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1996 Superbike World Championship

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Summary

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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
SMR Misano	14 April	USA John Kocinski	USA John Kocinski	USA John Kocinski	Ducati Corse	Report
AUS Troy Corser	USA John Kocinski	Ducati Corse
GBR Donington	28 April	AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse	Report
NZL Aaron Slight	AUS Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
DEU Hockenheim	12 May	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	AUS Troy Corser	NZL Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda	Report
NZL Aaron Slight	GBR Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda
ITA Monza	16 June	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	GBR Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda	Report
AUS Troy Corser	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	Team Gattolone
CZE Brno	30 June	AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse	Report
AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
USA Laguna Seca	21 July	USA John Kocinski	AUS Anthony Gobert	USA John Kocinski	Ducati Corse	Report
JPN Wataru Yoshikawa	AUS Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy
EUR Brands Hatch	4 August	AUS Troy Corser	USA John Kocinski	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	Team Gattolone	Report
AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
IDN Sentul	18 August	USA Colin Edwards	GBR Carl Fogarty	USA John Kocinski	Ducati Corse	Report
USA John Kocinski	USA John Kocinski	Ducati Corse
JPN Sugo	25 August	AUS Troy Corser	JPN Noriyuki Haga	JPN Yuichi Takeda	HRC Honda Racing	Report
JPN Takuma Aoki	JPN Takuma Aoki	HRC Honda Racing
NLD Assen	8 September	USA John Kocinski	GBR Carl Fogarty	GBR Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda	Report
USA John Kocinski	GBR Carl Fogarty	Castrol Honda
ESP Albacete	6 October	AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse	Report
AUS Troy Corser	AUS Troy Corser	Promotor Power Horse
AUS Phillip Island	27 October	USA Colin Edwards	NZL Aaron Slight	AUS Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy	Report
NZL Aaron Slight	AUS Anthony Gobert	Team Kawasaki Muzzy

Championship standings

Riders' standings

1996 final riders' standings	Pos.	Rider	Bike	SMR
SMR	GBR
GBR	GER
DEU	ITA
ITA	CZE
CZE	USA
USA	EUR
EUR	INA
IDN	JPN
JPN	NED
NLD	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	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	369	2	347	3	337	4	331	5	248	6	223	7	180	8	167	9	163	10	122	11	114	12	99	13	81	14	70	15	63	16	58	17	37	18	31	19	30	20	25	21	23	22	20	23	20	24	19	25	17	26	15	27	11	28	11	29	10	30	10	31	10	32	9	33	9	34	8	35	7	36	7	37	6	38	5	39	5	40	5	41	5	42	4	43	4	44	3	45	3	46	3	47	3	48	3	49	3	50	2	51	2	52	2	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos.	Rider	Bike	SMR
SMR	GBR
GBR	GER
DEU	ITA
ITA	CZE
CZE	USA
USA	EUR
EUR	INA
IDN	JPN
JPN	NED
NLD	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	Pts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
AUS Anthony Gobert	Kawasaki	5	DSQ	3	3	6	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	19	Ret	1	2	4	DNS	DNS							1	1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
SWE Christer Lindholm	Ducati	8	9	Ret	8	8	7	10	14	Ret	13									9	Ret
GBR James Whitham	Yamaha					Ret	10	7	6					Ret	Ret					6	14
AUT Andreas Meklau	Ducati	Ret	DNS			13	11	12	11	12	12									16	10	DNS	17
JPN Takuma Aoki	Honda																	11	1
JPN Yuichi Takeda	Honda																	1	Ret
DEU Jochen Schmid	Kawasaki	16	14	12	Ret	9	Ret	16	Ret	13	Ret											15	10
JPN Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha																	2	DSQ
JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha																	7	5
AUS Peter Goddard	Suzuki																							5	8
JPN Akira Ryō	Kawasaki																	9	6
JPN Shinya Takeishi	Kawasaki																	10	7
CHE Roger Kellenberger	Honda					11	10													Ret	17
GBR Brian Morrison	Ducati	14	Ret					11	12
USA Doug Chandler	Kawasaki											Ret	6
JPN Keiichi Kitagawa	Suzuki																	12	10
BEL Michael Paquay	Ducati	15	15	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	13	17	17			Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	Ret	17	Ret
ESP Gregorio Lavilla	Yamaha																					11	12
AUS Rob Phillis	Kawasaki					Ret	14	Ret	15	15	15					15	13							17	16
GBR Niall Mackenzie	Yamaha			16	13									11	Ret
NLD Jeffrey de Vries	Yamaha																			12	13
GBR Sean Emmett	Ducati																			18	15	12	14	Ret	Ret
USA Larry Pegram	Ducati											12	14
AUS Martin Craggill	Kawasaki															Ret	Ret					Ret	11
AUS Shawn Giles	Ducati							13	Ret	Ret	DNS			18	14									Ret	17
AUS Dean Thomas	Honda															14	Ret							15	14
GRC Ioannis Boustas	Ducati	23	Ret	19	21	22	17	22	17	16	Ret	14	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret
DEU Udo Mark	Yamaha					17	12
FRA Stéphane Chambon	Ducati	18	16	15	15	14	19	17	Ret
AUS Craig Connell	Ducati																							18	13
AUS Damon Buckmaster	Suzuki																							13	Ret
JPN Yukio Nukumi	Ducati																	Ret	13
GBR Jim Moodie	Ducati			Ret	Ret									Ret	13
AUS Steve Martin	Suzuki															Ret	15							14	Ret
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
GBR Ian Simpson	Ducati			Ret	Ret									14	Ret
JPN Tamaki Serizawa	Suzuki																	15	15
USA Mike Smith	Kawasaki											15	15
ITA Ferdinando Di Maso	Ducati	20	17			23	15	Ret	Ret
FRA Florian Ferracci	Ducati					16	Ret
DEU Anton Gruschka	Yamaha	Ret	Ret			Ret	16			20	21
USA Mark Miller	Suzuki											16	18
GBR Dean Ashton	Ducati			Ret	Ret									16	Ret
DNK Anders Rasmussen	Yamaha	24	18	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	18	19					20	16
GBR David Jefferies	Honda			17	17
GBR Brett Sampson	Kawasaki													17	17
GBR Ray Stringer	Kawasaki			18	Ret									Ret	Ret
GBR Michael Rutter	Ducati			Ret	18									Ret	Ret
ESP Eustaquio Gavira	Honda					18	Ret
ITA Bruno Cirafici	Suzuki	DNS	DNS			21	Ret	Ret	18
INA Simon Yudha Kusuma	Kawasaki															18	DNS
DEU Bernhard Schick	Ducati	19	Ret
ITA Antonio Giangiacomo	Ducati	Ret	Ret					19	DNS	23	Ret
GBR Alex Buckingham	Yamaha			20	23									Ret	Ret
GBR Graham Ward	Ducati			Ret	20									Ret	Ret
CHE Andreas Hofmann	Suzuki					20	Ret
ITA Bruno Scatola	Kawasaki							20	Ret
ITA Lino Pittaluga	Yamaha							21	20
AUT Gerhard Esterer	Kawasaki									22	20
ITA Redamo Assirelli	Yamaha	21	Ret
CHE Bernard Hanggeli	Honda	22	Ret	21	22
CZE Michal Bursa	Kawasaki									21	23
CHE Eric Maillard										Ret	22
CZE Jiri Mrkyvka	Kawasaki									Ret	24
GBR Shaun Muir	Kawasaki			Ret	Ret
FRA Jean-Marc Delétang	Yamaha							Ret	Ret
AUT Herman Schmid	Kawasaki									Ret	Ret
ITA Alessandro Gramigni	Ducati											Ret	Ret
CAN Miguel Duhamel	Honda											Ret	Ret
AUT Kurt Czismazia	Ducati									Ret	DNS
USA James Randolph	Ducati											Ret	DNS
USA Michael Barnes	Ducati											Ret	DNS
GBR Matt Llewellyn	Ducati			DNS	DNS
CHE Marcel Kellenberger	Kawasaki					DNS	DNS
FRA Jean-Louis Tranois	Yamaha							DNS	DNS
CZE Petr Šalé	Ducati									DNS	DNS
INA Joenzindy Gozali	Kawasaki															DNQ	DNQ
INA Affandi Bar	Kawasaki															DNQ	DNQ
INA Dudu Karnada	Yamaha															DNQ	DNQ
INA Dadan Nugraha	Suzuki															DNQ	DNQ
INA Eddy S. Otto	Kawasaki															DNQ	DNQ

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Manufacturers' standings

1996 final manufacturers' standings	Pos.	Manufacturer	SMR
SMR	GBR
GBR	GER
DEU	ITA
ITA	CZE
CZE	USA
USA	EUR
EUR	INA
IDN	JPN
JPN	NED
NLD	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	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	521	2	430	3	308	4	300	5	156	Pos.	Manufacturer	SMR
SMR	GBR
GBR	GER
DEU	ITA
ITA	CZE
CZE	USA
USA	EUR
EUR	INA
IDN	JPN
JPN	NED
NLD	ESP
ESP	AUS
AUS	Pts
ITA 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
JPN 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
JPN 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
JPN 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
JPN 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

References

"1996 World Superbike - Riders Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net.
"1996 World Superbike - Manufacturers Championship - Points Standings". superbike-archives.net.

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