1996 Superbike World Championship season

1996 Superbike World Championship season
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Supersport World Championship

The 1996 Superbike World Championship season was the 9th F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The season started on April 14 at Misano, and finished on October 27 at Phillip Island after 12 rounds.

Troy Corser won the rider's championship with 7 victories and Ducati won the manufacturer's championship.

Contents

Season Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Rider
1 R1 Misano April 14 John Kocinski John Kocinski John Kocinski
R2 Troy Corser John Kocinski
2 R1 Donington April 28 Troy Corser Troy Corser Troy Corser
R2 Aaron Slight Troy Corser
3 R1 Hockenheim May 10 Pierfrancesco Chili Troy Corser Aaron Slight
R2 Aaron Slight Carl Fogarty
4 R1 Monza June 16 Pierfrancesco Chili Pierfrancesco Chili Carl Fogarty
R2 Troy Corser Pierfrancesco Chili
5 R1 Brno June 30 Troy Corser Troy Corser Troy Corser
R2 Troy Corser Troy Corser
6 R1 Laguna Seca July 21 John Kocinski Anthony Gobert John Kocinski
R2 Wataru Yoshikawa Anthony Gobert
7 R1 Brands Hatch August 4 Troy Corser John Kocinski Pierfrancesco Chili
R2 Troy Corser Troy Corser
8 R1 Sentul August 18 Colin Edwards Carl Fogarty John Kocinski
R2 John Kocinski John Kocinski
9 R1 Sugo August 25 Troy Corser Noriyuki Haga Yuichi Takeda
R2 Takuma Aoki Takuma Aoki
10 R1 Assen September 8 John Kocinski Carl Fogarty Carl Fogarty
R2 John Kocinski Carl Fogarty
11 R1 Albacete October 6 Troy Corser Troy Corser Troy Corser
R2 Troy Corser Troy Corser
12 R1 Phillip Island October 27 Colin Edwards Aaron Slight Anthony Gobert
R2 Aaron Slight Anthony Gobert

Season standings

Rider standings

1996 Final Riders Standings
Pos Rider Bike SMR
 GBR
 GER
 ITA
 CZE
 USA
 EUR
 INA
 JPN
 NED
 ESP
 AUS
 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Troy Corser Ducati 2 2 1 1 Ret Ret 5 4 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 6 5 4 9 4 2 1 1 3 NC 369
2 Aaron Slight Honda 6 5 5 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 6 5 3 2 6 3 3 5 9 6 Ret 2 347
3 John Kocinski Ducati 1 1 7 6 2 3 Ret Ret 4 6 1 12 3 Ret 1 1 5 2 5 3 3 2 7 5 337
4 Carl Fogarty Honda 7 6 8 7 5 1 1 3 2 3 8 4 5 Ret 2 3 8 4 1 1 5 7 4 6 331
5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 11 7 6 4 3 5 3 5 6 7 4 Ret 4 3 5 4 2 3 2 3 248
6 Pierfrancesco Chili Ducati 3 3 4 5 Ret Ret 4 1 8 10 Ret 7 1 2 4 Ret Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 8 9 223
7 Simon Crafar Kawasaki 4 4 2 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 10 9 7 5 9 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 8 8 4 4 Ret 11 180
8 Anthony Gobert Kawasaki 5 DSQ 3 3 6 Ret Ret 10 Ret 19 Ret 1 2 4 1 1 167
9 Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha 9 11 9 12 9 11 9 8 10 6 7 7 3 8 10 7 6 5 6 7 163
10 Neil Hodgson Ducati 12 Ret 6 9 11 4 3 9 8 Ret Ret 8 13 14 7 6 8 8 Ret 12 122
11 Mike Hale Ducati 13 8 14 16 Ret 8 7 5 6 10 12 11 10 9 20 22 11 12 10 Ret 9 4 114
12 John Reynolds Suzuki 17 Ret 15 7 5 8 Ret 7 8 9 6 14 12 13 Ret 7 9 11 10 99
13 Kirk McCarthy Suzuki Ret 12 13 14 10 9 8 8 14 Ret 10 13 Ret 10 13 10 17 18 14 9 Ret 15 10 15 81
14 Paolo Casoli Ducati Ret 13 11 9 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 11 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 14 Ret 70
15 Piergiorgio Bontempi Kawasaki 10 10 10 11 12 13 Ret 18 16 13 16 13 9 11 12 22 20 15 Ret 13 13 12 Ret 63
16 Christer Lindholm Ducati 8 9 Ret 8 8 7 10 14 Ret 13 9 Ret 58
17 Jamie Whitham Yamaha Ret 10 7 6 Ret Ret 6 14 37
18 Andreas Meklau Ducati Ret 13 11 12 11 12 12 16 10 17 31
19 Takuma Aoki Honda 11 1 30
20 Yuichi Takeda Honda 1 25 25
21 Jochen Schmid Kawasaki 16 14 12 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 10 23
22 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 2 DSQ 20
23 Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 7 5 20
24 Peter Goddard Suzuki 5 8 19
25 Akira Ryo Kawasaki 9 6 17
26 Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki 10 7 15
27 Roger Kellenberger Honda 11 10 Ret 17 11
28 Brian Morrison Ducati 14 Ret 11 12 11
29 Doug Chandler Kawasaki Ret 6 10
30 Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 12 10 10
31 Michael Paquay Ducati 15 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 17 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret 26 17 Ret 17 Ret 10
32 Gregorio Lavilla Yamaha 11 12 9
33 Rob Phillis Kawasaki Ret 14 Ret 15 15 15 15 13 17 16 9
34 Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 16 13 Ret 8
35 Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha 12 13 7
36 Sean Emmett Ducati 18 15 12 14 Ret Ret 7
37 Larry Pegram Ducati 12 14 6
38 Martin Craggill Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 11 5
39 Shawn Giles Ducati 13 Ret Ret Ret 18 14 Ret 17 5
40 Ioannis Boustas Ducati 23 Ret 19 21 22 17 22 17 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 5
Pos Rider Bike SMR
 GBR
 GER
 ITA
 CZE
 USA
 EUR
 INA
 JPN
 NED
 ESP
 AUS
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers standings

Pos Manufacturer Pts
1 Ducati 521
2 Honda 430
3 Kawasaki 308
4 Yamaha 300
5 Suzuki 156
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