# 1996 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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## 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 | |