1984 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

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1984 South African Grand Prix

Race details

Race 1 of 12 races in the
1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Date

24 March 1984

Official name

Technics Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1]^[2]^[3]

Location

Kyalami

Course

Permanent racing facility
4.104 km (2.550 mi)

500cc

Pole position
Rider	Freddie Spencer
Time	1:24.200
Fastest lap
Rider	Barry Sheene
Time	1:42.390
Podium
First	Eddie Lawson
Second	Raymond Roche
Third	Barry Sheene

250cc

Pole position
Rider	Mario Rademeyer
Time	1:31.130
Fastest lap
Rider	Patrick Fernandez
Time	1:36.520
Podium
First	Patrick Fernandez
Second	Christian Sarron
Third	Sito Pons

125cc

Pole position
Rider	No 125cc was held
Fastest lap
Rider	No 125cc was held
Podium
First	No 125cc was held
Second	No 125cc was held
Third	No 125cc was held

80cc

Pole position
Rider	No 80cc was held
Fastest lap
Rider	No 80cc was held
Podium
First	No 80cc was held
Second	No 80cc was held
Third	No 80cc was held

The 1984 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1984 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 March 1984 at the Kyalami circuit.

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Team Marlboro Agostini	Yamaha	53'22.400	15
2	Raymond Roche	Honda Total	Honda	+12.600	12
3	Barry Sheene	Heron Suzuki	Suzuki	+12.900	10
4	Didier de Radiguès	Team Elf Chevallier Johnson	Chevallier-Honda	+35.800	8
5	Sergio Pellandini		Honda	+1'03.800	6
6	Massimo Broccoli		Honda	+1'29.600	5
7	Boet van Dulmen		Suzuki	+1 lap	4
8	Christian Le Liard	Team Elf Chevallier Johnson	Chevallier-Honda	+1 lap	3
9	Christophe Guyot		Honda	+1 lap	2
10	Brett Hudson	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+2 laps	1
11	Reinhold Roth	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+4 laps
12	Dimitris Papandreou		Yamaha	+6 laps
13	Klaus Klein	Dieter Braun Team	Suzuki	+7 laps
Ret	Marco Lucchinelli	Cagiva Motor Italia	Cagiva	Retired
Ret	Ron Haslam	Honda Racing Corporation	Honda	Accident
Ret	Franco Uncini	HB Suzuki GP Team	Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Virginio Ferrari	Team Marlboro Agostini	Yamaha	Retired
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Olymp-Hemden Racing	Honda	Retired
DNS	Freddie Spencer	Honda Racing Corporation	Honda	Did not start
Sources: ^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1984". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1984 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Kyalami - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "1984 South African MotoGP". 13 June 2017.
^ "motogp.com · SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1984". www.motogp.com.

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