1985 South African Grand Prix

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Results from the 1985 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami on October 19, 1985

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	75	28:23.1	1	9
2	6	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Honda	75	7.572	3	6
3	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	74	+ 1 Lap	9	4
4	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	74	+ 1 Lap	16	3
5	17	Gerhard Berger	Arrows-BMW	74	+ 1 Lap	11	2
6	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	74	+ 1 Lap	10	1
7	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	73	+ 2 Laps	17
Ret	11	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Renault	52	Engine	6
Ret	29	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	45	Radiator	20
Ret	1	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	37	Turbo	8
Ret	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	16	Accident	19
Ret	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	8	Engine	4
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	8	Turbo	15
Ret	7	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	6	Engine	2
Ret	20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman-Hart	4	Engine	13
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	3	Engine	7
Ret	8	Marc Surer	Brabham-BMW	3	Engine	5
Ret	24	Huub Rothengatter	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1	Electrical	21
Ret	22	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	0	Accident	12
Ret	23	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	0	Accident	14
DNS	33	Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	0	Unwell	18

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Keke Rosberg 1'02.366
• This event was boycotted by several Formula One teams, including Ligier and Renault due to the country's growing problems with apartheid.
• This was the last Formula One Grand Prix to take place on a day other than Sunday. (It was on a Saturday)

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