1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

First round of the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season July 2023 July 2023 South African 1928 South Africa National Panasonic Motorcycle Grand Prixhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1985_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725161036/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1985_heden.htm dead 2015-07-25 Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1985 Archive.li 2018-06-07 Kyalami Kyalami 1961 - 1988 Layout.png 2.550 4.104 1 12 23 March 1985 Freddie Spencer USA 1:24.200 Freddie Spencer USA 1:24.910 Eddie Lawson USA Freddie Spencer USA Wayne Gardner AUS Carlos Lavado VEN 1:29.310 Mario Rademeyer RSA 1982 1:28.140 Freddie Spencer USA Anton Mang BRD Mario Rademeyer RSA 1982 No 125cc was held Unknown No 125cc was held No 125cc was held No 125cc was held No 80cc was held No 80cc was held No 80cc was held No 80cc was held 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.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/circuits/kyalami Kyalami 12 June 2017 Classification 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 USA Eddie Lawson Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha 42'58.000 15 2 USA Freddie Spencer Rothmans Team HRC Honda +4.900 12 3 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Britain Honda +22.800 10 4 GBR Ron Haslam Rothmans Honda Britain Honda +25.400 8 5 USA Randy Mamola Rothmans Honda Mamola Honda +43.800 6 6 FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Yamaha Yamaha +51.600 5 7 BEL Didier de Radiguès Honda Benelux Elf Honda +1'25.600 4 8 ESP Sito Pons HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki +1'25.900 3 9 USA Mike Baldwin Honda +1'26.800 2 10 FRA Thierry Espié Chevallier +1'27.200 1 11 ITA Franco Uncini HB Suzuki GP Team Suzuki +1 lap 12 ZIM Dave Petersen Kreepy Krauly Racing Honda +1 lap 13 ITA Massimo Messere Team Italia Honda +1 lap 14 BRD Gustav Reiner Zwafink & Wilberts Racing Honda +1 lap 15 SUI Wolfgang Von Muralt Frankonia-Suzuki Suzuki +1 lap 16 ITA Fabio Biliotti Team Italia Honda +1 lap 17 ITA Alessandro Valesi Honda +1 lap 18 NED Boet van Dulmen Shell-Toshiba Racing Team Honda +1 lap 19 GBR Keith Huewen Honda +1 lap 20 ITA Paolo Ferreti Honda +1 lap 21 GRE Dimitris Papandreou Yamaha +4 laps Ret FRA Raymond Roche Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha Retired Ret FRA Christian Le Liard Team ROC Honda Injury Ret ITA Massimo Broccoli Rollstar Honda Racing Team Honda Accident Ret BRA Marco Greco Honda Retired Ret GBR Rob McElnea Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki Suzuki Accident Ret BRD Klaus Klein Suzuki Retired DNS GBR Gary Lingham Suzuki Did not start DNS ITA Armando Errico Team Italia Honda Did not start Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1985-south-african-motogp 1985 South African MotoGP 13 June 2017http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1985/RSA/500cc/RAC/ motogp.com · SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1985 www.motogp.com 23 September 2018 23 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180923124330/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1985/RSA/500cc/RAC/ dead References South African Grand Prix 1985 1984 San Marino Grand Prix 1985 Spanish Grand Prix 1984 South African Grand Prix 1992 South African Grand Prix Category:South African motorcycle Grand Prix South African Motorcycle Category:March 1985 sports events in Africa