South African Grand Prix (motorcycle)

The South African Grand Prix for motorcycles was a motorcycle race that was held a total of ten times between 1983 and 2004 and was part of the motorcycle world championship .

The race was held from 1983 to 1985 and 1992 on the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Gauteng Province and between 1999 and 2004 on the Phakisa Freeway near Welkom .

After the race was part of the World Cup between 1983 and 1985, the 1986 Grand Prix was canceled due to problems due to the apartheid policy practiced in South Africa and was not held again until 1992.

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  Kyalami Circuit (1983–1985)

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  Kyalami Circuit (1992)

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  Phakisa Freeway

Statistics of the South African Grand Prix

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1.	1983	Kyalami	250 cc	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Christian Sarron ( Yamaha )	Didier de Radiguès ( Chevallier - Yamaha )	Jean-François Baldé ( Chevallier - Yamaha )	Jean-François Baldé ( Chevallier - Yamaha )
			500 cc	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )	Kenny Roberts sr. ( Yamaha )	Randy Mamola ( Suzuki )	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )
2.	1984	Kyalami	250 cc	Christian Sarron ( Yamaha )	Manfred Herweh ( Real )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Mario Rademeyer ( MBA )	Patrick Fernandez ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )	Randy Mamola ( Honda )	Raymond Roche ( Honda )	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )	Barry Sheene ( Suzuki )
3.	1985	Kyalami	250 cc	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )	Toni Mang ( Honda )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Carlos Lavado ( Yamaha )	Mario Rademeyer ( Yamaha )
			500 cc	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )	Eddie Lawson ( Yamaha )	Christian Sarron ( Yamaha )	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )	Freddie Spencer ( Honda )
4th	1992	Kyalami	125 cc	Jorge Martínez ( Honda )	Carlos Giró Jr. ( Aprilia )	Alessandro Gramigni ( Aprilia )	Alessandro Gramigni ( Aprilia )	Carlos Giró Jr. ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )	Loris Reggiani ( Aprilia )	Pierfrancesco Chili ( Aprilia )	Helmut Bradl ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	John Kocinski ( Yamaha )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )	Wayne Rainey ( Yamaha )	John Kocinski ( Yamaha )	Wayne Gardner ( Honda )
5.	1999	Welkom	125 cc	Gianluigi Scalvini ( Aprilia )	Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia )	Marco Melandri ( Honda )	Gianluigi Scalvini ( Aprilia )	Gianluigi Scalvini ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )	Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha )	Olivier Jacque ( Yamaha )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Max Biaggi ( Yamaha )	Sete Gibernau ( Honda )	Àlex Crivillé ( Honda )	Tadayuki Okada ( Honda )	Sete Gibernau ( Honda )
6th	2000	Welkom	125 cc	Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia )	Mirko Giansanti ( Honda )	Emilio Alzamora ( Honda )	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )	Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia )
			250 m³	Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha )	Daijirō Katō ( Honda )	Tōru Ukawa ( Honda )	Shin'ya Nakano ( Yamaha )	Daijirō Katō ( Honda )
			500 cc	Garry McCoy ( Yamaha )	Carlos Checa ( Yamaha )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Sete Gibernau ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
7th	2001	Welkom	125 cc	Yōichi Ui ( Derbi )	Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera )	Noboru Ueda ( TSR-Honda )	Yōichi Ui ( Derbi )	Yōichi Ui ( Derbi )
			250 cc	Daijirō Katō ( Honda )	Marco Melandri ( Aprilia )	Tetsuya Harada ( Aprilia )	Daijirō Katō ( Honda )	Marco Melandri ( Aprilia )
			500 cc	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Tōru Ukawa ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
8th.	2002	Welkom	125 cc	Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera )	Arnaud Vincent ( Aprilia )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Manuel Poggiali ( Gilera )
			250 cc	Marco Melandri ( Aprilia )	Franco Battaini ( Aprilia )	Fonsi Nieto ( Aprilia )	Franco Battaini ( Aprilia )	Fonsi Nieto ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Tōru Ukawa ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Loris Capirossi ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Tōru Ukawa ( Honda )
9.	2003	Welkom	125 cc	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Steve Jenkner ( Aprilia )	Yōichi Ui ( Aprilia )	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )
			250 cc	Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia )	Randy De Puniet ( Aprilia )	Franco Battaini ( Aprilia )	Randy De Puniet ( Aprilia )	Manuel Poggiali ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Sete Gibernau ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )	Max Biaggi ( Honda )	Sete Gibernau ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Honda )
10.	2004	Welkom	125 cc	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )	Casey Stoner ( KTM )	Andrea Dovizioso ( Honda )	Roberto Locatelli ( Aprilia )
			250 cc	Dani Pedrosa ( Honda )	Randy De Puniet ( Aprilia )	Sebastián Porto ( Aprilia )	Randy De Puniet ( Aprilia )	Sebastián Porto ( Aprilia )
			MotoGP	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Max Biaggi ( Honda )	Sete Gibernau ( Honda )	Valentino Rossi ( Yamaha )	Max Biaggi ( Honda )

References

Web links

• Official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (multilingual)
• Detailed statistics on the Grand Prix of South Africa at racingmemo.free.fr (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Officially, the number of editions was not met.