Season 1985 · Round 15

South African Grand Prix

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1985-10-19 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 75Lap · 307.800km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:28:22.866
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Keke Rosberg
Williams +7.572
2 Alain Prost
McLaren
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Elio de Angelis L52 Pierluigi Martini L45 Niki Lauda L37 Philippe Streiff L16 Ayrton Senna L8 Michele Alboreto L8 Nelson Piquet L6 Piercarlo Ghinzani L4 Teo Fabi L3 Marc Surer L3 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
75Lap 307.800km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Niki Lauda 3 wins · GP #1
P3 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P3 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Podiums
P2 Alain Prost 4 · → Graham Hill -1
P4 Niki Lauda 3 · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P1 Niki Lauda 12 starts · GP #1
P6 John Watson 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P6 Jacques Laffite 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Mansell · P1 → P1 1 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Rosberg · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Rosberg ROS 2 Rosberg ROS Prost · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Johansson · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Johansson JOH 4 Johansson JOH Berger · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Berger BER 5 Berger BER Boutsen · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Boutsen BOU 6 Boutsen BOU Brundle · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Brundle BRU 7 Brundle BRU de Angelis · P6 → retired L52 de Angelis · retired L52 6 de Angelis DE R de Angelis DE Martini · P20 → retired L45 Martini · retired L45 20 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Lauda · P8 → retired L37 Lauda · retired L37 8 Lauda LAU R Lauda LAU Streiff · P19 → retired L16 Streiff · retired L16 19 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Senna · P4 → retired L8 Senna · retired L8 4 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Alboreto · P15 → retired L8 Alboreto · retired L8 15 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Piquet · P2 → retired L6 Piquet · retired L6 2 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Ghinzani · P13 → retired L4 Ghinzani · retired L4 13 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Fabi · P7 → retired L3 Fabi · retired L3 7 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Surer · P5 → retired L3 Surer · retired L3 5 Surer SUR R Surer SUR Rothengatter · P21 → retired L1 Rothengatter · retired L1 21 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT Patrese · P12 → retired L0 Patrese · retired L0 12 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Cheever · P14 → retired L0 Cheever · retired L0 14 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Jones · P18 → P21 · -3 18 Jones JON 21 Jones JON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 75 1:28:22.866 9
2 6 Keke Rosberg Williams 3 75 +7.572 6
3 2 Alain Prost McLaren 9 74 +1 Lap 4
4 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 16 74 +1 Lap 3
5 17 Gerhard Berger Arrows 11 74 +1 Lap 2
6 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 10 74 +1 Lap 1
7 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 17 73 +2 Laps
R 11 Elio de Angelis Team Lotus 6 52 Engine
R 29 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 20 45 Radiator
R 1 Niki Lauda McLaren 8 37 Turbo
R 25 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 19 16 Accident
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 8 Engine
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 15 8 Turbo
R 7 Nelson Piquet Brabham 2 6 Engine
R 20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Toleman 13 4 Engine
R 19 Teo Fabi Toleman 7 3 Engine
R 8 Marc Surer Brabham 5 3 Engine
R 24 Huub Rothengatter Osella 21 1 Electrical
R 22 Riccardo Patrese Alfa Romeo 12 0 Accident
R 23 Eddie Cheever Alfa Romeo 14 0 Accident
W 33 Alan Jones Lola 18 0 Driver unwell
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
7 Nelson Piquet
3
6 Keke Rosberg
4
12 Ayrton Senna
5
8 Marc Surer
6
11 Elio de Angelis
7
19 Teo Fabi
8
1 Niki Lauda
9
2 Alain Prost
10
18 Thierry Boutsen
11
17 Gerhard Berger
12
22 Riccardo Patrese
13
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani
14
23 Eddie Cheever
15
27 Michele Alboreto
16
28 Stefan Johansson
17
3 Martin Brundle
18
33 Alan Jones
19
25 Philippe Streiff
20
29 Pierluigi Martini
21
24 Huub Rothengatter
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15