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 United States Eddie Lawson Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha 42'58.000 15
2 United States Freddie Spencer Rothmans Team HRC Honda +4.900 12
3 Australia Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Britain Honda +22.800 10
4 United Kingdom Ron Haslam Rothmans Honda Britain Honda +25.400 8
5 United States Randy Mamola Rothmans Honda Mamola Honda +43.800 6
6 France Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Yamaha +51.600 5
7 Belgium Didier de Radiguès Honda Benelux Elf Honda +1'25.600 4
8 Spain Sito Pons HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki +1'25.900 3
9 United States Mike Baldwin Honda +1'26.800 2
10 France Thierry Espié Chevallier +1'27.200 1
11 Italy Franco Uncini HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki +1 lap
12 Zimbabwe Dave Petersen Kreepy Krauly Racing Honda +1 lap
13 Italy Massimo Messere Team Italia Honda +1 lap
14 West Germany Gustav Reiner Zwafink & Wilberts Racing Honda +1 lap
15 Switzerland Wolfgang Von Muralt Frankonia-Suzuki Suzuki +1 lap
16 Italy Fabio Biliotti Team Italia Honda +1 lap
17 Italy Alessandro Valesi Honda +1 lap
18 Netherlands Boet van Dulmen Shell-Toshiba Racing Team Honda +1 lap
19 United Kingdom Keith Huewen Honda +1 lap
20 Italy Paolo Ferreti Honda +1 lap
21 Greece Dimitris Papandreou Yamaha +4 laps
Ret France Raymond Roche Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha Retired
Ret France Christian Le Liard Team ROC Honda Injury
Ret Italy Massimo Broccoli Rollstar Honda Racing Team Honda Accident
Ret Brazil Marco Greco Honda Retired
Ret United Kingdom Rob McElnea Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki Suzuki Accident
Ret West Germany Klaus Klein Suzuki Retired
DNS United Kingdom Gary Lingham Suzuki Did not start
DNS Italy 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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