1985 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

Date23 March 1985

Official nameNational Panasonic Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1]

LocationKyalami

Course

• Permanent racing facility
• 4.104 km (2.550 mi)

  1985 South African Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 12 races in the 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 March 1985
Official name	National Panasonic Motorcycle Grand Prix[1]
Location	Kyalami
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.104 km (2.550 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Freddie Spencer Time 1:24.200 Fastest lap Rider Freddie Spencer Time 1:24.910 Podium First Eddie Lawson Second Freddie Spencer Third Wayne Gardner
250cc
Pole position Rider Carlos Lavado Time 1:29.310 Fastest lap Rider Mario Rademeyer Time 1:28.140 Podium First Freddie Spencer Second Anton Mang Third Mario Rademeyer
125cc
Pole position Rider No 125cc was held Fastest lap Rider Unknown Podium First No 125cc was held Second No 125cc was held Third No 125cc was held
80cc
Pole position Rider No 80cc was held Fastest lap Rider No 80cc was held Podium First No 80cc was held Second No 80cc was held Third No 80cc was held

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.^[2]