1996 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1996 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 May 1996
Location	Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:43.866
Fastest lap
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:44.812
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Luca Cadalora
Third	Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:45.015
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:45.270
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Tetsuya Harada
Third	Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Time	1:49.945
Fastest lap
Rider	Kazuto Sakata
Time	1:49.400
Podium
First	Haruchika Aoki
Second	Emilio Alzamora
Third	Noboru Ueda

The 1996 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 12 May 1996 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

Going into the final lap of the race, local hero Àlex Crivillé led his Repsol Honda team mate Mick Doohan and Italian Luca Cadalora. In a complete lack of security by track officials, many fans had jumped the fence and were lining the last third of the circuit to cheer Crivillé home. The Spaniard was forced to slow slightly through the crowd which allowed Doohan to close up (the gap was less than a second between them at the start of the final lap). Taking advantage, Doohan was able to dive under Crivillé going into the final turn. Seeking to regain the advantage, Crivillé throttled too early in the hairpin leading onto the pit straight, high-sided over his Honda and ended up in the gravel trap and not finishing the race.

Doohan won his second Grand Prix of the season from Cadalora and his other Repsol Honda team mate Tadayuki Okada. After looking to have the race won before Crivillé's crash, the first Spanish rider home was Alberto Puig in 5th place.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	47:28.064	25
2	Luca Cadalora	Honda	+2.677	20
3	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+14.644	16
4	Loris Capirossi	Yamaha	+17.030	13
5	Alberto Puig	Honda	+21.534	11
6	Kenny Roberts Jr	Yamaha	+21.814	10
7	Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha	+26.312	9
8	Alex Barros	Honda	+38.120	8
9	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+38.444	7
10	Carlos Checa	Honda	+49.478	6
11	Juan Borja	Elf 500	+59.336	5
12	James Haydon	ROC Yamaha	+1:08.537	4
13	Frederic Protat	ROC Yamaha	+1:09.082	3
14	Jeremy McWilliams	ROC Yamaha	+1:09.509	2
15	Sean Emmett	Harris Yamaha	+1:21.050	1
16	Eugene McManus	Yamaha	+1:43.550
17	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Jean Pierre Jeandat	Paton	+1 Lap
19	Adrien Bosshard	Elf 500	+1 Lap
20	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Doriano Romboni	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daryl Beattie	Suzuki	Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia	46:06.154	25
2	Tetsuya Harada	Yamaha	+12.238	20
3	Ralf Waldmann	Honda	+15.476	16
4	Jürgen Fuchs	Honda	+16.222	13
5	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+29.329	11
6	Luis d'Antin	Honda	+29.508	10
7	Olivier Jacque	Honda	+37.638	9
8	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Honda	+44.866	8
9	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	+50.899	7
10	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+52.203	6
11	Sete Gibernau	Honda	+1:06.864	5
12	Sebastian Porto	Aprilia	+1:16.662	4
13	Cristiano Migliorati	Honda	+1:19.461	3
14	Takeshi Tsujimura	Honda	+1:21.196	2
15	Osamu Miyazaki	Aprilia	+1:21.585	1
16	Davide Bulega	Aprilia	+1:31.868
17	Massimo Ottobre	Aprilia	+1:33.071
18	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	+1:33.122
19	Gianluigi Scalvini	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Vicente Esparragoso	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Cristophe Cogan	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Javier Marsella	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	José Barresi	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Christian Boudinot	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Eskil Suter	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Regis Laconi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Miguel Tey	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Olivier Petrucciani	Aprilia	Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	42:34.978	25
2	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+0.025	20
3	Noboru Ueda	Honda	+0.116	16
4	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	+0.162	13
5	Kazuto Sakata	Aprilia	+0.224	11
6	Masaki Tokudome	Aprilia	+3.096	10
7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	+3.326	9
8	Tomomi Manako	Honda	+13.464	8
9	Yoshiaki Katoh	Yamaha	+13.546	7
10	Ivan Goi	Honda	+15.430	6
11	Peter Öttl	Aprilia	+15.943	5
12	Manfred Geissler	Aprilia	+23.611	4
13	Dirk Raudies	Honda	+26.878	3
14	Darren Barton	Aprilia	+32.756	2
15	José Antonio Ramirez	Yamaha	+32.893	1
16	Josep Sarda	Honda	+43.570
17	Youichi Ui	Yamaha	+53.858
18	Frederic Petit	Honda	+59.656
19	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	+59.929
20	Herri Torrontegui	Honda	+1:03.994
21	Loek Bodelier	Honda	+1:04.857
22	Jaroslav Hules	Honda	+1:07.144
23	Gabriele Debbia	Yamaha	+1:10.669
24	Akira Saito	Honda	+1:27.562
Ret	David García	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alvaro Molina	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Angel Nieto Jr	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Enrique Maturana	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Garry McCoy	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Stefano Cruciani	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Jorge Martinez	Aprilia	Retirement