1985 South African Grand Prix

Round

15/16

Date

Oct 19, 1985 at 00:00 CET

Location

Midrand, South Africa

Circuit

Kyalami Racing Circuit

Circuit length

4.104 m (9 turns)

Race distance

307.8 km (75 laps)

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Mansell

Winner

1:28:22.866

Winning time

Mansell

Pole position

Rosberg

Fastest lap

1:08.149

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#5 Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:28:22.866	1st	75	9
2	#6 Keke Rosberg	Williams	+7.572	3rd	75	6
3	#2 Alain Prost	McLaren	+1 lap	9th	74	4
4	#28 Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	+1 lap	16th	74	3
5	#17 Gerhard Berger	Arrows	+1 lap	11th	74	2
6	#18 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	+1 lap	10th	74	1
7	#3 Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	+2 laps	17th	73
DNF	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	Engine	6th	52
DNF	#29 Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Radiator	19th	45
DNF	#1 Niki Lauda	McLaren	Turbo	8th	37
DNF	#4 Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	Accident	18th	16
DNF	#12 Ayrton Senna	Lotus	Engine	4th	8
DNF	#27 Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Turbo	15th	8
DNF	#7 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	Engine	2nd	6
DNF	#20 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	Engine	13th	4
DNF	#19 Teo Fabi	Toleman	Engine	7th	3
DNF	#8 Marc Surer	Brabham	Engine	5th	3
DNF	#24 Huub Rothengatter	Osella	Electrical	20th	1
DNF	#22 Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	Collision	12th	0
DNF	#23 Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	Collision	14th	0
DNS	#33 Alan Jones	Lola	Unwell

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#7 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:06.856
2	#12 Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:08.296	+1.440
3	#6 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:08.635	+1.779
4	#1 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:08.977	+2.121
5	#5 Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:09.026	+2.170
6	#2 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:09.270	+2.414
7	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:09.368	+2.512
8	#27 Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:09.695	+2.839
9	#28 Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:09.880	+3.024
10	#8 Marc Surer	Brabham	1:10.104	+3.248
11	#18 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:10.329	+3.473
12	#19 Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:10.547	+3.691
13	#3 Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:10.662	+3.806
14	#17 Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:10.750	+3.894
15	#20 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:10.967	+4.111
16	#22 Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:11.115	+4.259
17	#4 Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:11.469	+4.613
18	#23 Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:11.529	+4.673
19	#29 Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:12.821	+5.965
20	#24 Huub Rothengatter	Osella	1:13.000	+6.144

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#5 Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:02.366
2	#7 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:02.490	+0.124
3	#6 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:02.504	+0.138
4	#12 Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:02.825	+0.459
5	#8 Marc Surer	Brabham	1:04.088	+1.722
6	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:04.129	+1.763
7	#19 Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:04.215	+1.849
8	#1 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:04.283	+1.917
9	#2 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:04.376	+2.010
10	#18 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:04.518	+2.152
11	#17 Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:04.780	+2.414
12	#22 Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:04.948	+2.582
13	#20 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:05.114	+2.748
14	#23 Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:05.260	+2.894
15	#27 Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:05.268	+2.902
16	#28 Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:05.388	+3.022
17	#3 Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:05.649	+3.283
18	#33 Alan Jones	Lola	1:05.731	+3.365
19	#4 Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:06.205	+3.839
20	#29 Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:08.658	+6.292
21	#24 Huub Rothengatter	Osella	1:09.873	+7.507

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#5 Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:02.366
2	#7 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:02.490	+0.124
3	#6 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:02.504	+0.138
4	#12 Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:02.825	+0.459
5	#8 Marc Surer	Brabham	1:04.088	+1.722
6	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:04.129	+1.763
7	#19 Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:04.215	+1.849
8	#1 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:04.283	+1.917
9	#2 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:04.376	+2.010
10	#18 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:04.518	+2.152
11	#17 Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:04.780	+2.414
12	#22 Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:04.948	+2.582
13	#20 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:05.114	+2.748
14	#23 Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:05.260	+2.894
15	#28 Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:05.388	+3.022
16	#3 Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:05.649	+3.283
17	#33 Alan Jones	Lola	1:05.731	+3.365
18	#27 Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:05.757	+3.391
19	#4 Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:06.205	+3.839
20	#29 Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:08.658	+6.292
21	#24 Huub Rothengatter	Osella	1:09.873	+7.507

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	#6 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:03.073
2	#5 Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:03.188	+0.115
3	#7 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:03.844	+0.771
4	#12 Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:04.517	+1.444
5	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:04.611	+1.538
6	#18 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:05.079	+2.006
7	#27 Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:05.268	+2.195
8	#1 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:05.357	+2.284
9	#28 Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:05.406	+2.333
10	#8 Marc Surer	Brabham	1:05.411	+2.338
11	#2 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:05.757	+2.684
12	#19 Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:06.083	+3.010
13	#22 Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	1:06.386	+3.313
14	#17 Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:06.546	+3.473
15	#3 Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:06.709	+3.636
16	#33 Alan Jones	Lola	1:07.144	+4.071
17	#23 Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	1:07.159	+4.086
18	#20 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:07.800	+4.727
19	#4 Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:07.935	+4.862
20	#24 Huub Rothengatter	Osella	1:09.904	+6.831
21	#29 Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:10.025	+6.952

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#6 Keke Rosberg	Williams	1:08.149		74
2	#5 Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:08.518	+0.369	74
3	#2 Alain Prost	McLaren	1:08.713	+0.564	56
4	#18 Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:09.230	+1.081	63
5	#1 Niki Lauda	McLaren	1:09.500	+1.351	35
6	#11 Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1:09.960	+1.811	34
7	#12 Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:10.077	+1.928	7
8	#17 Gerhard Berger	Arrows	1:10.258	+2.109	33
9	#3 Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:10.339	+2.190	45
10	#28 Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:10.413	+2.264	41
11	#7 Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1:10.476	+2.327	3
12	#27 Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:10.850	+2.701	5
13	#4 Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:11.404	+3.255	5
14	#19 Teo Fabi	Toleman	1:12.035	+3.886	3
15	#8 Marc Surer	Brabham	1:12.100	+3.951	2
16	#29 Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:14.428	+6.279	5
17	#20 Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	1:29.450	+21.301	3
18	#24 Huub Rothengatter	Osella	1:29.792	+21.643	1

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	5	11	73
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	2	8	53	-20
3	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	2	6	38	-35
4	Elio de Angelis	Lotus	1	3	33	-40
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	2	3	31	-42
6	Keke Rosberg	Williams	1	4	31	-42
7	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	0	2	24	-49
8	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	1	2	21	-52
9	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1	14	-59
10	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	0	1	11	-62
11	Patrick Tambay	Renault	0	2	11	-62
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	0	2	10	-63
13	Marc Surer	Brabham	0	0	5	-68
14	Derek Warwick	Renault	0	0	5	-68
15	Stefan Bellof	Tyrrell	0	0	4	-69
16	René Arnoux	Ferrari	0	0	3	-70
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Ligier	0	0	3	-70
18	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	0	0	2	-71

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	McLaren	TAG	6	12	90
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	2	10	80	-10
3	Lotus	Renault	3	9	71	-19
4	Williams	Honda	3	7	62	-28
5	Brabham	BMW	1	2	26	-64
6	Renault	Renault	0	2	16	-74
7	Arrows	BMW	0	1	13	-77
8	Ligier	Renault	0	2	13	-77
9	Tyrrell	Ford	0	0	4	-86

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Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
1993	#2 Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Mark Blundell	1:19.492 - Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1992	#5 Nigel Mansell	Riccardo Patrese	Ayrton Senna	1:17.578 - Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
1984	#8 Niki Lauda	Alain Prost	Derek Warwick	1:08.877 - Patrick Tambay	Nelson Piquet
1983	#6 Riccardo Patrese	Andrea de Cesaris	Nelson Piquet	1:09.948 - Nelson Piquet	Patrick Tambay
1982	#15 Alain Prost	Carlos Reutemann	René Arnoux	1:08.278 - Alain Prost	René Arnoux
1980	#16 René Arnoux	Jacques Laffite	Didier Pironi	1:13.150 - René Arnoux	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1979	#12 Gilles Villeneuve	Jody Scheckter	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1:14.412 - Gilles Villeneuve	Jean-Pierre Jabouille
1978	#6 Ronnie Peterson	Patrick Depailler	John Watson	1:17.090 - Mario Andretti	Niki Lauda
1977	#11 Niki Lauda	Jody Scheckter	Patrick Depailler	1:17.630 - John Watson	James Hunt
1976	#1 Niki Lauda	James Hunt	Jochen Mass	1:17.970 - Niki Lauda	James Hunt
1975	#3 Jody Scheckter	Carlos Reutemann	Patrick Depailler	1:17.200 - Carlos Pace	Carlos Pace
1974	#7 Carlos Reutemann	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Mike Hailwood	1:18.160 - Carlos Reutemann	Niki Lauda
1973	#3 Jackie Stewart	Peter Revson	Emerson Fittipaldi	1:17.100 - Emerson Fittipaldi	Denny Hulme
1972	#12 Denny Hulme	Emerson Fittipaldi	Peter Revson	1:18.900 - Mike Hailwood	Jackie Stewart
1971	#6 Mario Andretti	Jackie Stewart	Clay Regazzoni	1:20.300 - Mario Andretti	Jackie Stewart
1970	#12 Jack Brabham	Denny Hulme	Jackie Stewart	1:20.800 - John Surtees	Jackie Stewart
1969	#7 Jackie Stewart	Graham Hill	Denny Hulme	1:21.600 - Jackie Stewart	Jack Brabham
1968	#4 Jim Clark	Graham Hill	Jochen Rindt	1:23.700 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark
1967	#4 Pedro Rodríguez	John Love	John Surtees	1:29.900 - Denny Hulme	Jack Brabham
1965	#5 Jim Clark	John Surtees	Graham Hill	1:27.600 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark
1963	#1 Jim Clark	Dan Gurney	Graham Hill	1:29.100 - Dan Gurney	Jim Clark
1962	#3 Graham Hill	Bruce McLaren	Tony Maggs	1:31.000 - Jim Clark	Jim Clark

The 1985 South African Grand Prix started Oct 19, 1985 on Kyalami Racing Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. Nigel Mansell started from pole position with Nelson Piquet next to him. Keke Rosberg started from third place.

In 1 hour, 28 minutes and 22 seconds Nigel Mansell finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Keke Rosberg in second and Alain Prost in third place.

After the 1985 South African Grand Prix, Alain Prost is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 73 points. Prost is 20 points ahead of Michele Alboreto.