Race · Round 15 of 16 · 19 October 1985

1985 South African Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from pole at Kyalami. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: KyalamiMidrand, South Africa
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Keke Rosberg
Entries: 217 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	—	1	75	Finished	9
2	Keke Rosberg	Williams	—	3	75	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2B	9	74	Finished	4
4	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	156/85	16	74	Finished	3
5	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	A8	11	74	Finished	2
6	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	A8	10	74	Finished	1
7	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	12	17	73	Finished	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	97T	6	52	Engine	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M185	19	45	Radiator	0
DNF	Niki Lauda	McLaren	MP4/2B	8	37	Turbo	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	12	18	16	Accident	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	97T	4	8	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	156/85	15	8	Turbo	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	BT54	2	6	Engine	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	TG185	13	4	Engine	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Toleman	TG185	7	3	Engine	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Brabham	BT54	5	3	Engine	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	—	20	1	Electrical	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	—	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	—	14	0	Collision	0
DNS	Alan Jones	Lola	THL1	—	—	Unwell	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout kyalami-1 · 4.094 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nigel Mansell	1	1	75
Keke Rosberg	3	2	75
Alain Prost	9	3	74
Stefan Johansson	16	4	74
Gerhard Berger	11	5	74
Thierry Boutsen	10	6	74
Martin Brundle	17	7	73
Elio de Angelis	6	DNF	52
Pierluigi Martini	19	DNF	45
Niki Lauda	8	DNF	37
Philippe Streiff	18	DNF	16
Ayrton Senna	4	DNF	8
Michele Alboreto	15	DNF	8
Nelson Piquet	2	DNF	6
Piercarlo Ghinzani	13	DNF	4
Teo Fabi	7	DNF	3
Marc Surer	5	DNF	3
Huub Rothengatter	20	DNF	1
Riccardo Patrese	12	DNF	0
Eddie Cheever	14	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:02.366	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:02.490	+0.124	+0.124
3	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:02.504	+0.138	+0.014
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:02.825	+0.459	+0.321
5	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:04.088	+1.722	+1.263
6	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:04.129	+1.763	+0.041
7	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:04.215	+1.849	+0.086
8	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:04.283	+1.917	+0.068
9	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:04.376	+2.010	+0.093
10	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:04.518	+2.152	+0.142
11	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:04.780	+2.414	+0.262
12	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:04.948	+2.582	+0.168
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	1:05.114	+2.748	+0.166
14	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:05.260	+2.894	+0.146
15	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:05.268	+2.902	+0.008
16	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:05.388	+3.022	+0.120
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:05.649	+3.283	+0.261
18	Alan Jones	Lola	33	1:05.731	+3.365	+0.082
19	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:06.205	+3.839	+0.474
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:08.658	+6.292	+2.453
21	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:09.873	+7.507	+1.215

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nelson Piquet	Brabham	7	1:06.856	—	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:08.296	+1.440	+1.440	—
3	Keke Rosberg	Williams	6	1:08.635	+1.779	+0.339	—
4	Niki Lauda	McLaren	1	1:08.977	+2.121	+0.342	—
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:09.026	+2.170	+0.049	—
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:09.270	+2.414	+0.244	—
7	Elio de Angelis	Team Lotus	11	1:09.368	+2.512	+0.098	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:09.695	+2.839	+0.327	—
9	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:09.880	+3.024	+0.185	—
10	Marc Surer	Brabham	8	1:10.104	+3.248	+0.224	—
11	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:10.329	+3.473	+0.225	—
12	Teo Fabi	Toleman	19	1:10.547	+3.691	+0.218	—
13	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:10.662	+3.806	+0.115	—
14	Gerhard Berger	Arrows	17	1:10.750	+3.894	+0.088	—
15	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Toleman	20	1:10.967	+4.111	+0.217	—
16	Riccardo Patrese	Alfa Romeo	22	1:11.115	+4.259	+0.148	—
17	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:11.469	+4.613	+0.354	—
18	Eddie Cheever	Alfa Romeo	23	1:11.529	+4.673	+0.060	—
19	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	29	1:12.821	+5.965	+1.292	—
20	Huub Rothengatter	Osella	24	1:13.000	+6.144	+0.179	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 97T
Lotus97T · https://www.flickr.com/jonbradbury · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

1 more photograph

Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 1985
Grand Prix: South African Grand Prix
Dates: 19 Oct 1985
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.