1996 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

  1996 Czech Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 August 1996
Location	Brno
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jean-Michel Bayle
Time	2:02.834
Fastest lap
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	2:02.791
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	Mick Doohan
Third	Scott Russell
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	2:04.626
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	2:06.067
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Olivier Jacque
Third	Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	2:11.140
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Time	2:11.816
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Jorge Martínez
Third	Tomomi Manako

The 1996 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 August 1996 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. It was also the first victory for a young Valentino Rossi in the 125cc class.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	45:38.884	25
2	Mick Doohan	Honda	+0.002	20
3	Scott Russell	Suzuki	+2.870	16
4	Kenny Roberts Jr	Yamaha	+4.419	13
5	Loris Capirossi	Yamaha	+6.753	11
6	Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha	+6.858	10
7	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+8.892	9
8	Carlos Checa	Honda	+9.148	8
9	Alex Barros	Honda	+13.334	7
10	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+13.776	6
11	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+15.009	5
12	Alberto Puig	Honda	+17.482	4
13	Terry Rymer	Suzuki	+26.828	3
14	Jeremy McWilliams	ROC Yamaha	+49.242	2
15	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	+49.608	1
16	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+53.456
17	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	+1:08.488
18	Eugene McManus	Yamaha	+1:13.285
19	Frederic Protat	Yamaha	+1:13.472
20	Chris Walker	Elf 500	+1:28.250
21	Adrien Bosshard	ROC Yamaha	+1:29.684
22	Jean Pierre Jeandat	Paton	+2:01.578
23	Paul Young	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	James Haydon	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Luca Cadalora	Honda	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	42:19.509	25
2	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+5.901	20
3	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+8.317	16
4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+8.517	13
5	Jürgen Fuchs	Honda	+8.662	11
6	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Honda	+22.095	10
7	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	+37.969	9
8	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+38.309	8
9	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	+38.418	7
10	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+38.502	6
11	Nobuatsu Aoki	Honda	+39.177	5
12	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+43.563	4
13	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	+43.895	3
14	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+44.034	2
15	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+51.376	1
16	Regis Laconi	Honda	+52.275
17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	+52.336
18	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	+1:10.761
19	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	+1:11.303
20	Cristophe Cogan	Honda	+1:47.010
21	Vladimir Castka	Honda	+1:57.111
22	José Barresi	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Luis Cardoso	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Osamu Miyazaki	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	Retirement