October 19, 1985 Kyalami | Lap distance 4.104 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (12) | 1985 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW10 | Honda RA163-E | Goodyear | 75 | 1:28'22.866 | 1 | 1'02.366 | 2 | 1'08.518 | (74) | |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | Keke Rosberg (FIN) | Williams FW10 | Honda RA163-E | Goodyear | 75 | 1:28'30.438 | +7.572 | 3 | 1'02.504 | 1 | 1'08.149 | (74) |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-2B | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 74 | 1:27'45.721 | +1 lap | 9 | 1'04.376 | 3 | 1'08.713 | (56) |
| 4 | 3 | 28 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | Ferrari 156/85 | Ferrari 126C | Goodyear | 74 | 1:29'07.822 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'05.388 | 10 | 1'10.413 | (41) |
| 5 | 2 | 17 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Arrows A8 | BMW M12/13 | Goodyear | 74 | 1:29'09.266 | +1 lap | 11 | 1'04.780 | 8 | 1'10.258 | (33) |
| 6 | 1 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Arrows A8 | BMW M12/13 | Goodyear | 74 | 1:29'19.181 | +1 lap | 10 | 1'04.518 | 4 | 1'09.230 | (63) |
| 7 | 3 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Tyrrell 014 | Renault EF4 | Goodyear | 73 | 1:28'51.753 | +2 laps | 17 | 1'05.649 | 9 | 1'10.339 | (45) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 11 | Elio de Angelis (ITA) | Team Lotus 97T | Renault EF4 | Goodyear | 52 | 1:02'24.344 | 6 | 1'04.129 | 6 | 1'09.960 | (34) | ||
| radiator | 29 | Pierluigi Martini (ITA) | Minardi M/85 | Motori Moderni 6VTC | Pirelli | 45 | 57'41.262 | 19 | 1'08.658 | 16 | 1'14.428 | (5) | ||
| turbo | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | McLaren MP4-2B | TAG TTE PO1 | Goodyear | 37 | 44'27.370 | 8 | 1'04.283 | 5 | 1'09.500 | (35) | ||
| accident | 4 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | Tyrrell 014 | Renault EF4 | Goodyear | 16 | 19'39.494 | 18 | 1'06.205 | 13 | 1'11.404 | (5) | ||
| engine | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | Team Lotus 97T | Renault EF4 | Goodyear | 8 | 9'52.516 | 4 | 1'02.825 | 7 | 1'10.077 | (7) | ||
| turbo | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari 156/85 | Ferrari 126C | Goodyear | 8 | 10'13.358 | 15 | 1'05.268 | 12 | 1'10.850 | (5) | ||
| engine | 7 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Brabham BT54 | BMW M12/13 | Pirelli | 6 | 7'43.839 | 2 | 1'02.490 | 11 | 1'10.476 | (3) | ||
| engine | 20 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Toleman TG185 | Hart 415T | Pirelli | 4 | 8'30.822 | 13 | 1'05.114 | 17 | 1'29.450 | (3) | ||
| engine | 19 | Teo Fabi (ITA) | Toleman TG185 | Hart 415T | Pirelli | 3 | 3'47.321 | 7 | 1'04.215 | 14 | 1'12.035 | (3) | ||
| engine | 8 | Marc Surer (SUI) | Brabham BT54 | BMW M12/13 | Pirelli | 3 | 4'13.213 | 5 | 1'04.088 | 15 | 1'12.100 | (2) | ||
| electrical | 24 | Huub Rothengatter (NED) | Osella FA1G | Alfa Romeo 890T | Pirelli | 1 | 1'29.792 | 20 | 1'09.873 | 18 | 1'29.792 | (1) | ||
| accident | 22 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Alfa Romeo 184T | Alfa Romeo 890T | Goodyear | 0 | 12 | 1'04.948 | ||||||
| accident | 23 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Alfa Romeo 184T | Alfa Romeo 890T | Goodyear | 0 | 14 | 1'05.260 | ||||||
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| -- | 33 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Lola THL-1 | Hart 415T | Goodyear | 1'05.731 | ||||||||
