Australia Grand Prix 1989: results

Round 16 of the 1989 season, 5 November 1989, at Adelaide Street Circuit. Thierry Boutsen won for Williams from P5 on the grid. Ayrton Senna took pole position. Fastest lap: Satoru Nakajima, 1:38.480 (lap 64).

Race result

PosDriverTeamTimePoints
1Thierry BoutsenWilliams2:00:17.4219
2Alessandro NanniniBenetton+28.6586
3Riccardo PatreseWilliams+37.6834
4Satoru NakajimaLotus+42.3313
5Emanuele PirroBenetton+2 laps2
6Pierluigi MartiniMinardi+3 laps1
7Maurício GugelminMarch+4 laps0
8Stefano ModenaBrabham+6 laps0
DNFEddie CheeverArrowsSpun off0
DNFJJ LehtoOnyxElectrical0
DNFOlivier GrouillardLigierSpun off0
DNFNelson PiquetLotusCollision0
DNFPiercarlo GhinzaniOsellaCollision0
DNFNigel MansellFerrariSpun off0
DNFAyrton SennaMcLarenCollision0
DNFAlex CaffiDallaraSpun off0
DNFIvan CapelliMarchRadiator0
DNFAndrea De CesarisDallaraSpun off0
DNFMartin BrundleBrabhamCollision0
DNFDerek WarwickArrowsSpun off0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLolaCollision0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrariCollision0
DNFJean AlesiTyrrellElectrical0
DNFRené ArnouxLigierCollision0
DNFAlain ProstMcLarenWithdrew0
DNFNicola LariniOsellaElectrical0
DNQJonathan PalmerTyrrell—0
DNQLuis Pérez-SalaMinardi—0
DNQBertrand GachotRial—0
DNQPierre-Henri RaphanelRial—0
DNPQStefan JohanssonOnyx—0
DNPQMichele AlboretoLola—0
DNPQBernd SchneiderZakspeed—0
DNPQRoberto MorenoColoni—0
DNPQOscar LarrauriEuroBrun—0
DNPQAguri SuzukiZakspeed—0
DNPQYannick DalmasAGS—0
DNPQGabriele TarquiniAGS—0
DNPQEnrico BertaggiaColoni—0

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamBest time
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren
2Alain ProstMcLaren
3Pierluigi MartiniMinardi
4Alessandro NanniniBenetton
5Thierry BoutsenWilliams
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams
7Nigel MansellFerrari
8Stefano ModenaBrabham
9Andrea De CesarisDallara
10Alex CaffiDallara
11Nicola LariniOsella
12Martin BrundleBrabham
13Emanuele PirroBenetton
14Gerhard BergerFerrari
15Jean AlesiTyrrell
16Ivan CapelliMarch
17JJ LehtoOnyx
18Nelson PiquetLotus
19Philippe AlliotLola
20Derek WarwickArrows
21Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella
22Eddie CheeverArrows
23Satoru NakajimaLotus
24Olivier GrouillardLigier
25Maurício GugelminMarch
26René ArnouxLigier
27Jonathan PalmerTyrrell
28Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi
29Bertrand GachotRial
30Pierre-Henri RaphanelRial

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