13	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	+43.895	3
14	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+44.034	2
15	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+51.376	1
16	Regis Laconi	Honda	+52.275
17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+52.336
18	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	+1:10.761
19	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	+1:11.303
20	Cristophe Cogan	Honda	+1:47.010
21	Vladimir Castka	Honda	+1:57.111
22	José Barresi	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Osamu Miyazaki	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	Retirement