1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1985 South African Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 12 races in the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 March 1985
Official name	National Panasonic Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Kyalami
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

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
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