1996 Superbike World Championship

1996 Superbike World Championship
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The 1996 Superbike World Championship was the ninth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 14 April at Misano and finished on 27 October at Phillip Island after 12 rounds.

Troy Corser won the riders' championship with 7 victories and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 R1 San Marino Misano 14 April United States John Kocinski United States John Kocinski United States John Kocinski Ducati Corse Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser United States John Kocinski Ducati Corse
2 R1 United Kingdom Donington 28 April Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse Report
R2 New Zealand Aaron Slight Australia Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse
3 R1 Germany Hockenheim 12 May Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Australia Troy Corser New Zealand Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report
R2 New Zealand Aaron Slight United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda
4 R1 Italy Monza 16 June Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Italy Pierfrancesco Chili United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Team Gattolone
5 R1 Czech Republic Brno 30 June Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse
6 R1 United States Laguna Seca 21 July United States John Kocinski Australia Anthony Gobert United States John Kocinski Ducati Corse Report
R2 Japan Wataru Yoshikawa Australia Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy
7 R1 Europe Brands Hatch 4 August Australia Troy Corser United States John Kocinski Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Team Gattolone Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse
8 R1 Indonesia Sentul 18 August United States Colin Edwards United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United States John Kocinski Ducati Corse Report
R2 United States John Kocinski United States John Kocinski Ducati Corse
9 R1 Japan Sugo 25 August Australia Troy Corser Japan Noriyuki Haga Japan Yuichi Takeda HRC Honda Racing Report
R2 Japan Takuma Aoki Japan Takuma Aoki HRC Honda Racing
10 R1 Netherlands Assen 8 September United States John Kocinski United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda Report
R2 United States John Kocinski United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda
11 R1 Spain Albacete 6 October Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse
12 R1 Australia Phillip Island 27 October United States Colin Edwards New Zealand Aaron Slight Australia Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy Report
R2 New Zealand Aaron Slight Australia Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy

Championship standings

Riders' standings

1996 final riders' standings[1]
Pos. Rider Bike SMR
San Marino
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
CZE
Czech Republic
USA
United States
EUR
Europe
INA
Indonesia
JPN
Japan
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Australia Corser Ducati 2 2 1 1 Ret Ret 5 4 1 1 2 2 Ret 1 6 5 4 9 4 2 1 1 3 NC 369
2 New Zealand Slight Honda 6 5 5 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 5 3 6 5 3 2 6 3 3 5 9 6 Ret 2 347
3 United States Kocinski Ducati 1 1 7 6 2 3 Ret Ret 4 6 1 12 3 Ret 1 1 5 2 5 3 3 2 7 5 337
4 United Kingdom Fogarty Honda 7 6 8 7 5 1 1 3 2 3 8 4 5 Ret 2 3 8 4 1 1 5 7 4 6 331
5 United States Edwards Yamaha 11 7 6 4 3 5 3 5 6 7 4 Ret 4 3 5 4 DNS DNS 2 3 2 3 248
6 Italy Chili Ducati 3 3 4 5 Ret Ret 4 1 8 10 Ret 7 1 2 4 Ret Ret DNS 2 4 Ret Ret 8 9 223
7 New Zealand Crafar Kawasaki 4 4 2 Ret 4 4 9 Ret 10 9 7 5 9 Ret 12 11 Ret 11 8 8 4 4 Ret 11 180
8 Australia Gobert Kawasaki 5 DSQ 3 3 6 Ret Ret 10 Ret 19 Ret 1 2 4 DNS DNS 1 1 167
9 Japan Yoshikawa Yamaha 9 11 9 12 DNS DNS 9 11 9 8 10 6 7 7 3 8 10 7 6 5 6 7 163
10 United Kingdom Hodgson Ducati 12 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 6 9 11 4 3 9 8 Ret Ret 8 13 14 7 6 8 8 Ret 12 122
11 United States Hale Ducati 13 8 14 16 Ret 8 7 5 6 10 12 11 10 9 20 22 11 12 10 Ret 9 4 114
12 United Kingdom Reynolds Suzuki 17 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS 15 7 5 8 Ret DNS 7 8 9 6 14 12 13 Ret 7 9 11 10 99
13 Australia McCarthy Suzuki Ret 12 13 14 10 9 8 8 14 Ret 10 13 Ret 10 13 10 17 18 14 9 Ret 15 10 15 81
14 Italy Casoli Ducati Ret 13 11 9 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 11 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 14 Ret 70
15 Italy Bontempi Kawasaki 10 10 10 11 12 13 Ret DNS 18 16 13 16 13 9 11 12 22 20 15 Ret 13 13 12 Ret 63
16 Sweden Lindholm Ducati 8 9 Ret 8 8 7 10 14 Ret 13 9 Ret 58
17 United Kingdom Whitham Yamaha Ret 10 7 6 Ret Ret 6 14 37
18 Austria Meklau Ducati Ret DNS 13 11 12 11 12 12 16 10 DNS 17 31
19 Japan Aoki Honda 11 1 30
20 Japan Takeda Honda 1 Ret 25
21 Germany Schmid Kawasaki 16 14 12 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 10 23
22 Japan Haga Yamaha 2 DSQ 20
23 Japan Fujiwara Yamaha 7 5 20
24 Australia Goddard Suzuki 5 8 19
25 Japan Ryō Kawasaki 9 6 17
26 Japan Takeishi Kawasaki 10 7 15
27 Switzerland Kellenberger Honda 11 10 Ret 17 11
28 United Kingdom Morrison Ducati 14 Ret 11 12 11
29 United States Chandler Kawasaki Ret 6 10
30 Japan Kitagawa Suzuki 12 10 10
31 Belgium Paquay Ducati 15 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 17 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 17 Ret 17 Ret 10
32 Spain Lavilla Yamaha 11 12 9
33 Australia Phillis Kawasaki Ret 14 Ret 15 15 15 15 13 17 16 9
34 United Kingdom Mackenzie Yamaha 16 13 11 Ret 8
35 Netherlands de Vries Yamaha 12 13 7
36 United Kingdom Emmett Ducati 18 15 12 14 Ret Ret 7
37 United States Pegram Ducati 12 14 6
38 Australia Craggill Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 11 5
39 Australia Giles Ducati 13 Ret Ret DNS 18 14 Ret 17 5
40 Australia Thomas Honda 14 Ret 15 14 5
41 Greece Boustas Ducati 23 Ret 19 21 22 17 22 17 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 5
42 Germany Mark Yamaha 17 12 4
43 France Chambon Ducati 18 16 15 15 14 19 17 Ret 4
44 Australia Connell Ducati 18 13 3
45 Australia Buckmaster Suzuki 13 Ret 3
46 Japan Nukumi Ducati Ret 13 3
47 United Kingdom Moodie Ducati Ret Ret Ret 13 3
48 Australia Martin Suzuki Ret 15 14 Ret 3
49 Slovenia Jerman Kawasaki 25 Ret 22 19 19 Ret 14 16 19 18 Ret 17 19 15 16 Ret 24 24 19 16 19 19 16 18 3
50 United Kingdom Simpson Ducati Ret Ret 14 Ret 2
51 Japan Serizawa Suzuki 15 15 2
52 United States Smith Kawasaki 15 15 2
53 Italy Di Maso Ducati 20 17 23 15 Ret Ret 1
Pos. Rider Bike SMR
San Marino
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
CZE
Czech Republic
USA
United States
EUR
Europe
INA
Indonesia
JPN
Japan
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

1996 final manufacturers' standings[2]
Pos. Manufacturer SMR
San Marino
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
CZE
Czech Republic
USA
United States
EUR
Europe
INA
Indonesia
JPN
Japan
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Italy Ducati 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 521
2 Japan Honda 6 5 5 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 3 5 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 5 6 4 2 430
3 Japan Kawasaki 4 4 2 3 4 4 9 10 10 9 7 1 2 4 11 11 9 6 8 8 4 4 1 1 308
4 Japan Yamaha 9 7 6 4 3 5 3 5 6 7 8 4 3 5 5 4 2 5 6 7 2 3 2 3 300
5 Japan Suzuki 17 12 13 14 10 9 8 8 5 8 10 13 7 8 9 6 12 10 13 9 7 9 5 8 156
Pos. Manufacturer SMR
San Marino
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
CZE
Czech Republic
USA
United States
EUR
Europe
INA
Indonesia
JPN
Japan
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
AUS
Australia
Pts
  • "1996 FIM Superbike World Championship". superbike-archives.net.

References

  1. ^ "1996 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "1996 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net. Retrieved 2 February 2023.