1996 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix

Italy  1996 City of Imola Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 15 races in the
1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 1 September 1996
Location Imola
Course Permanent racing facility
4.909 km (3.050 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:50.250
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:50.191
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Japan Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:54.078
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Ralf Waldmann
Time 1:53.594
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann
Second France Olivier Jacque
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martínez
Time 2:00.818
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:00.362
Podium
First Japan Masaki Tokudome
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Spain Jorge Martínez

The 1996 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 September 1996 at Imola.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Mick Doohan Honda 29:40.732 25
2 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda +0.104 20
3 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda +2.286 16
4 France Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha +10.041 13
5 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha +12.232 11
6 Italy Luca Cadalora Honda +12.366 10
7 United States Scott Russell Suzuki +15.473 9
8 Brazil Alex Barros Honda +16.328 8
9 Japan Shinichi Itoh Honda +18.499 7
10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr Yamaha +18.810 6
11 Spain Carlos Checa Honda +20.592 5
12 Spain Alberto Puig Honda +37.194 4
13 Italy Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha +51.547 3
14 Italy Doriano Romboni Aprilia +1:00.108 2
15 United Kingdom Eugene McManus Yamaha +1:01.792 1
16 United Kingdom Sean Emmett Harris Yamaha +1:21.254
17 France Jean Pierre Jeandat Paton +1:36.087
18 Italy Marco Papa Paton +2 Laps
Ret United Kingdom Terry Rymer Suzuki Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Chris Walker Elf 500 Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Loris Capirossi Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Frederic Protat ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom James Haydon ROC Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Juan Borja Elf 500 Retirement
Ret Australia Paul Young Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret Switzerland Adrien Bosshard ROC Yamaha Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda 44:02.620 25
2 France Olivier Jacque Honda +4.770 20
3 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +5.298 16
4 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Honda +24.132 13
5 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia +24.404 11
6 Spain Luis d'Antin Honda +37.644 10
7 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +42.854 9
8 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda +47.826 8
9 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia +52.416 7
10 Italy Davide Bulega Aprilia +59.142 6
11 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +1:01.610 5
12 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +1:01.786 4
13 Spain José Luis Cardoso Aprilia +1:02.000 3
14 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +1:04.224 2
15 Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda +1:07.722 1
16 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia +1:08.290
17 Switzerland Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia +1:08.710
18 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda +1:08.836
19 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia +1:13.476
20 France Cristophe Cogan Honda +1:13.526
21 Italy Giuseppe Fiorillo Aprilia +1:22.800
22 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia +1:32.978
23 Venezuela José Barresi Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret France Christian Boudinot Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Filippo Cotti Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement
Ret Argentina Sebastian Porto Aprilia Retirement
Ret Switzerland Eskil Suter Aprilia Retirement
Ret France Regis Laconi Honda Retirement
Ret France Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement
Ret Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 42:47.711 25
2 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda +0.374 20
3 Spain Jorge Martinez Aprilia +1.220 16
4 Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia +3.581 13
5 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia +8.925 11
6 Japan Tomomi Manako Honda +15.196 10
7 Italy Ivan Goi Honda +17.475 9
8 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +24.575 8
9 Germany Manfred Geissler Aprilia +27.519 7
10 France Frederic Petit Honda +29.605 6
11 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +31.021 5
12 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +39.332 4
13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Hules Honda +40.450 3
14 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda +47.489 2
15 Spain Herri Torrontegui Honda +47.967 1
16 Japan Akira Saito Honda +55.443
17 Italy Paolo Tessari Honda +55.669
18 United Kingdom Darren Barton Aprilia +55.862
19 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Aprilia +1:03.588
20 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia +1:13.158
21 Italy Gabriele Debbia Yamaha +1:14.440
22 Italy Andrea Zappa Aprilia +1:14.453
23 Italy Luigi Ancona Honda +1:14.782
24 Italy Ivan Cremonini Honda +1:27.373
25 Italy Maurizio Cucchiarini Honda +1 Lap
Ret Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha Retirement
Ret Spain Josep Sarda Honda Retirement
Ret Netherlands Loek Bodelier Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Peter Öttl Aprilia Retirement
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1996 Czech Republic Grand Prix
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