1996 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  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
Official name	GP Rio
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.933 km (3.065 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
250cc
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
125cc
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

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Mick Doohan	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	45:56.850	25
2	Àlex Crivillé	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+0.465	20
3	Norifumi Abe	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+5.202	16
4	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Honda Pons	Honda	+13.020	13
5	Alex Barros	Honda Pileri	Honda	+13.662	11
6	Luca Cadalora	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	+14.478	10
7	Jean-Michel Bayle	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+16.175	9
8	Tadayuki Okada	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+17.118	8
9	Scott Russell	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	+20.024	7
10	Alberto Puig	Fortuna Honda Pons	Yamaha	+38.926	6
11	Shinichi Itoh	Team Repsol Honda	Honda	+41.332	5
12	Loris Capirossi	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+49.364	4
13	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Marlboro Yamaha Roberts	Yamaha	+1:04.048	3
14	Juan Borja	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1:10.254	2
15	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	ROC Yamaha	+1:16.552	1
16	Frederic Protat	Soverex FP Racing	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
17	Chris Walker	Elf 500 ROC	Elf 500	+1 Lap
18	Laurent Naveau	ELC Lease ROC	ROC Yamaha	+1 Lap
19	Stephane Mertens	Harris Grand Prix	Harris Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Paul Young	Padgett's Racing Team	Harris Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eugene McManus	Millar Racing	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Toshiyuki Arakaki	Team Paton	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Jeremy McWilliams	QUB Team Optimum	ROC Yamaha	Retirement
DNS	Daryl Beattie	Lucky Strike Suzuki	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Chris Taylor	World Championship Motorsports	ROC Yamaha	Did not start
Sources:

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