# 1996 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1996 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 7 July 1996 at the Nürburgring.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Luca Cadalora | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 45:35.889 | 25 |
| 2 | Mick Doohan | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +0.210 | 20 |
| 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +0.657 | 16 |
| 4 | Scott Russell | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +4.916 | 13 |
| 5 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +7.703 | 11 |
| 6 | Norifumi Abe | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +13.448 | 10 |
| 7 | Tadayuki Okada | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +14.060 | 9 |
| 8 | Alex Barros | Honda Pileri | Honda | +17.680 | 8 |
| 9 | Shinichi Itoh | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +34.806 | 7 |
| 10 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +43.311 | 6 |
| 11 | Alberto Puig | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +55.589 | 5 |
| 12 | Loris Capirossi | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +59.707 | 4 |
| 13 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | +1:31.799 | 3 |
| 14 | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 15 | Eugene McManus | Millar Racing | Yamaha | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 16 | Florian Ferracci | Soverex FP Racing | Paton | +2 Laps | |
| 17 | Nicholas Schmassman | Team Schmassman | Yamaha | +2 Laps | |
| Ret | Terry Rymer | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |
| Ret | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jeremy McWilliams | QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Adrien Bosshard | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |
| Ret | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sean Emmett | Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Laurent Naveau | ELC Lease ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Michael Rudroff | Suzuki Deutschland | Suzuki | Retirement | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 43:16.908 | 25 |
| 2 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | +2.022 | 20 |
| 3 | Jürgen Fuchs | Honda | +3.434 | 16 |
| 4 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia | +3.860 | 13 |
| 5 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | +27.378 | 11 |
| 6 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | +27.816 | 10 |
| 7 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Honda | +28.112 | 9 |
| 8 | Regis Laconi | Honda | +33.926 | 8 |
| 9 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | +34.321 | 7 |
| 10 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +35.421 | 6 |
| 11 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | +41.997 | 5 |
| 12 | Osamu Miyazaki | Aprilia | +52.820 | 4 |
| 13 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | +59.816 | 3 |
| 14 | Olivier Petrucciani | Aprilia | +1:08.714 | 2 |
| 15 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | +1:11.238 | 1 |
| 16 | Christian Boudinot | Aprilia | +1:12.677 | |
| 17 | Cristophe Cogan | Honda | +1:15.676 | |
| 18 | Davide Bulega | Aprilia | +1:21.112 | |
| 19 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | +1:34.137 | |
| 20 | Sebastian Porto | Aprilia | +1:44.834 | |
| Ret | Jurgen Lingg | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alessandro Antonello | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Takeshi Tsujimura | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | José Barresi | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alexander Folger | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Michael Schulten | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Matthias Neukirchen | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | Retirement | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
| 1 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 42:14.721 | 25 |
| 2 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | +0.317 | 20 |
| 3 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +0.933 | 16 |
| 4 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | +1.691 | 13 |
| 5 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | +1.919 | 11 |
| 6 | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | +2.067 | 10 |
| 7 | Jorge Martinez | Aprilia | +3.971 | 9 |
| 8 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | +4.509 | 8 |
| 9 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | +13.739 | 7 |
| 10 | Ivan Goi | Honda | +14.319 | 6 |
| 11 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | +14.792 | 5 |
| 12 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | +14.914 | 4 |
| 13 | Josep Sarda | Honda | +15.917 | 3 |
| 14 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | +16.773 | 2 |
| 15 | Frederic Petit | Honda | +18.049 | 1 |
| 16 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | +23.732 | |
| 17 | Jaroslav Hules | Honda | +25.574 | |
| 18 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | +26.147 | |
| 19 | Akira Saito | Honda | +1:04.869 | |
| 20 | Paolo Tessari | Honda | +1:05.242 | |
| 21 | Herri Torrontegui | Honda | +1:05.311 | |
| 22 | Angel Nieto Jr | Aprilia | +1:14.357 | |
| 23 | Markus Ober | Honda | +1 Lap | |
| Ret | Emanuel Buchner | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Darren Barton | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Christian Kellner | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Loek Bodelier | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Gabriele Debbia | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | Retirement | |