# 1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 September 1996 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | 44:56.885 | 25 |
| 2 | Mick Doohan | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +6.591 | 20 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +6.640 | 16 |
| 4 | Luca Cadalora | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | +7.048 | 13 |
| 5 | Tadayuki Okada | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +7.129 | 11 |
| 6 | Shinichi Itoh | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +21.867 | 10 |
| 7 | Alberto Puig | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +25.939 | 9 |
| 8 | Alex Barros | Honda Pileri | Honda | +26.875 | 8 |
| 9 | Loris Capirossi | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +27.105 | 7 |
| 10 | Norifumi Abe | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +58.628 | 6 |
| 11 | Scott Russell | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +1:02.111 | 5 |
| 12 | Jeremy McWilliams | QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | +1:25.019 | 4 |
| 13 | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | +1:39.079 | 3 |
| 14 | Paul Young | Padgett's Racing Team | Harris Yamaha | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 15 | Chris Walker | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| Ret | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Eugene McManus | Millar Racing | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Andrew Stroud | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Adrien Bosshard | Elf 500 ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sean Emmett | Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| DNS | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Did not start | |
| DNS | Jean Pierre Jeandat | Team Paton | Paton | Did not start | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia | 42:03.123 | 25 |
| 2 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +10.188 | 20 |
| 3 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | +13.476 | 16 |
| 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +14.291 | 13 |
| 5 | Jürgen Fuchs | Honda | +14.433 | 11 |
| 6 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | +18.269 | 10 |
| 7 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | +25.600 | 9 |
| 8 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | +34.269 | 8 |
| 9 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | +38.493 | 7 |
| 10 | Regis Laconi | Honda | +40.120 | 6 |
| 11 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Honda | +40.150 | 5 |
| 12 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +46.555 | 4 |
| 13 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | +48.011 | 3 |
| 14 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Honda | +49.391 | 2 |
| 15 | Osamu Miyazaki | Aprilia | +53.953 | 1 |
| 16 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | +54.143 | |
| 17 | Davide Bulega | Aprilia | +54.369 | |
| 18 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | +54.621 | |
| 19 | Alessandro Antonello | Aprilia | +1:08.015 | |
| 20 | Francisco Riquelme | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 21 | Ismael Bonilla | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| 22 | Vicente Esparragoso | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | José Luis Cardoso | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Olivier Petrucciani | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cristophe Cogan | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Miguel Tey | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Barresi | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Franco Battaini | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Christian Boudinot | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sete Gibernau | Yamaha | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 42:26.228 | 25 |
| 2 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | +1.190 | 20 |
| 3 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +6.606 | 16 |
| 4 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | +6.754 | 13 |
| 5 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +6.920 | 11 |
| 6 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | +6.962 | 10 |
| 7 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Honda | +6.998 | 9 |
| 8 | Jorge Martinez | Honda | +7.244 | 8 |
| 9 | Ivan Goi | Honda | +8.828 | 7 |
| 10 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +13.303 | 6 |
| 11 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +17.744 | 5 |
| 12 | Herri Torrontegui | Honda | +19.034 | 4 |
| 13 | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | +39.015 | 3 |
| 14 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +40.142 | 2 |
| 15 | Gabriele Debbia | Yamaha | +40.194 | 1 |
| 16 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +49.499 | |
| 17 | Daniel Ribalta | Honda | +58.692 | |
| 18 | David García | Honda | +1:15.975 | |
| Ret | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Darren Barton | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Antonio Ramirez | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Enrique Maturana | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Frederic Petit | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Loek Bodelier | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Josep Sarda | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Akira Saito | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | Retirement | |