1996 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

  1996 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 October 1996
Location	Rio de Janeiro
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.031 km (3.126 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:53.293
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	1:53.602
Podium
First	Mick Doohan
Second	Àlex Crivillé
Third	Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Olivier Jacque
Time	1:55.955
Fastest lap
Rider	Olivier Jacque
Time	1:56.004
Podium
First	Olivier Jacque
Second	Ralf Waldmann
Third	Jürgen Fuchs
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Haruchika Aoki
Time	2:01.583
Fastest lap
Rider	Haruchika Aoki
Time	2:01.306
Podium
First	Haruchika Aoki
Second	Emilio Alzamora
Third	Masaki Tokudome

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	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Honda	45:56.850	25
2	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	+0.465	20
3	Norifumi Abe	Yamaha	+5.202	16
4	Carlos Checa	Honda	+13.020	13
5	Alex Barros	Honda	+13.662	11
6	Luca Cadalora	Honda	+14.478	10
7	Jean-Michel Bayle	Yamaha	+16.175	9
8	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	+17.118	8
9	Scott Russell	Suzuki	+20.024	7
10	Alberto Puig	Yamaha	+38.926	6
11	Shinichi Itoh	Honda	+41.332	5
12	Loris Capirossi	Yamaha	+49.364	4
13	Kenny Roberts Jr	Yamaha	+1:04.048	3
14	Juan Borja	Elf 500	+1:10.254	2
15	Lucio Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1:16.552	1
16	Frederic Protat	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Chris Walker	Elf 500	+1 Lap
18	Laurent Naveau	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Stephane Mertens	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Paul Young	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eugene McManus	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	ROC Yamaha	Retirement

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

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