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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| Race 3 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 21 April 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Suzuka Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc classification edit
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Norifumi Abe
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | 45:34.590 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Àlex Crivillé
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +6.496 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Scott Russell
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +7.140 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Tadayuki Okada
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +11.724 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Daryl Beattie
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +13.670 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Mick Doohan
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +19.858 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Doriano Romboni
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IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +22.334 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Jean-Michel Bayle
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +34.456 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Alberto Puig
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Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +38.230 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Carlos Checa
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Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +41.488 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Shinichi Itoh
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Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +43.146 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Kenny Roberts Jr.
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +1:01.450 | 4 | ||
| 13 |  Jeremy McWilliams
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QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | +1:38.718 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Toshiyuki Arakaki
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Padgett's Racing Team | Yamaha | +1:38.802 | 2 | ||
| 15 | James Haydon
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World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:51.385 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Eugene McManus
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Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1:51.732 | |||
| 17 | Sean Emmett
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Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | +1:52.087 | |||
| 18 | Juan Borja
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Elf 500 ROC | Elf | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Katsuaki Fujiwara
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Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Frederic Protat
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Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Luca Cadalora
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Kanemoto Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Laurent Naveau
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ELC Lease ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Jean Pierre Jeandat
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Team Paton | Paton | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Takuma Aoki
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Team HRC | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Adrien Bosshard
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Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Lucio Pedercini
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Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Loris Capirossi
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Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Alex Barros
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Honda Pileri | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [5][6] | |||||||
250 cc classification edit
125 cc classification edit
References edit
- ^ "WiCK : 1996 WGP 500cc JAPAN Grand Prix [WVD-121]". Webike Japan. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1996". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "1996 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "1996 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1996". www.motogp.com.