1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

  1985 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 12 races in the
1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 March 1985
Official nameNational Panasonic Motorcycle Grand Prix[1]
LocationKyalami
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.104 km (2.550 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Freddie Spencer
Time 1:24.200
Fastest lap
Rider Freddie Spencer
Time 1:24.910
Podium
First Eddie Lawson
Second Freddie Spencer
Third Wayne Gardner
250cc
Pole position
Rider Carlos Lavado
Time 1:29.310
Fastest lap
Rider Mario Rademeyer
Time 1:28.140
Podium
First Freddie Spencer
Second Anton Mang
Third Mario Rademeyer
125cc
Pole position
Rider No 125cc was held
Fastest lap
Rider Unknown
Podium
First No 125cc was held
Second No 125cc was held
Third No 125cc was held
80cc
Pole position
Rider No 80cc was held
Fastest lap
Rider No 80cc was held
Podium
First No 80cc was held
Second No 80cc was held
Third 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]

Classification

500 cc

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
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]

References

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1985". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Kyalami". 12 June 2017.
  3. ^ "1985 South African MotoGP". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1985". www.motogp.com.


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