# 1996 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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## 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 | |