# 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.

## 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 | |
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## 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 | |