1996 Superbike World Championship

none Superbike World Championship 1996 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 1996 Superbike World Championship Calendar https://motorsportstats.com/series/fim-superbike-world-championship/results/1996 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report 1 R1 SMR 1862 Misano 14 April USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski Ducati Corse Report R2 AUS Troy Corser USA John Kocinski Ducati Corse 2 R1 GBR Donington 28 April AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight AUS Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse 3 R1 DEU Hockenheim 12 May ITA Pierfrancesco Chili AUS Troy Corser NZL Aaron Slight Castrol Honda Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight GBR Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda 4 R1 ITA Monza 16 June ITA Pierfrancesco Chili ITA Pierfrancesco Chili GBR Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda Report R2 AUS Troy Corser ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Team Gattolone 5 R1 CZE Brno 30 June AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse Report R2 AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse 6 R1 USA Laguna Seca 21 July USA John Kocinski AUS Anthony Gobert USA John Kocinski Ducati Corse Report R2 JPN Wataru Yoshikawa AUS Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy 7 R1 EUR Brands Hatch 4 August AUS Troy Corser USA John Kocinski ITA Pierfrancesco Chili Team Gattolone Report R2 AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse 8 R1 IDN Sentul 18 August USA Colin Edwards GBR Carl Fogarty USA John Kocinski Ducati Corse Report R2 USA John Kocinski USA John Kocinski Ducati Corse 9 R1 JPN Sugo 25 August AUS Troy Corser JPN Noriyuki Haga JPN Yuichi Takeda HRC Honda Racing Report R2 JPN Takuma Aoki JPN Takuma Aoki HRC Honda Racing 10 R1 NLD Assen 8 September USA John Kocinski GBR Carl Fogarty GBR Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda Report R2 USA John Kocinski GBR Carl Fogarty Castrol Honda 11 R1 ESP Albacete 6 October AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse Report R2 AUS Troy Corser AUS Troy Corser Promotor Power Horse 12 R1 AUS Phillip Island 27 October USA Colin Edwards NZL Aaron Slight AUS Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy Report R2 NZL Aaron Slight AUS Anthony Gobert Team Kawasaki Muzzy Championship standings Riders' standings 1996 final riders' standingshttps://superbike-archives.net/standings.php?ssnID=96WSB&chpID=96WSBRID 1996 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings superbike-archives.net 2 February 2023 Pos. Rider Bike SMRSMR GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA CZECZE USAUSA EUREUR INAIDN JPNJPN NEDNLD ESPESP AUSAUS PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 AUS Troy 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 NZL Aaron 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 USA John 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 GBR Carl 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 USA Colin 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 ITA Pierfrancesco 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 NZL Simon 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 AUS Anthony Gobert Kawasaki 5 DSQ 3 3 6 Ret Ret 10 Ret 19 Ret 1 2 4 DNS DNS 1 1 167 9 JPN Wataru 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 GBR Neil 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 USA Mike 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 GBR John 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 AUS Kirk 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 ITA Paolo 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 ITA Piergiorgio 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 SWE Christer Lindholm Ducati 8 9 Ret 8 8 7 10 14 Ret 13 9 Ret 58 17 GBR James Whitham Yamaha Ret 10 7 6 Ret Ret 6 14 37 18 AUT Andreas Meklau Ducati Ret DNS 13 11 12 11 12 12 16 10 DNS 17 31 19 JPN Takuma Aoki Honda 11 1 30 20 JPN Yuichi Takeda Honda 1 Ret 25 21 DEU Jochen Schmid Kawasaki 16 14 12 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 10 23 22 JPN Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 2 DSQ 20 23 JPN Norihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 7 5 20 24 AUS Peter Goddard Suzuki 5 8 19 25 JPN Akira Ryō Kawasaki 9 6 17 26 JPN Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki 10 7 15 27 CHE Roger Kellenberger Honda 11 10 Ret 17 11 28 GBR Brian Morrison Ducati 14 Ret 11 12 11 29 USA Doug Chandler Kawasaki Ret 6 10 30 JPN Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 12 10 10 31 BEL Michael Paquay Ducati 15 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 17 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 17 Ret 17 Ret 10 32 ESP Gregorio Lavilla Yamaha 11 12 9 33 AUS Rob Phillis Kawasaki Ret 14 Ret 15 15 15 15 13 17 16 9 34 GBR Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 16 13 11 Ret 8 35 NLD Jeffrey de Vries Yamaha 12 13 7 36 GBR Sean Emmett Ducati 18 15 12 14 Ret Ret 7 37 USA Larry Pegram Ducati 12 14 6 38 AUS Martin Craggill Kawasaki Ret Ret Ret 11 5 39 AUS Shawn Giles Ducati 13 Ret Ret DNS 18 14 Ret 17 5 40 AUS Dean Thomas Honda 14 Ret 15 14 5 41 GRC Ioannis Boustas Ducati 23 Ret 19 21 22 17 22 17 16 Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 5 42 DEU Udo Mark Yamaha 17 12 4 43 FRA Stéphane Chambon Ducati 18 16 15 15 14 19 17 Ret 4 44 AUS Craig Connell Ducati 18 13 3 45 AUS Damon Buckmaster Suzuki 13 Ret 3 46 JPN Yukio Nukumi Ducati Ret 13 3 47 GBR Jim Moodie Ducati Ret Ret Ret 13 3 48 AUS Steve Martin Suzuki Ret 15 14 Ret 3 49 SVN Igor 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 GBR Ian Simpson Ducati Ret Ret 14 Ret 2 51 JPN Tamaki Serizawa Suzuki 15 15 2 52 USA Mike Smith Kawasaki 15 15 2 53 ITA Ferdinando Di Maso Ducati 20 17 23 15 Ret Ret 1 FRA Florian Ferracci Ducati 16 Ret 0 DEU Anton Gruschka Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 16 20 21 0 USA Mark Miller Suzuki 16 18 0 GBR Dean Ashton Ducati Ret Ret 16 Ret 0 DNK Anders Rasmussen Yamaha 24 18 Ret DNS Ret 18 18 19 20 16 0 GBR David Jefferies Honda 17 17 0 GBR Brett Sampson Kawasaki 17 17 0 GBR Ray Stringer Kawasaki 18 Ret Ret Ret 0 GBR Michael Rutter Ducati Ret 18 Ret Ret 0 ESP Eustaquio Gavira Honda 18 Ret 0 ITA Bruno Cirafici Suzuki DNS DNS 21 Ret Ret 18 0 INA Simon Yudha Kusuma Kawasaki 18 DNS 0 DEU Bernhard Schick Ducati 19 Ret 0 ITA Antonio Giangiacomo Ducati Ret Ret 19 DNS 23 Ret 0 GBR Alex Buckingham Yamaha 20 23 Ret Ret 0 GBR Graham Ward Ducati Ret 20 Ret Ret 0 CHE Andreas Hofmann Suzuki 20 Ret 0 ITA Bruno Scatola Kawasaki 20 Ret 0 ITA Lino Pittaluga Yamaha 21 20 0 AUT Gerhard Esterer Kawasaki 22 20 0 ITA Redamo Assirelli Yamaha 21 Ret 0 CHE Bernard Hanggeli Honda 22 Ret 21 22 0 CZE Michal Bursa Kawasaki 21 23 0 CHE Eric Maillard Ret 22 0 CZE Jiri Mrkyvka Kawasaki Ret 24 0 GBR Shaun Muir Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 FRA Jean-Marc Delétang Yamaha Ret Ret 0 AUT Herman Schmid Kawasaki Ret Ret 0 ITA Alessandro Gramigni Ducati Ret Ret 0 CAN Miguel Duhamel Honda Ret Ret 0 AUT Kurt Czismazia Ducati Ret DNS 0 USA James Randolph Ducati Ret DNS 0 USA Michael Barnes Ducati Ret DNS 0 GBR Matt Llewellyn Ducati DNS DNS 0 CHE Marcel Kellenberger Kawasaki DNS DNS 0 FRA Jean-Louis Tranois Yamaha DNS DNS 0 CZE Petr Šalé Ducati DNS DNS 0 INA Joenzindy Gozali Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 INA Affandi Bar Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 INA Dudu Karnada Yamaha DNQ DNQ 0 INA Dadan Nugraha Suzuki DNQ DNQ 0 INA Eddy S. Otto Kawasaki DNQ DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike SMRSMR GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA CZECZE USAUSA EUREUR INAIDN JPNJPN NEDNLD ESPESP AUSAUS Pts Bold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap Manufacturers' standings 1996 final manufacturers' standingshttps://superbike-archives.net/standings.php?ssnID=96WSB&chpID=96WSBMAN 1996 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings superbike-archives.net 2 February 2023 Pos. Manufacturer SMRSMR GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA CZECZE USAUSA EUREUR INAIDN JPNJPN NEDNLD ESPESP AUSAUS PtsR1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2 1 ITA Ducati111123411112111142221134521 2 JPN Honda655211122253552211115642430 3 JPN Kawasaki 4423449101097124111196884411308 4 JPN Yamaha976435356784355425672323300 5 JPN Suzuki1712131410988581013789612101397958156 Pos. Manufacturer SMRSMR GBRGBR GERDEU ITAITA CZECZE USAUSA EUREUR INAIDN JPNJPN NEDNLD ESPESP AUSAUS Pts External links https://superbike-archives.net/season.php?id=96WSB 1996 FIM Superbike World Championship superbike-archives.net References Michael Scott (1996) Motocourse 1996-97, The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual Hazleton Publishing 978-1874557968 Superbike World Championship Category:Superbike World Championship seasons