# List of 1996 motorsport champions

This list of 1996 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.

## Dirt oval racing

| Series | Champion | Refer |
| World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series | Mark Kinser | |
| World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series | Teams: Karl Kinser Racing | |

## Drag racing

| Series | Champion | Refer |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Top Fuel: Kenny Bernstein | 1996 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Funny Car: John Force | 1996 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Pro Stock: Jim Yates | 1996 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |
| NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series | Pro Stock Motorcycle: Dave Schultz | 1996 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series |

## Karting

| Series | Driver |
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship | FSA: Johnny Mislijevic |
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship | FC: Gianluca Beggio |
| CIK-FIA Five Continents Cup Junior A | Fernando Alonso |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | FSA: Johnny Mislijevic |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | ICC: Alessandro Piccini |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | FA: Giorgio Pantano |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | ICA: Ludovic Veve |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | ICA-J: Marino Spinozzi |
| CIK-FIA Karting European Championship | Cadet: Nelson van der Pol |

## Motorcycle

| Series | Rider | Season article |
| 500cc World Championship | Mick Doohan | 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| 250cc World Championship | Max Biaggi | 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| 125cc World Championship | Haruchika Aoki | 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
| Superbike World Championship | Troy Corser | 1996 Superbike World Championship season |
| Speedway World Championship | Billy Hamill | 1996 Speedway Grand Prix |
| AMA Superbike Championship | Doug Chandler | |
| Australian Superbike Championship | Peter Goddard | |

## Open wheel racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Damon Hill | 1996 Formula One World Championship |
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Constructors: Williams-Renault | 1996 Formula One World Championship |
| FIA International Formula 3000 | Jörg Müller | 1996 International Formula 3000 Championship |
| PPG Indy Car World Series | Jimmy Vasser | 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series |
| PPG Indy Car World Series | Manufacturers: Honda | 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series |
| PPG Indy Car World Series | Rookies: Alex Zanardi | 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series |
| Indy Racing League | Scott Sharp / Buzz Calkins (tie) | 1996 Indy Racing League |
| Indy Lights Series | David Empringham | 1996 Indy Lights season |
| American Indycar Series | Ken Petrie | 1996 American Indycar Series |
| Atlantic Championship Series | Patrick Carpentier | 1996 Atlantic Championship |
| Australian Drivers' Championship | Paul Stokell | 1996 Australian Drivers' Championship |
| Barber Dodge Pro Series | Fredrik Larsson | 1996 Barber Dodge Pro Series |
| British Formula Two Championship | Gareth Rees | 1996 British Formula Two Championship |
| British Formula Two Championship | Teams: Super Nova Racing | 1996 British Formula Two Championship |
| Formula Nippon Championship | Ralf Schumacher | 1996 Formula Nippon Championship |
| Formula Nippon Championship | Teams: X-Japan Le Mans | 1996 Formula Nippon Championship |
| Historic Formula One Championship | Michael Schryver | 1996 Historic Formula One Championship |
| BOSS Formula Series | Johan Rajamaki | 1996 BOSS Formula Series |
| BOSS Formula Series | Teams: Rajamaki Racing | 1996 BOSS Formula Series |
| Formula Asia | Narain Karthikeyan | 1996 Formula Asia |
| Formula König | Thomas Mühlenz | 1996 Formula König season |
| Formula König | Teams: Kern Motorsport | 1996 Formula König season |
| Formula Toyota | Yasuhisa Fujiwara | 1996 Formula Toyota season |
| Formula Toyota | West: Shinya Kurushima | 1996 Formula Toyota season |
| Russian Formula 1600 Championship | Viktor Kozankov | 1996 Russian Formula 1600 Championship |
| Russian Formula 1600 Championship | Teams: West Canopus Castrol | 1996 Russian Formula 1600 Championship |
| Star Mazda Championship | Rich Stephens | 1996 Star Mazda Championship |
| U.S. F2000 National Championship | Steve Knapp | 1996 U.S. F2000 National Championship |
| Formula Three |||
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | Juichi Wakisaka | 1996 All-Japan Formula Three Championship |
| All-Japan Formula Three Championship | Teams: Nakajima Racing | 1996 All-Japan Formula Three Championship |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | Josef Neuhauser | 1996 Austria Formula 3 Cup |
| Austria Formula 3 Cup | Trophy: Christian Windhofer | 1996 Austria Formula 3 Cup |
| British Formula 3 Championship | Ralph Firman | 1996 British Formula Three Championship |
| British Formula 3 Championship | Class B: Simon Wills | 1996 British Formula Three Championship |
| Chilean Formula Three Championship | Ramón Ibarra | 1996 Chilean Formula Three Championship |
| French Formula Three Championship | Soheil Ayari | 1996 French Formula Three Championship |
| French Formula Three Championship | Teams: Graff Racing | 1996 French Formula Three Championship |
| German Formula Three Championship | Jarno Trulli | 1996 German Formula Three Championship |
| German Formula Three Championship | Class B: Johan Stureson | 1996 German Formula Three Championship |
| Italian Formula Three Championship | Andrea Boldrini | 1996 Italian Formula Three Championship |
| Italian Formula Three Championship | Teams: RC Motorsport | 1996 Italian Formula Three Championship |
| Mexican Formula Three Championship | Rod MacLeod | 1996 Mexican Formula Three Championship |
| Formula 3 Sudamericana | Gabriel Furlán | 1996 Formula 3 Sudamericana |
| Formula 3 Sudamericana | National: Anibal Zaniratto | 1996 Formula 3 Sudamericana |
| Swiss Formula Three Championship | Norbert Zehnder | 1996 Swiss Formula Three Championship |
| Formula Renault |||
| French Formula Renault Championship | Sébastien Enjolras | 1996 French Formula Renault Championship |
| Eurocup Formula Renault | Enrique Bernoldi | |
| Eurocup Formula Renault | Teams: JD Motorsport | |
| Formula Renault Argentina | Martín Basso | 1996 Formula Renault Argentina |
| Formula Renault Sport UK | David Cook | 1996 Formula Renault Sport UK |
| Formula Renault Sport UK | Teams: DCCook Racing | 1996 Formula Renault Sport UK |
| Formula Renault BARC | Ian Astley | 1996 Formula Renault BARC |
| Formula Renault Germany | Alexander Müller | 1996 Formula Renault Germany |
| Spanish Formula Renault Championship | Bruno Correia | 1996 Spanish Formula Renault Championship |
| Formula Ford |||
| Australian Formula Ford Championship | David Besnard | 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship |
| Austrian Formula Ford Championship | Robert Lechner | |
| Benelux Formula Ford 1800 Championship | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | |
| Benelux Formula Ford 1600 Championship | Allan Berndt | |
| British Formula Ford Championship | Kristian Kolby | 1996 British Formula Ford Championship |
| Danish Formula Ford Championship | Tommy Schröter | |
| Dutch Formula Ford 1800 Championship | Sebastiaan Bleekemolen | |
| Dutch Formula Ford 1600 Championship | Allan Berndt | |
| Finnish Formula Ford Championship | Kari Mäenpää | |
| New Zealand Formula Ford Championship | Greg Tullett | |
| Formula Ford 1600 Nordic Championship | Janne Koistinen | |
| Scottish Formula Ford Championship | Jim Forsyth | |

## Rallying

| Series | Driver/Co-Driver | Season article |
| World Rally Championship | Tommi Mäkinen | 1996 World Rally Championship |
| World Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Seppo Harjanne | 1996 World Rally Championship |
| World Rally Championship | Manufacturer: Subaru | 1996 World Rally Championship |
| FIA Cup for Production Cars | Gustavo Trelles | 1996 World Rally Championship |
| African Rally Championship | Satwant Singh | 1996 African Rally Championship |
| Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | Kenneth Eriksson | 1996 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship |
| Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Staffan Parmander | 1996 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship |
| Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | Manufacturers: Mitsubishi | 1996 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship |
| Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | Group N: Yoshihiro Kataoka | 1996 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship |
| Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | 2-Litre: Nobuhiro Tajima | 1996 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship |
| Australian Rally Championship | Possum Bourne | 1996 Australian Rally Championship |
| Australian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Craig Vincent | 1996 Australian Rally Championship |
| British Rally Championship | Gwyndaf Evans | 1996 British Rally Championship |
| British Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Howard Davies | 1996 British Rally Championship |
| Canadian Rally Championship | Carl Merrill | 1996 Canadian Rally Championship |
| Canadian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Yorgi Bittner | 1996 Canadian Rally Championship |
| Czech Rally Championship | Ladislav Křeček | 1996 Czech Rally Championship |
| Czech Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Jan Krečman | 1996 Czech Rally Championship |
| Deutsche Rallye Meisterschaft | Armin Kremer | |
| Estonian Rally Championship | N 2000+: Ivar Raidam | 1996 Estonian Rally Championship |
| Estonian Rally Championship | N 2000+ Co-Drivers: Margus Karjane | 1996 Estonian Rally Championship |
| Estonian Rally Championship | A>2000: Raido Rüütel | 1996 Estonian Rally Championship |
| Estonian Rally Championship | A>2000 Co-Drivers: Robert Lepikson | 1996 Estonian Rally Championship |
| European Rally Championship | Armin Schwarz | 1996 European Rally Championship |
| European Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Denis Giraudet | 1996 European Rally Championship |
| Finnish Rally Championship | Group A +2000cc: Marcus Grönholm | 1996 Finnish Rally Championship |
| Finnish Rally Championship | Group N +2000cc: Jouko Puhakka | 1996 Finnish Rally Championship |
| Finnish Rally Championship | Group A -2000cc: Tapio Laukkanen | 1996 Finnish Rally Championship |
| Finnish Rally Championship | Group N -2000cc: Harri Rämänen | 1996 Finnish Rally Championship |
| French Rally Championship | Gilles Panizzi | |
| Hungarian Rally Championship | János Tóth | |
| Hungarian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Ferenc Gergely | |
| Indian National Rally Championship | Hari Singh | |
| Indian National Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Gurinder Singh Mann |
| Italian Rally Championship | Gianfranco Cunico | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Pierangelo Scalvini | |
| Italian Rally Championship | Manufacturers: Ford | |
| Middle East Rally Championship | Mohammed Ben Sulayem | |
| New Zealand Rally Championship | Joe McAndrew | 1996 New Zealand Rally Championship |
| New Zealand Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Robert Haldane | 1996 New Zealand Rally Championship |
| Polish Rally Championship | Krzysztof Hołowczyc | |
| Romanian Rally Championship | George Grigorescu | |
| Scottish Rally Championship | Jimmy Christie | |
| Scottish Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Murdo Campbell | |
| Slovak Rally Championship | Stanislav Chovanec | |
| Slovak Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Henrich Kurus | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Serge Damseaux | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Vito Bonafede | |
| South African National Rally Championship | Manufacturers: Volkswagen | |
| Spanish Rally Championship | Luis Climent | |
| Spanish Rally Championship | Co-Drivers: Alex Romaní | |

### Rallycross

| Series | Driver |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | Div 1: Eivind Opland |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | Div 2: Kenneth Hansen |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | 1400 Cup: Manfred Beck |
| British Rallycross Championship | Will Gollop |

### Ice racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| Andros Trophy | Elite: Yvan Muller | 1995–96 Andros Trophy |
| Andros Trophy | Promotion: James Ruffier | 1995–96 Andros Trophy |
| Andros Trophy | Dame: Caroline Barclay | 1995–96 Andros Trophy |

## Sports car

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| British GT Championship | GT1: Ian Flux GT1: Jake Ulrich | 1996 British GT Championship |
| British GT Championship | GT2: David Warnock GT2: Robert Schirle | 1996 British GT Championship |
| British GT Championship | GT3: Ken Thomson | 1996 British GT Championship |
| IMSA WSC Championship | Wayne Taylor | 1996 IMSA GT Championship |
| IMSA GT Championship | GTS-1: Irv Hoerr | 1996 IMSA GT Championship |
| IMSA GT Championship | GTS-2: Larry Schumacher | 1996 IMSA GT Championship |
| BPR Global GT Series | Ray Bellm James Weaver | 1996 BPR Global GT Series season |
| BPR Global GT Series | Teams: GTC Competition | 1996 BPR Global GT Series season |
| Porsche Supercup, Porsche Carrera Cup, GT3 Cup Challenge and Porsche Sprint Challenge |||
| Porsche Supercup | Emmanuel Collard | 1996 Porsche Supercup |
| Porsche Supercup | Teams: Oberbayern Motorsport | 1996 Porsche Supercup |
| Porsche Carrera Cup France | Christophe Bouchut | 1996 Porsche Carrera Cup France |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Ralf Kelleners | 1996 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Teams: Porsche Zentrum Koblenz | 1996 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |

## Stock car

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Terry Labonte | 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series |
| NASCAR Winston Cup Series | Manufacturers: Chevrolet | 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series |
| NASCAR Busch Grand National Series | Randy LaJoie | 1996 NASCAR Busch Series |
| NASCAR Busch Grand National Series | Manufacturers: Chevrolet | 1996 NASCAR Busch Series |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Ron Hornaday Jr. | 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | Manufacturers: Chevrolet | 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| NASCAR Busch North Series | Dave Dion | 1996 NASCAR Busch North Series |
| NASCAR Winston West Series | Lance Hooper | 1996 NASCAR Winston West Series |
| ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series | Tim Steele | 1996 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series |
| AUSCAR | Terry Wyhoon | 1995–96 AUSCAR season |
| Australian Super Speedway Championship | Jim Richards | 1995–96 Australian Super Speedway Championship |
| Turismo Carretera | Juan María Traverso | 1996 Turismo Carretera |

## Touring car

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| ADAC Procar Series | Jürgen Hohenester | 1996 ADAC Procar Series |
| ADAC Procar Series | Teams: Hohenester Motorsport | 1996 ADAC Procar Series |
| Australian Touring Car Championship | Craig Lowndes | 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship |
| Australian Super Touring Championship | Brad Jones | 1996 Australian Super Touring Championship |
| Australian Super Touring Championship | Teams: Audi Sport Australia | 1996 Australian Super Touring Championship |
| Australian Super Touring Championship | Manufacturers: Audi | 1996 Australian Super Touring Championship |
| Belgian Procar Championship | Jean François Hemroulle | 1996 Belgian Procar Championship |
| Belgian Procar Championship | Manufacturers: Audi | 1996 Belgian Procar Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Frank Biela | 1996 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Teams: Audi Sport UK | 1996 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Manufacturers: Audi | 1996 British Touring Car Championship |
| British Touring Car Championship | Privateers: Lee Brookes | 1996 British Touring Car Championship |
| Finnish Touring Car Championship | Toni Rasmus Ruokonen | |
| French Supertouring Championship | Éric Cayrolle | 1996 French Supertouring Championship |
| French Supertouring Championship | Criterium Trophy: Bruno Hernandez | 1996 French Supertouring Championship |
| International Touring Car Championship | Manuel Reuter | 1996 International Touring Car Championship |
| International Touring Car Championship | Manufacturers: Opel | 1996 International Touring Car Championship |
| Italian Superturismo Championship | Rinaldo Capello | 1996 Italian Superturismo Championship |
| Italian Superturismo Championship | Teams: CiBiEmme Engineering | 1996 Italian Superturismo Championship |
| Japanese Touring Car Championship | Naoki Hattori | 1996 Japanese Touring Car Championship |
| Japanese Touring Car Championship | Teams: Toyota Team TOM's | 1996 Japanese Touring Car Championship |
| New Zealand Touring Car Championship | Craig Baird | 1996 New Zealand Touring Car Championship |
| North American Touring Car Championship | Randy Pobst | 1996 North American Touring Car Championship |
| North American Touring Car Championship | Manufacturers: Honda | 1996 North American Touring Car Championship |
| Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy | Franck Lagorce | 1996 Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy |
| Spanish Supertouring Championship | Jordi Gené | 1996 Campeonato de España de Superturismos |
| Spanish Supertouring Championship | Manufacturers: Audi | 1996 Campeonato de España de Superturismos |
| Stock Car Brasil | Ingo Hoffmann | 1996 Stock Car Brasil season |
| Swedish Touring Car Championship | Jan Nilsson | 1996 Swedish Touring Car Championship |
| TC2000 Championship | Ernesto Bessone | 1996 TC2000 Championship |

## Truck racing

| Series | Driver | Season article |
| European Truck Racing Championship | Super-Race-Trucks: Steve Parrish | 1996 European Truck Racing Championship |
| European Truck Racing Championship | Race-Trucks: Martin Koloc | 1996 European Truck Racing Championship |
| Fórmula Truck | Renato Martins | 1996 Fórmula Truck |
| Fórmula Truck | Teams: Marfran | 1996 Fórmula Truck |