# 1996 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1996 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 October 1996 at Eastern Creek Raceway.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Loris Capirossi | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | 45:47.858 | 25 |
| 2 | Tadayuki Okada | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +10.980 | 20 |
| 3 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +11.397 | 16 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | Honda Pileri | Honda | +11.438 | 13 |
| 5 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +12.424 | 11 |
| 6 | Àlex Crivillé | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +20.394 | 10 |
| 7 | Luca Cadalora | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +22.064 | 9 |
| 8 | Mick Doohan | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +22.134 | 8 |
| 9 | Shinichi Itoh | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +29.821 | 7 |
| 10 | Peter Goddard | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +32.744 | 6 |
| 11 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +33.519 | 5 |
| 12 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 13 | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 14 | Andrew Stroud | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 15 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Team Paton | Paton | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 16 | Stephane Mertens | Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Paul Young | Padgett's Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Norifumi Abe | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Martin Craggill | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eugene McManus | Millar Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jeremy McWilliams | QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Laurent Naveau | ELC Lease ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Scott Russell | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia | 43:21.574 | 25 |
| 2 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +1.730 | 20 |
| 3 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +18.762 | 16 |
| 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +25.226 | 13 |
| 5 | Jürgen Fuchs | Honda | +25.725 | 11 |
| 6 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Honda | +26.034 | 10 |
| 7 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | +29.606 | 9 |
| 8 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | +46.399 | 8 |
| 9 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | +46.610 | 7 |
| 10 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Honda | +59.280 | 6 |
| 11 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Honda | +59.748 | 5 |
| 12 | Regis Laconi | Honda | +59.828 | 4 |
| 13 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +1:16.258 | 3 |
| 14 | Marcus Payten | Honda | +1:26.544 | 2 |
| 15 | Alessandro Antonello | Aprilia | +1:29.720 | 1 |
| Ret | Cristophe Cogan | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Craig Connell | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Olivier Petrucciani | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Barresi | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Christian Boudinot | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Luis Cardoso | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Davide Bulega | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | 42:12.903 | 25 |
| 2 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +0.049 | 20 |
| 3 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | +0.247 | 16 |
| 4 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +0.533 | 13 |
| 5 | Ivan Goi | Honda | +9.741 | 11 |
| 6 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +10.037 | 10 |
| 7 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +11.987 | 9 |
| 8 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +18.127 | 8 |
| 9 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +19.405 | 7 |
| 10 | Akira Saito | Honda | +22.643 | 6 |
| 11 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +22.780 | 5 |
| 12 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +22.259 | 4 |
| 13 | Luigi Ancona | Aprilia | +38.669 | 3 |
| 14 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | +51.772 | 2 |
| 15 | Herri Torrontegui | Honda | +56.713 | 1 |
| 16 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +1:01.819 | |
| 17 | Gabriele Debbia | Yamaha | +1:06.325 | |
| 18 | Andrew Duke | Aprilia | +1 Lap | |
| 19 | Andrew Willy | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |
| 20 | Jason van Vliet | Honda | +2 Laps | |
| Ret | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Loek Bodelier | Honda | Retirement | |