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| Race 3 of 15 races in the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 21 April 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan [1] [2] [3] [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Suzuka Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1996 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 21 April 1996 at the Suzuka Circuit.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Norifumi Abe | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | 45:34.590 | 25 | ||
| 2 |  Àlex Crivillé | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +6.496 | 20 | ||
| 3 |  Scott Russell | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +7.140 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Tadayuki Okada | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +11.724 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Daryl Beattie | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | +13.670 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Mick Doohan | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +19.858 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Doriano Romboni | IP Aprilia Racing Team | Aprilia | +22.334 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Jean-Michel Bayle | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +34.456 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Alberto Puig | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +38.230 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Honda Pons | Honda | +41.488 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Shinichi Itoh | Team Repsol Honda | Honda | +43.146 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | +1:01.450 | 4 | ||
| 13 |  Jeremy McWilliams | QUB Team Optimum | ROC Yamaha | +1:38.718 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Toshiyuki Arakaki | Padgett's Racing Team | Yamaha | +1:38.802 | 2 | ||
| 15 | James Haydon | World Championship Motorsports | ROC Yamaha | +1:51.385 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Eugene McManus | Millar Racing | Yamaha | +1:51.732 | |||
| 17 | Sean Emmett | Harris Grand Prix | Harris Yamaha | +1:52.087 | |||
| 18 | Juan Borja | Elf 500 ROC | Elf | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Lucky Strike Suzuki | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Frederic Protat | Soverex FP Racing | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Luca Cadalora | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Laurent Naveau | ELC Lease ROC | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Jean Pierre Jeandat | Team Paton | Paton | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Takuma Aoki | Team HRC | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Adrien Bosshard | Elf 500 ROC | Elf 500 | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | ROC Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Loris Capirossi | Marlboro Yamaha Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Alex Barros | Honda Pileri | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [5] [6] | |||||||
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