1996 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

1996 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the; 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21 April 1996
Official name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Suzuka Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.864 km (3.644 mi);
500cc
Rider
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
250cc
Rider
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
125cc
Rider
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

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)

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.

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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]

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

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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1996 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

250 cc classification

125 cc classification

References

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