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.
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:
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