The 1996 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 October 1996 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Mick Doohan Team Repsol Honda Honda 45:56.850 25 2 Àlex Crivillé Team Repsol Honda Honda +0.465 20 3 Norifumi Abe Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +5.202 16 4 Carlos Checa Fortuna Honda Pons Honda +13.020 13 5 Alex Barros Honda Pileri Honda +13.662 11 6 Luca Cadalora Kanemoto Honda Honda +14.478 10 7 Jean-Michel Bayle Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +16.175 9 8 Tadayuki Okada Team Repsol Honda Honda +17.118 8 9 Scott Russell Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki +20.024 7 10 Alberto Puig Fortuna Honda Pons Yamaha +38.926 6 11 Shinichi Itoh Team Repsol Honda Honda +41.332 5 12 Loris Capirossi Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +49.364 4 13 Kenny Roberts Jr. Marlboro Yamaha Roberts Yamaha +1:04.048 3 14 Juan Borja Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1:10.254 2 15 Lucio Pedercini Team Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1:16.552 1 16 Frederic Protat Soverex FP Racing ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 17 Chris Walker Elf 500 ROC Elf 500 +1 Lap 18 Laurent Naveau ELC Lease ROC ROC Yamaha +1 Lap 19 Stephane Mertens Harris Grand Prix Harris Yamaha +1 Lap Ret Paul Young Padgett's Racing Team Harris Yamaha Retirement Ret Eugene McManus Millar Racing Yamaha Retirement Ret Toshiyuki Arakaki Team Paton Paton Retirement Ret Jeremy McWilliams QUB Team Optimum ROC Yamaha Retirement DNS Daryl Beattie Lucky Strike Suzuki Suzuki Did not start DNS Chris Taylor World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Olivier Jacque Honda 43:04.546 25 2 Ralf Waldmann Honda +4.578 20 3 Jürgen Fuchs Honda +5.497 16 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda +24.476 13 5 Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda +24.865 11 6 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +33.748 10 7 Luis d'Antin Honda +35.589 9 8 Sete Gibernau Yamaha +37.501 8 9 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +41.514 7 10 Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +46.790 6 11 Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +50.619 5 12 Sebastian Porto Aprilia +55.979 4 13 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda +1:03.284 3 14 Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia +1:06.316 2 15 Eskil Suter Aprilia +1:07.372 1 16 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda +1:07.416 17 Alessandro Antonello Aprilia +1:15.215 18 Cristophe Cogan Honda +1:16.079 19 Marcus Payten Honda +1:43.484 20 Federico Gartner Honda +1 Lap Ret Jamie Robinson Aprilia Retirement Ret José Barresi Yamaha Retirement Ret Christian Boudinot Aprilia Retirement Ret Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement Ret Fernando Flores Honda Retirement Ret José Luis Cardoso Aprilia Retirement Ret Regis Laconi Honda Retirement Ret Nobuatsu Aoki Honda Retirement Ret Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia Retirement Ret Davide Bulega Aprilia Retirement Ret Max Biaggi Aprilia Retirement
125 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Haruchika Aoki Honda 42:48.875 25 2 Emilio Alzamora Honda +8.440 20 3 Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +19.076 16 4 Jorge Martinez Aprilia +22.674 13 5 Garry McCoy Aprilia +23.336 11 6 Noboru Ueda Honda +30.056 10 7 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +30.206 9 8 Youichi Ui Yamaha +30.866 8 9 Stefano Perugini Aprilia +32.286 7 10 Dirk Raudies Honda +32.614 6 11 Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +40.166 5 12 Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +41.343 4 13 Josep Sarda Honda +47.501 3 14 Frederic Petit Honda +53.879 2 15 Jaroslav Hules Honda +57.353 1 16 Manfred Geissler Aprilia +1:01.912 17 Akira Saito Honda +1:02.172 18 Luigi Ancona Aprilia +1:17.209 19 Gabriele Debbia Yamaha +1:19.526 Ret Mirko Giansanti Honda Retirement Ret Herri Torrontegui Honda Retirement Ret Ivan Goi Honda Retirement Ret Valentino Rossi Aprilia Retirement Ret Loek Bodelier Honda Retirement Ret Tomomi Manako Honda Retirement
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