1996 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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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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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[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.