| 1985 South African Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 15 of 16 in the 1985 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 19 October 1985 | ||
| Location |
Kyalami Transvaal Province, South Africa | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.104 km (2.550 miles) | ||
| Distance | 75 laps, 307.800 km (191.258 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, hot and dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:02.366 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Keke Rosberg | Williams-Honda | |
| Time | 1:08.149 on lap 74 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | Williams-Honda | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The 1985 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 19 October 1985 at the Kyalami Circuit in South Africa. It was the fifteenth and penultimate round of the 1985 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The race was marked with some teams boycotting the event due to apartheid – the segregation of blacks and whites – and was the last South African Formula One race until apartheid ended in 1992. The race was won by Nigel Mansell in a Williams-Honda, who also took pole position.