with Crivillé closing in, but unable to make a move. At turn 8, Doohan made a small mistake, allowing Crivillé to pass him going into turn 9 (the "Jochen Rindt" corner). Doohan tried a late lunge to retake the place but failed and ran wide, allowing Crivillé to pass him going into turn 10 (the "A1" corner) to win the race with 0.500 seconds from his teammate. Crivillé won the next race in the Czech Republic in a similar way. Doohan leads in the closing laps, but Crivillé was catching him. On the last lap, the pair battled for the lead, with Crivillé making a lunge but failing, running wide and giving the lead back to Doohan. Crivillé then shadowed him, taking different lines in the process. As they came out of turn 14 and went into turn 15, Crivillé ran a wider line, allowing him to get more traction out of the corner, running side-by-side with Doohan until the finish. Both were confused because it was unclear who won, but once the scoreboard showed that Crivillé had won, he started to cheer. Crivillé beat Doohan by just 0.002 seconds, a record that still stands today. He also took the fastest lap on both venues. Crivillé and Doohan continued to battle at the City of Imola grand prix, this time with Doohan winning the race by a margin of 0.104 seconds over Crivillé. Tadayuki Okada completed the podium, making it a full Factory Honda podium. Crivillé also took the fastest lap. In 1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix|Cataluña, his home GP, finished third after battling yet again with teammates Doohan and Tadayuki Okada, as well as Luca Cadalora in the closing stages of the race. His final podium came in the form of second place at the Rio de Janeiro round, losing out to Doohan again by 0.465 seconds. At the final round in Australia, Crivillé took the final pole position of the season, as well as his final fastest lap of the year, but only managed to finish sixth after colliding with Doohan on the final lap after Crivillé tried to overtake him, causing both of them to fall in the process. Doohan later blamed his teammate for the incident, citing that "He tried to go around the outside but I shut the door on him. He left his move too late". Crivillé finished second in the championship with 245