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1985 South African Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitKyalami, 75 laps
Round15 of 16
Race numbers

The 1985 South African Grand Prix was the:

  • 419th World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship South African Grand Prix (last until 1992)
  • 18th World Championship race at Kyalami (last until 1992)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda751hr 28m 22.866s9
2+1(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda75+7.572s6
3+6(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG74+1 lap4
4+12(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari74+1 lap3
5+6(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW74+1 lap2
6+4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW74+1 lap1
7+10(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault73+2 laps 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault52DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni45DNF 
R (AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG37DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault16DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault8DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari8DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW6DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart4DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart3DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW3DNF 
R (NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo1DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo0DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo0DNF 
Did not start
  (AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart   

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW
3(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda
4(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
5(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW
6(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault
7(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart
8(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG
9(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
10(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
11(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW
12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo
13(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart
14(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo
15(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
16(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
17(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault
19(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni
20(NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:02.366 
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBrabham-BMW1:02.4900.124
3(FIN) Keke RosbergWilliams-Honda1:02.5040.138
4(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:02.8250.459
5(CHE) Marc SurerBrabham-BMW1:04.0881.722
6(ITA) Elio de AngelisLotus-Renault1:04.1291.763
7(ITA) Teo FabiToleman-Hart1:04.2151.849
8(AUT) Niki LaudaMcLaren-TAG1:04.2831.917
9(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:04.3762.010
10(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:04.5182.152
11(AUT) Gerhard BergerArrows-BMW1:04.7802.414
12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseAlfa Romeo1:04.9482.582
13(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniToleman-Hart1:05.1142.748
14(USA) Eddie CheeverAlfa Romeo1:05.2602.894
15(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:05.2682.902
16(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:05.3883.022
17(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:05.6493.283
18(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart1:05.7313.365
19(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:06.2053.839
20(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:08.6586.292
21(NLD) Huub RothengatterOsella-Alfa Romeo1:09.8737.507

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost73
2(ITA) Michele Alboreto53
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna38
4(ITA) Elio de Angelis33
5(GBR) Nigel Mansell31
6(FIN) Keke Rosberg31
7(SWE) Stefan Johansson24
8(BRA) Nelson Piquet21
9(AUT) Niki Lauda14
10(BEL) Thierry Boutsen11
11(FRA) Patrick Tambay11
12(FRA) Jacques Laffite10
13(CHE) Marc Surer5
14(GBR) Derek Warwick5
15(DEU) Stefan Bellof4
16(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
18(AUT) Gerhard Berger2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG90
2Ferrari80
3Lotus-Renault71
4Williams-Honda62
5Brabham-BMW26
6Renault16
7Arrows-BMW13
8Ligier-Renault13
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth4

Stats & milestones

Wins
2nd for Nigel Mansell
21st for Williams
Race 1-2
6th for Williams
Podiums
37th for Alain Prost
15th for Keke Rosberg
8th for Nigel Mansell
122nd for McLaren
60th & 61st for Williams (7th constructor to score 60 podiums)
Poles
2nd for Nigel Mansell (first for Williams)
13th for Williams
Fastest laps
2nd for Keke Rosberg
21st for Williams
Front row starts
30th for Nelson Piquet (10th driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 1st Brazilian driver; last for Brabham)
6th for Nigel Mansell
Points finishes
1st for Gerhard Berger (222nd different point scorer, 3rd Austrian driver)
Pole & win
1st for Nigel Mansell (37th different driver to win from pole, 9th British driver; first British driver to win from pole since 1977)