# 1996 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1996 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 March 1996 at the Shah Alam Circuit. This race marked the debut of a young Italian rider and future Grand Prix motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi in the 125cc class.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Luca Cadalora | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 33 | 47:24.151 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Alex Barros | Honda Pileri | Honda | 33 | +5.721 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | 33 | +15.234 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Scott Russell | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | 33 | +15.393 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | 33 | +26.529 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | 33 | +27.233 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Alberto Puig | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | 33 | +47.603 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Norifumi Abe | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | 33 | +48.555 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Frédéric Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | 33 | +1:26.583 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | ELF 500 | 33 | +1:27.515 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Sean Emmett | Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | 33 | +1:45.301 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | 33 | +1:58.577 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 | Laurent Naveau | ELC Lease ROC | ROC Yamaha | 33 | +2:03.135 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 13 | Jeremy McWilliams | QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | 33 | +2:13.518 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | James Haydon | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | 32 | +1 Lap | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 51 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Team Paton | Paton | 32 | +1 Lap | 22 | |
| 17 | 20 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Padgett's Racing Team | Yamaha | 31 | +2 Laps | 19 | |
| Ret | 23 | Eugene McManus | Millar Racing | Yamaha | 19 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 41 | Shinichi Ito | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | 18 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 6 | Tadayuki Okada | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 14 | Adrian Bosshard | Elf 500 ROC | ELF 500 | 7 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 4 | Àlex Crivillé | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 4 | |
| DNS | 15 | Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | | | 8 | |
| DNS | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | | | 17 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia | 31 | 45:06.934 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | 31 | +14.745 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | 31 | +33.058 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 31 | +37.121 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Honda | 31 | +39.478 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 31 | +49.988 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs | Honda | 31 | +56.860 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Honda | 31 | +1:06.596 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 31 | +1:15.716 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 31 | +1:20.972 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 31 | +1:23.754 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Honda | 31 | +1:29.408 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | 30 | +1 Lap | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | Davide Bulega | Aprilia | 30 | +1 Lap | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 29 | Osamu Miyazaki | Aprilia | 30 | +1 Lap | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 57 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 30 | +1 Lap | 26 | |
| 17 | 58 | Shahrun Nizam | Yamaha | 30 | +1 Lap | 31 | |
| Ret | 28 | Christophe Cogan | Honda | 27 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 14 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 55 | Régis Laconi | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 23 | Christian Boudinot | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 9 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 21 | Massimo Ottobre | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 96 | José Barresi | Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 15 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 16 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 56 | Meng Heng Kuang | Yamaha | 2 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 10 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 22 | Oliver Petrucciani | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 20 | |
| DNS | 3 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | | | 32 | |

## 125 cc classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 29 | 44:46.542 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 29 | +0.405 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | 29 | +0.758 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 29 | +0.785 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 29 | +1.267 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 29 | +7.379 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 29 | +7.406 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Akira Saito | Honda | 29 | +7.814 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 29 | +18.034 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | 29 | +35.742 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 29 | +39.738 | 28 | 5 |
| 12 | 72 | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | 29 | +39.812 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 29 | +57.770 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 29 | +1:10.237 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 37 | Paolo Tessari | Honda | 29 | +1:10.772 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 29 | +1:12.419 | 26 | |
| 17 | 30 | Stefano Cruciani | Aprilia | 29 | +1:34.951 | 25 | |
| 18 | 35 | Loek Bodelier | Honda | 28 | +1 Lap | 21 | |
| 19 | 36 | Josep Sardá | Honda | 28 | +1 Lap | 27 | |
| 20 | 59 | Yau Chuen Tang | Yamaha | 27 | +2 Laps | 33 | |
| Ret | 5 | Dirk Raudies | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 88 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 57 | Yasir Said | Yamaha | 14 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 15 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 14 | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | 9 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 19 | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 58 | Chow Yan Kit | Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 13 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 99 | Chao Chee Hou | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 27 | Gabriele Debbia | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 55 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 17 | Darren Barton | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 25 | José David de Gea | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 20 | |