# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 1996

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 1996 was de derde race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 1996. De race werd verreden op 21 april 1996 op het Suzuka International Racing Course nabij Suzuka, Japan.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 21 | 45:34.590 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 21 | +6.496 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Scott Russell | Suzuki | 21 | +7.140 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 21 | +11.724 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Daryl Beattie | Suzuki | 21 | +13.670 | 17 | 11 |
| 6 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 21 | +19.858 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | Doriano Romboni | Aprilia | 21 | +22.334 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Yamaha | 21 | +34.456 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Alberto Puig | Honda | 21 | +38.230 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | Carlos Checa | Honda | 21 | +41.488 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | Shinichi Ito | Honda | 21 | +43.146 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Yamaha | 21 | +1:01.450 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | Jeremy McWilliams | ROC Yamaha | 21 | +1:38.718 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Yamaha | 21 | +1:38.802 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | James Haydon | ROC Yamaha | 21 | +1:51.385 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | Eugene McManus | Yamaha | 21 | +1:51.732 | 28 | |
| 17 | Sean Emmett | Harris Yamaha | 21 | +1:52.087 | 27 | |
| 18 | Juan Borja | ELF 500 | 20 | +1 ronde | 18 | |
| DNF | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki | | Uitgevallen | 4 | |
| DNF | Frédéric Protat | ROC Yamaha | | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | Luca Cadalora | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | Laurent Naveau | ROC Yamaha | | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Paton | | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | Takuma Aoki | Honda | | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| DNF | Adrien Bosshard | Elf 500 | | Ongeluk | 23 | |
| DNF | Loris Capirossi | Yamaha | | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | Alex Barros | Honda | | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNS | Lucio Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | | Niet gestart | 20 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia | 19 | 41:36.486 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 19 | +13.560 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 19 | +19.839 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 19 | +20.000 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 19 | +20.446 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Honda | 19 | +24.751 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Kensuke Haga | Yamaha | 19 | +33.656 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | Ralf Waldmann | Honda | 19 | +38.644 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Luis d'Antin | Honda | 19 | +44.416 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | Jean-Philippe Ruggia | Honda | 19 | +44.542 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Honda | 19 | +1:01.951 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | Jürgen Fuchs | Honda | 19 | +1:02.092 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | Osamu Miyazaki | Aprilia | 19 | +1:02.484 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | Régis Laconi | Honda | 19 | +1:02.778 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 19 | +1:02.907 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 19 | +1:03.014 | 24 | |
| 17 | Kyoji Nanba | Yamaha | 19 | +1:06.271 | 6 | |
| 18 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 19 | +1:14.852 | 18 | |
| 19 | Eskil Suter | Aprilia | 19 | +1:15.376 | 14 | |
| 20 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 19 | +1:22.370 | 22 | |
| 21 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 19 | +1:27.027 | 23 | |
| 22 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 19 | +1:30.186 | 20 | |
| 23 | José Luis Cardoso | Aprilia | 19 | +1:46.856 | 27 | |
| 24 | Olivier Petrucciani | Aprilia | 19 | +1:47.046 | 32 | |
| 25 | Cristophe Cogan | Honda | 18 | +1 ronde | 30 | |
| DNF | Massimo Ottobre | Aprilia | | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | José Barresi | Yamaha | | Uitgevallen | 33 | |
| DNF | Christian Boudinot | Aprilia | | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | Cristiano Migliorati | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 28 | |
| DNF | Tetsuya Harada | Yamaha | | Ongeluk | 1 | |
| DNF | Gianluigi Scalvini | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNF | Davide Bulega | Aprilia | | Uitgevallen | 26 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | Masaki Tokudome | Aprilia | 18 | 41:44.002 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 18 | +1.232 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 18 | +2.010 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Tomomi Manako | Honda | 18 | +8.126 | 24 | 13 |
| 5 | Manfred Geissler | Aprilia | 18 | +15.420 | 17 | 11 |
| 6 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 18 | +16.218 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 18 | +16.744 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Jorge Martínez | Aprilia | 18 | +24.449 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Darren Barton | Aprilia | 18 | +25.354 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | Shigeru Ibaraki | Yamaha | 18 | +28.019 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 18 | +37.643 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 18 | +42.357 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | Paolo Tessari | Honda | 18 | +46.900 | 25 | 3 |
| 14 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 18 | +46.950 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | Shinichi Sugaya | Honda | 18 | +1:08.334 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | Josep Sardá | Honda | 18 | +1:08.368 | 27 | |
| 17 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 18 | +1:24.224 | 21 | |
| 18 | Stefano Cruciani | Aprilia | 18 | +1:25.803 | 30 | |
| 19 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 18 | +1:26.722 | 29 | |
| 20 | Frédéric Petit | Honda | 18 | +1:31.487 | 31 | |
| 21 | Makoto Ono | Honda | 18 | +1:34.816 | 32 | |
| DNF | Akira Saito | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 5 | |
| DNF | Yoshiaki Katoh | Yamaha | | Ongeluk | 15 | |
| DNF | Kazuhiro Takao | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | Garry McCoy | Aprilia | | Uitgevallen | 13 | |
| DNF | Youichi Ui | Yamaha | | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 11 | |
| DNF | Dirk Raudies | Honda | | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | Kazuto Sakata | Aprilia | | Uitgevallen | 4 | |
| DNF | Ken Ohashi | Honda | | Ongeluk | 22 | |
| DNF | Peter Öttl | Aprilia | | Uitgevallen | 8 | |
| DNF | Gabriele Debbia | Yamaha | | Uitgevallen | 28 | |
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