Grand Prix: | South African |
Flag Suffix: | 1928 |
Flag: | South Africa |
Official Name: | National Panasonic Motorcycle Grand Prix[1] |
Location: | Kyalami |
Course Mi: | 2.550 |
Course Km: | 4.104 |
Race No: | 1 |
Season No: | 12 |
Date: | 23 March |
Year: | 1985 |
Pole Rider 500: | Freddie Spencer |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Pole Time 500: | 1:24.200 |
Fast Rider 500: | Freddie Spencer |
Fast Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Fast Time 500: | 1:24.910 |
First Rider 500: | Eddie Lawson |
First Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Second Rider 500: | Freddie Spencer |
Second Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Third Rider 500: | Wayne Gardner |
Third Rider 500 Country: | AUS |
Pole Rider 250: | Carlos Lavado |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | VEN |
Pole Time 250: | 1:29.310 |
Fast Rider 250: | Mario Rademeyer |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | RSA |
Fast Rider 250 Country Flag Suffix: | 1982 |
Fast Time 250: | 1:28.140 |
First Rider 250: | Freddie Spencer |
First Rider 250 Country: | USA |
Second Rider 250: | Anton Mang |
Second Rider 250 Country: | BRD |
Third Rider 250: | Mario Rademeyer |
Third Rider 250 Country: | RSA |
Third Rider 250 Country Flag Suffix: | 1982 |
Pole Rider 125: | No 125cc was held |
Fast Rider 125: | Unknown |
First Rider 125: | No 125cc was held |
Second Rider 125: | No 125cc was held |
Third Rider 125: | No 125cc was held |
Pole Rider 80: | No 80cc was held |
Fast Rider 80: | No 80cc was held |
First Rider 80: | No 80cc was held |
Second Rider 80: | No 80cc was held |
Third Rider 80: | No 80cc was held |
The 1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–23 March 1985 at the Kyalami circuit. This was the last South African GP held due to the Apartheid policies which were in place in the country and the subsequent boycott from many sport associations (such as the FIM and the FIA) that followed, until the return of motorcycle racing to the new Kyalami circuit in 1992.[2]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | |||
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1 | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | 42'58.000 | 15 | |||
2 | Freddie Spencer | Rothmans Team HRC | Honda | +4.900 | 12 | |||
3 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | +22.800 | 10 | |||
4 | Ron Haslam | Rothmans Honda Britain | Honda | +25.400 | 8 | |||
5 | Randy Mamola | Rothmans Honda Mamola | Honda | +43.800 | 6 | |||
6 | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha | Yamaha | +51.600 | 5 | |||
7 | Didier de Radiguès | Honda Benelux Elf | Honda | +1'25.600 | 4 | |||
8 | Sito Pons | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1'25.900 | 3 | |||
9 | Mike Baldwin | Honda | +1'26.800 | 2 | ||||
10 | Thierry Espié | Chevallier | +1'27.200 | 1 | ||||
11 | Franco Uncini | HB Suzuki GP Team | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
12 | Dave Petersen | Kreepy Krauly Racing | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
13 | Massimo Messere | Team Italia | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
14 | Gustav Reiner | Zwafink & Wilberts Racing | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
15 | Wolfgang Von Muralt | Frankonia-Suzuki | Suzuki | +1 lap | ||||
16 | Fabio Biliotti | Team Italia | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
17 | Alessandro Valesi | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
18 | Boet van Dulmen | Shell-Toshiba Racing Team | Honda | +1 lap | ||||
19 | Keith Huewen | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
20 | Paolo Ferreti | Honda | +1 lap | |||||
21 | Dimitris Papandreou | Yamaha | +4 laps | |||||
Ret | Raymond Roche | Marlboro Team Agostini | Yamaha | Retired | ||||
Ret | Christian Le Liard | Team ROC | Honda | Injury | ||||
Ret | Massimo Broccoli | Rollstar Honda Racing Team | Honda | Accident | ||||
Ret | Marco Greco | Honda | Retired | |||||
Ret | Rob McElnea | Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki | Suzuki | Accident | ||||
Ret | Klaus Klein | Suzuki | Retired | |||||
DNS | Gary Lingham | Suzuki | Did not start | |||||
DNS | Armando Errico | Team Italia | Honda | Did not start | ||||
Sources: [3] [4] |