The 1996 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 21 April 1996 at the Suzuka Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Norifumi Abe Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha 45:34.590 25 2 Àlex Crivillé Team Repsol Honda Honda +6.496 20 3 Scott Russell Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +7.140 16 4 Tadayuki Okada Team Repsol Honda Honda +11.724 13 5 Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +13.670 11 6 Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda +19.858 10 7 Doriano Romboni IP Aprilia Racing Team Aprilia +22.334 9 8 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +34.456 8 9 Alberto Puig Fortuna Honda Pons Honda +38.230 7 10 Carlos Checa Fortuna Honda Pons Honda +41.488 6 11 Shinichi Itoh Team Repsol Honda Honda +43.146 5 12 Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +1:01.450 4 13 Jeremy McWilliams QUB Team Optimum ROC Yamaha +1:38.718 3 14 Toshiyuki Arakaki Padgett's Racing Team Yamaha +1:38.802 2 15 James Haydon World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha +1:51.385 1 16 Eugene McManus Millar Racing Yamaha +1:51.732 17 Sean Emmett Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha +1:52.087 18 Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf +1 Lap Ret Katsuaki Fujiwara Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Retirement Ret Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Luca Cadalora Kanemoto Honda Honda Retirement Ret Laurent Naveau ELC Lease ROC ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Jean Pierre Jeandat Team Paton Paton Retirement Ret Takuma Aoki Team HRC Honda Retirement Ret Adrien Bosshard Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 Retirement Ret Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha Retirement Ret Loris Capirossi Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret Alex Barros Honda Pileri Honda Retirement Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Max Biaggi Aprilia 41:36.486 25 2 Noriyasu Numata Suzuki +13.560 20 3 Daijiro Kato Honda +19.839 16 4 Olivier Jacque Honda +20.000 13 5 Tohru Ukawa Honda +20.446 11 6 Nobuatsu Aoki Honda +24.751 10 7 Kensuke Haga Yamaha +33.656 9 8 Ralf Waldmann Honda +38.644 8 9 Luis d'Antin Honda +44.416 7 10 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda +44.542 6 11 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +1:01.951 5 12 Jürgen Fuchs Honda +1:02.092 4 13 Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia +1:02.484 3 14 Regis Laconi Honda +1:02.778 2 15 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda +1:02.907 1 16 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +1:03.014 17 Kyoji Nanba Yamaha +1:06.271 18 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +1:14.852 19 Eskil Suter Aprilia +1:15.376 20 Sete Gibernau Honda +1:22.370 21 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +1:27.027 22 Jamie Robinson Aprilia +1:30.186 23 José Luis Cardoso Aprilia +1:46.856 24 Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia +1:47.046 25 Cristophe Cogan Honda +1 Lap Ret Massimo Ottobre Aprilia Retirement Ret Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda Retirement Ret José Barresi Yamaha Retirement Ret Christian Boudinot Aprilia Retirement Ret Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement Ret Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Retirement Ret Gianluigi Scalvini Honda Retirement Ret Davide Bulega Aprilia Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia 41:44.002 25 2 Haruchika Aoki Honda +1.232 20 3 Noboru Ueda Honda +2.010 16 4 Tomomi Manako Honda +8.126 13 5 Manfred Geissler Aprilia +15.420 11 6 Masao Azuma Honda +16.218 10 7 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +16.744 9 8 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +24.449 8 9 Darren Barton Aprilia +25.354 7 10 Shigeru Ibaraki Yamaha +28.019 6 11 Valentino Rossi Aprilia +37.643 5 12 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +42.357 4 13 Paolo Tessari Honda +46.900 3 14 Jaroslav Hules Honda +46.950 2 15 Shinichi Sugaya Honda +1:08.334 1 16 Josep Sarda Honda +1:08.368 17 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia +1:24.224 18 Stefano Cruciani Aprilia +1:25.803 19 Ivan Goi Honda +1:26.722 20 Frederic Petit Honda +1:31.487 21 Makoto Ono Honda +1:34.816 Ret Akira Saito Honda Retirement Ret Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha Retirement Ret Kazuhiro Takao Honda Retirement Ret Garry McCoy Aprilia Retirement Ret Youichi Ui Yamaha Retirement Ret Emilio Alzamora Honda Retirement Ret Dirk Raudies Honda Retirement Ret Kazuto Sakata Aprilia Retirement Ret Ken Ohashi Honda Retirement Ret Peter Öttl Aprilia Retirement Ret Gabriele Debbia Yamaha Retirement
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