| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 14 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | September 15, 1996 | ||
| Location | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.031 km (3.126 mi) |
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| 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 October 6, 1996 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mick Doohan | Honda | 45:56.850 | 25 |
| 2 | Alex Criville | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |