The 1985 South African Grand Prix was Round 15 of the 1985 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Kyalami in South Africa on Sunday, 19 October 1985. Nigel Mansell started on pole position in the Williams Honda and was the race winner.
Southern Sun Hotels Grand Prix 1985 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 75 | 1:28:22.866 | 1:28:22.866 | - | - | 1:08.518 | 74 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 75 | +7.572 | 1:28:30.438 | +7.572 | +7.572 | 1:08.149 | 74 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:08.713 | 56 | 9 | 4 | |
| 4 | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ferrari | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:10.413 | 41 | 16 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 17 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:10.258 | 33 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:09.230 | 63 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:10.339 | 45 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Italy | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 52 | Engine | 23 laps | 21 laps | 1:09.960 | 34 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 29 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 45 | Radiator | 30 laps | 7 laps | 1:14.428 | 5 | 20 | ||
| DNF | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 37 | Turbo | 38 laps | 8 laps | 1:09.500 | 35 | 8 | ||
| DNF | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 16 | Accident | 59 laps | 21 laps | 1:11.404 | 5 | 19 | ||
| DNF | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 8 | Engine | 67 laps | 8 laps | 1:10.077 | 7 | 4 | ||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 8 | Turbo | 67 laps | 1:10.850 | 5 | 15 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 6 | Engine | 69 laps | 2 laps | 1:10.476 | 3 | 2 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Toleman Hart | Pirelli | 4 | Engine | 71 laps | 2 laps | 1:29.450 | 3 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Toleman Hart | Pirelli | 3 | Engine | 72 laps | 1 lap | 1:12.035 | 3 | 7 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Marc Surer | Switzerland | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 3 | Engine | 72 laps | 1:12.100 | 2 | 5 | |||
| DNF | 24 | Huub Rothengatter | Netherlands | Osella Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 1 | Electrical | 74 laps | 2 laps | 1:29.792 | 1 | 21 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | Accident | 75 laps | 1 lap | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 23 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | Accident | 75 laps | 14 | ||||||
| DNS | 33 | Alan Jones | Australia | Lola Hart | Goodyear | Driver Unwell | 75 laps | 18 |