1996 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

Brazil  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 Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:53.293
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 1:53.602
Podium
First Australia Mick Doohan
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Japan Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:55.955
Fastest lap
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:56.004
Podium
First France Olivier Jacque
Second Germany Ralf Waldmann
Third Germany Jürgen Fuchs
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Haruchika Aoki
Time 2:01.583
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Haruchika Aoki
Time 2:01.306
Podium
First Japan Haruchika Aoki
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Japan 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 Australia Mick Doohan Honda 45:56.850 25
2 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda +0.465 20
3 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha +5.202 16
4 Spain Carlos Checa Honda +13.020 13
5 Brazil Alex Barros Honda +13.662 11
6 Italy Luca Cadalora Honda +14.478 10
7 France Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha +16.175 9
8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda +17.118 8
9 United States Scott Russell Suzuki +20.024 7
10 Spain Alberto Puig Yamaha +38.926 6
11 Japan Shinichi Itoh Honda +41.332 5
12 Italy Loris Capirossi Yamaha +49.364 4
13 United States Kenny Roberts Jr Yamaha +1:04.048 3
14 Spain Juan Borja Elf 500 +1:10.254 2
15 Italy Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha +1:16.552 1
16 France Frederic Protat ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
17 United Kingdom Chris Walker Elf 500 +1 Lap
18 Belgium Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha +1 Lap
19 Belgium Stephane Mertens Harris Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Australia Paul Young Harris Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Eugene McManus Yamaha Retirement
Ret Japan Toshiyuki Arakaki Paton Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams ROC Yamaha Retirement

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 France Olivier Jacque Honda 43:04.546 25
2 Germany Ralf Waldmann Honda +4.578 20
3 Germany Jürgen Fuchs Honda +5.497 16
4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +24.476 13
5 France Jean-Philippe Ruggia Honda +24.865 11
6 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +33.748 10
7 Spain Luis d'Antin Honda +35.589 9
8 Spain Sete Gibernau Yamaha +37.501 8
9 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +41.514 7
10 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Honda +46.790 6
11 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Honda +50.619 5
12 Argentina Sebastian Porto Aprilia +55.979 4
13 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Honda +1:03.284 3
14 Switzerland Olivier Petrucciani Aprilia +1:06.316 2
15 Switzerland Eskil Suter Aprilia +1:07.372 1
16 Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda +1:07.416
17 Italy Alessandro Antonello Aprilia +1:15.215
18 France Cristophe Cogan Honda +1:16.079
19 United Kingdom Marcus Payten Honda +1:43.484
20 Argentina Federico Gartner Honda +1 Lap
Ret United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia Retirement
Ret Venezuela José Barresi Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Christian Boudinot Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Cristiano Migliorati Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Fernando Flores Honda Retirement
Ret Spain José Luis Cardoso Aprilia Retirement
Ret France Regis Laconi Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Osamu Miyazaki Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Davide Bulega Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 42:48.875 25
2 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda +8.440 20
3 Japan Masaki Tokudome Aprilia +19.076 16
4 Spain Jorge Martinez Aprilia +22.674 13
5 Australia Garry McCoy Aprilia +23.336 11
6 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +30.056 10
7 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda +30.206 9
8 Japan Youichi Ui Yamaha +30.866 8
9 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia +32.286 7
10 Germany Dirk Raudies Honda +32.614 6
11 Japan Kazuto Sakata Aprilia +40.166 5
12 Japan Yoshiaki Katoh Yamaha +41.343 4
13 Spain Josep Sarda Honda +47.501 3
14 France Frederic Petit Honda +53.879 2
15 Czech Republic Jaroslav Hules Honda +57.353 1
16 Germany Manfred Geissler Aprilia +1:01.912
17 Japan Akira Saito Honda +1:02.172
18 Italy Luigi Ancona Aprilia +1:17.209
19 Italy Gabriele Debbia Yamaha +1:19.526
Ret Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Herri Torrontegui Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Ivan Goi Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia Retirement
Ret Netherlands Loek Bodelier Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Tomomi Manako Honda Retirement
Previous race:
1996 Catalan Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1996 season
Next race:
1996 Australian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1995 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix Next race:
1997 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
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