1996 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Malaysia  1996 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the
1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 31 March 1996
Location Shah Alam
Course Permanent racing facility
3.505 km (2.178 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:23.987
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:25.102
Podium
First Italy Luca Cadalora
Second Brazil Alex Barros
Third Spain Carlos Checa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:25.795
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:25.994
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third Spain Luis d'Antin
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 1:31.285
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Emilio Alzamora
Time 1:31.594
Podium
First Italy Stefano Perugini
Second Japan Haruchika Aoki
Third Germany Peter Öttl

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 Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Italy Luca Cadalora Honda 33 47:24.151 2 25
2 7 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 33 +5.721 6 20
3 24 Spain Carlos Checa Honda 33 +15.234 10 16
4 11 United States Scott Russell Suzuki 33 +15.393 13 13
5 1 Australia Mick Doohan Honda 33 +26.529 3 11
6 12 France Jean-Michel Bayle Yamaha 33 +27.233 9 10
7 17 Spain Alberto Puig Honda 33 +47.603 12 9
8 9 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha 33 +48.555 7 8
9 27 France Frédéric Protat ROC Yamaha 33 +1:26.583 14 7
10 8 Spain Juan Borja ELF 500 33 +1:27.515 15 6
11 19 United Kingdom Sean Emmett Harris Yamaha 33 +1:45.301 21 5
12 22 Italy Lucio Pedercini ROC Yamaha 33 +1:58.577 18 4
13 16 Belgium Laurent Naveau ROC Yamaha 33 +2:03.135 23 3
14 13 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams ROC Yamaha 33 +2:13.518 20 2
15 18 United Kingdom James Haydon ROC Yamaha 32 +1 Lap 16 1
16 51 France Jean-Pierre Jeandat Paton 32 +1 Lap 22
17 20 Japan Toshiyuki Arakaki Yamaha 31 +2 Laps 19
Ret 23 United Kingdom Eugene McManus Yamaha 19 Retirement 25
Ret 41 Japan Shinichi Ito Honda 18 Retirement 11
Ret 6 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 11 Retirement 1
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Yamaha 9 Retirement 5
Ret 14 Switzerland Adrian Bosshard ELF 500 7 Retirement 24
Ret 4 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 2 Retirement 4
DNS 15 Italy Doriano Romboni Aprilia 8
DNS 21 Japan Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 17

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

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1995 European Grand Prix
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1996 Indonesian Grand Prix
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1997 Malaysian Grand Prix
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