1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

July 2023 July 2023 South African 1928 South Africa Nashua Motorcycle Grand Prixhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1983_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725173040/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1983_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1983 25 July 2015 25 July 2015 Archive.today Kyalami Kyalami 1961 - 1988 Layout.png 2.551 4.014 1 12 19 March 1983 Freddie Spencer USA 1:26.600 Freddie Spencer USA 1:26.430 Freddie Spencer USA Kenny Roberts USA Ron Haslam GBR Jean-François Baldé FRA 1:31.700 Jean-François Baldé FRA 1:31.450 Jean-François Baldé FRA Didier de Radiguès BEL Hervé Guilleux FRA No 125cc was held No 125cc was held No 125cc was held No 125cc was held No 125cc was held No 50cc was held No 50cc was held No 50cc was held No 50cc was held No 50cc was held The 1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the FIM 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–19 March 1983 at the Kyalami circuit which, has an elevation of 6,000 feet above sea level.Peter Clifford 1983 Motocourse 1983-1984 Hazleton Publishing Ltd 0-905138-26-0 It was the first Grand Prix motorcycle race held on the African continent. Because of the cost of flying Grand Prix teams and their equipment to South Africa, organizers were allowed to run just two classes rather than the three normally required by the FIM. Summary Qualifying Qualifying was led by Honda's Freddie Spencer with Eddie Lawson, Takazumi Katayama, Kenny Roberts, Ron Haslam, Marco Lucchinelli and Franco Uncini filling out the front row of the starting grid. Race The race started with the four factory-backed Hondas leading the field with Spencer out in front. Suzuki's Randy Mamola was in fifth with Roberts closing in on the leaders. Despite an overheating motorcycle, Roberts managed to secure second place on the ninth lap when he passed Haslam but, by then Spencer had built a 10-second lead. Roberts was able to close the gap to 5 seconds but, his overheating engine prevented him from gaining any further time and he had to settle for second place behind race winner Spencer. Haslam battled Yamaha's Marc Fontan to secure third place. Katayama had made a poor tire choice and when he tried to increase his pace late in the race, he crashed while trying to pass Jon Ekerold's Cagiva. Katayama's crash promoted Mamola to fifth place. Jean-François Baldé led teammate Didier de Radiguès across the finish line to post a one-two finish in the 250cc race for Alain Chevallier's privateer Yamaha team.July 2023 Classification 500 cc Pos. Rider Team Machine Time/Retired Points 1 USA Freddie Spencer HRC-Honda NS500 43'58.500 15 2 USA Kenny Roberts Marlboro Agostini-Yamaha YZR500 +7.200 12 3 GBR Ron Haslam HRC-Honda NS500 +13.300 10 4 FRA Marc Fontan Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha YZR500 +13.500 8 5 USA Randy Mamola HB Sinclair-Suzuki RG500 +28.400 6 6 ITA Franco Uncini HB Gallina-Suzuki RG500 +37.700 5 7 FRA Raymond Roche Moto Club Paul Ricard NS500 +41.500 4 8 USA Eddie Lawson Marlboro Agostini Yamaha YZR500 +42.400 3 9 ITA Marco Lucchinelli HRC-Honda NS500 +45.400 2 10 GBR Barry Sheene Heron-Suzuki RG500 +1'08.300 1 11 ITA Loris Reggiani HB Gallina-Suzuki RG500 +1'09.700 12 SUI Sergio Pellandini Carimati-Pezzani Racing RG500 +1'13.800 13 ITA Maurizio Massimiani HIRT Italia RS500 +1 lap 14 ITA Fabio Biliotti Moto Club Condor RG500 +1 lap 15 ITA Virginio Ferrari Cagiva GP500 +1 lap 16 BRA Marco Greco RG500 +1 lap 17 RSA 1928 Jon Ekerold Cagiva GP500 +1 lap 18 ITA Corrado Tuzii Beton Bloc Racing RS500 +1 lap 19 GBR Gary Lingham Myers Motorcycles RG500 +1 lap 20 GBR Steve Parrish Mitsui Yamaha YZR500 +1 lap 21 BRD Alfons Amerschläger Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki RG500 +2 laps 22 BRD Wolfgang Schwarz ES Motorradzubeh Racing Team RG500 +2 laps Ret JPN Takazumi Katayama HRC-Honda NS500 Accident Ret BRD Gustav Reiner RG500 Accident Ret NED Boet van Dulmen Shell Nederland-Suzuki RG500 Mechanical Ret UK Chris Guy RG500 Mechanical Ret ITA Leandro Becheroni RG500 Accident Ret SUI Michel Frutschi RS500 Accident Ret ITA Guido Paci RS500 Accident DNQ SUI Wolfgang von Muralt RG500 Did not qualify DNQ FRA Jean-François Baldé RS500 Did not qualify DNQ AUT Frank Kaserer RG500 Did not qualify DNQ DEN Børge Nielsen RG500 Did not qualify DNQ SUI Philippe Coulon Marlboro-Suzuki RG500 Did not qualify DNQ SUI Andreas Hofmann RG500 Did not qualify DNQ ITA Walter Migliorati Moto Club Carate RG500 Did not qualify DNQ ITA Lorenzo Ghiselli RG500 Did not qualify DNQ NOR Bent Slydal RG500 Did not qualify Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1983-south-african-motogp 1983 South African MotoGP 9 October 2017 Motorsportmagazine.comhttp://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1983/RSA/500cc 1983 South African GP Results MotoGP official website 31 March 2015 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142437/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1983/RSA/500cc dead References South African Grand Prix 1983 1982 German Grand Prix 1983 French Grand Prix None 1984 South African Grand Prix Category:South African motorcycle Grand Prix South African Motorcycle Grand Prix Category:March 1983 sports events in Africa