1984 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

  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
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
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