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.
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:
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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