1996 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1996 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the
1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date21 April 1996
Official nameMarlboro Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3][4]
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 2:08.652
Fastest lap
Rider Norick Abe
Time 2:09.089
Podium
First Norick Abe
Second Àlex Crivillé
Third Scott Russell
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Tetsuya Harada
Time 2:10.676
Fastest lap
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 2:10.492
Podium
First Max Biaggi
Second Noriyasu Numata
Third Daijiro Kato
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Noboru Ueda
Time 2:17.788
Fastest lap
Rider Kazuto Sakata
Time 2:17.055
Podium
First Masaki Tokudome
Second Haruchika Aoki
Third Noboru Ueda

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: [5][6]

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
Previous race:
1996 Indonesian Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1996 season		 Next race:
1996 Spanish Grand Prix
Previous race:
1995 Japanese Grand Prix		 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
1997 Japanese Grand Prix

References
  1. "WiCK : 1996 WGP 500cc JAPAN Grand Prix [WVD-121]". Webike Japan. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "1996 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  5. "1996 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1996". www.motogp.com.
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