The 1996 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 March 1996 at the Shah Alam Circuit. This race marked the debut of a young Italian rider and future Grand Prix motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi in the 125cc class.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Luca Cadalora Kanemoto Honda Honda 33 47:24.151 2 25 2 7 Alex Barros Honda Pileri Honda 33 +5.721 6 20 3 24 Carlos Checa Fortuna Honda Pons Honda 33 +15.234 10 16 4 11 Scott Russell Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 33 +15.393 13 13 5 1 Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda 33 +26.529 3 11 6 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha 33 +27.233 9 10 7 17 Alberto Puig Fortuna Honda Pons Honda 33 +47.603 12 9 8 9 Norifumi Abe Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha 33 +48.555 7 8 9 27 Frédéric Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha 33 +1:26.583 14 7 10 8 Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC ELF 500 33 +1:27.515 15 6 11 19 Sean Emmett Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha 33 +1:45.301 21 5 12 22 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha 33 +1:58.577 18 4 13 16 Laurent Naveau ELC Lease ROC ROC Yamaha 33 +2:03.135 23 3 14 13 Jeremy McWilliams QUB Team Optimum ROC Yamaha 33 +2:13.518 20 2 15 18 James Haydon World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha 32 +1 Lap 16 1 16 51 Jean-Pierre Jeandat Team Paton Paton 32 +1 Lap 22 17 20 Toshiyuki Arakaki Padgett's Racing Team Yamaha 31 +2 Laps 19 Ret 23 Eugene McManus Millar Racing Yamaha 19 Retirement 25 Ret 41 Shinichi Ito Team Repsol Honda Honda 18 Retirement 11 Ret 6 Tadayuki Okada Team Repsol Honda Honda 11 Retirement 1 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha 9 Retirement 5 Ret 14 Adrian Bosshard Elf 500 ROC ELF 500 7 Retirement 24 Ret 4 Àlex Crivillé Team Repsol Honda Honda 2 Retirement 4 DNS 15 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia 8 DNS 21 Katsuaki Fujiwara Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki 17 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 31 45:06.934 1 25 2 31 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha 31 +14.745 2 20 3 7 Luis d'Antin Honda 31 +33.058 6 16 4 19 Olivier Jacque Honda 31 +37.121 3 13 5 5 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda 31 +39.478 4 11 6 6 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 31 +49.988 5 10 7 11 Jürgen Fuchs Honda 31 +56.860 7 9 8 12 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda 31 +1:06.596 9 8 9 20 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 31 +1:15.716 15 7 10 18 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 31 +1:20.972 14 6 11 41 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 31 +1:23.754 10 5 12 26 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda 31 +1:29.408 17 4 13 8 Cristiano Migliorati Honda 30 +1 Lap 16 3 14 25 Davide Bulega Aprilia 30 +1 Lap 24 2 15 29 Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia 30 +1 Lap 23 1 16 57 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 30 +1 Lap 26 17 58 Shahrun Nizam Yamaha 30 +1 Lap 31 Ret 28 Christophe Cogan Honda 27 Retirement 21 Ret 14 Eskil Suter Aprilia 17 Retirement 11 Ret 55 Régis Laconi Honda 16 Retirement 18 Ret 27 Sebastián Porto Aprilia 13 Retirement 12 Ret 23 Christian Boudinot Aprilia 13 Retirement 27 Ret 9 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 13 Retirement 13 Ret 21 Massimo Ottobre Aprilia 9 Retirement 29 Ret 96 José Barresi Yamaha 8 Retirement 28 Ret 15 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 6 Retirement 22 Ret 16 Sete Gibernau Honda 4 Retirement 30 Ret 30 José Luis Cardoso Aprilia 4 Retirement 19 Ret 56 Meng Heng Kuang Yamaha 2 Retirement 25 Ret 10 Tohru Ukawa Honda 2 Retirement 8 Ret 22 Oliver Petrucciani Aprilia 2 Retirement 20 DNS 3 Ralf Waldmann Honda 32
125 cc classification Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 29 44:46.542 4 25 2 1 Haruchika Aoki Honda 29 +0.405 7 20 3 10 Peter Öttl Aprilia 29 +0.758 10 16 4 7 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 29 +0.785 9 13 5 3 Emilio Alzamora Honda 29 +1.267 3 11 6 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 29 +7.379 13 10 7 8 Tomomi Manako Honda 29 +7.406 5 9 8 4 Akira Saito Honda 29 +7.814 11 8 9 12 Noboru Ueda Honda 29 +18.034 14 7 10 2 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia 29 +35.742 1 6 11 23 Frédéric Petit Honda 29 +39.738 28 5 12 72 Garry McCoy Aprilia 29 +39.812 18 4 13 21 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 29 +57.770 19 3 14 24 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 29 +1:10.237 17 2 15 37 Paolo Tessari Honda 29 +1:10.772 22 1 16 26 Ivan Goi Honda 29 +1:12.419 26 17 30 Stefano Cruciani Aprilia 29 +1:34.951 25 18 35 Loek Bodelier Honda 28 +1 Lap 21 19 36 Josep Sardá Honda 28 +1 Lap 27 20 59 Yau Chuen Tang Yamaha 27 +2 Laps 33 Ret 5 Dirk Raudies Honda 17 Retirement 2 Ret 88 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Aprilia 16 Retirement 29 Ret 57 Yasir Said Yamaha 14 Retirement 31 Ret 15 Manfred Geissler Aprilia 12 Retirement 12 Ret 14 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha 9 Retirement 8 Ret 19 Youichi Ui Yamaha 8 Retirement 23 Ret 58 Chow Yan Kit Yamaha 8 Retirement 32 Ret 13 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 7 Retirement 16 Ret 99 Chao Chee Hou Yamaha 6 Retirement 30 Ret 27 Gabriele Debbia Yamaha 6 Retirement 15 Ret 55 Jorge Martínez Aprilia 3 Retirement 6 Ret 17 Darren Barton Aprilia 3 Retirement 24 Ret 25 José David de Gea Honda 0 Retirement 20
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