title: 1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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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