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.
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| Race 6 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 9 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Le Castellet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc classification edit
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Mick Doohan
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | 42:43.959 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Àlex Crivillé
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +11.539 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Alberto Puig
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Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +26.255 | 16 | ||
| 4 |  Norifumi Abe
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +26.467 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Scott Russell
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +29.739 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Luca Cadalora
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Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +40.379 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Alex Barros
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Honda Pileri | Honda | +58.435 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Frederic Protat
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Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1:14.962 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  James Haydon
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World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:19.042 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Lucio Pedercini
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Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 6 | ||
| 11 | Jeremy McWilliams
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QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
| 12 | Eugene McManus
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Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
| 13 | Florian Ferracci
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Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
| 14 | Jean-Marc Deletang
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ELC Lease ROC | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
| 15 | Toshiyuki Arakaki
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Padgett's Racing Team | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
| Ret | Doriano Romboni
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IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Tadayuki Okada
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Kenny Roberts Jr.
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Sean Emmett
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Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Juan Borja
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Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Shinichi Itoh
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Carlos Checa
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Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Jean-Michel Bayle
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Jean Pierre Jeandat
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Team Paton | Paton | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Loris Capirossi
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [4][5] | |||||||
250 cc classification edit
125 cc classification edit
References edit
- ^ "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.