Australia Grand Prix 1990: results

Round 16 of the 1990 season, 4 November 1990, at Adelaide Street Circuit. Nelson Piquet won for Benetton from P7 on the grid. Ayrton Senna took pole position. Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell, 1:18.203 (lap 75).

Race result

PosDriverTeamTimePoints
1Nelson PiquetBenetton1:49:44.5709
2Nigel MansellFerrari+3.1296
3Alain ProstFerrari+37.2594
4Gerhard BergerMcLaren+46.8623
5Thierry BoutsenWilliams+1:51.1602
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams+1 lap1
7Roberto MorenoBenetton+1 lap0
8Jean AlesiTyrrell+1 lap0
9Pierluigi MartiniMinardi+2 laps0
10Nicola LariniLigier+2 laps0
11Philippe AlliotLigier+3 laps0
12Stefano ModenaBrabham+4 laps0
13Olivier GrouillardOsella+7 laps0
DNFEmanuele PirroDallaraEngine0
DNFAyrton SennaMcLarenGearbox0
DNFGabriele TarquiniAGSEngine0
DNFJohnny HerbertLotusClutch0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTyrrellBrakes0
DNFIvan CapelliLeyton HouseThrottle0
DNFDerek WarwickLotusGearbox0
DNFMaurício GugelminLeyton HouseBrakes0
DNFAndrea De CesarisDallaraElectrical0
DNFÉric BernardLolaGearbox0
DNFGianni MorbidelliMinardiGearbox0
DNFDavid BrabhamBrabhamSpun off0
DNFAguri SuzukiLolaTransmission0
DNQMichele AlboretoArrows—0
DNQYannick DalmasAGS—0
DNQAlex CaffiArrows—0
DNQBertrand GachotColoni—0

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamBest time
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren
2Gerhard BergerMcLaren
3Nigel MansellFerrari
4Alain ProstFerrari
5Jean AlesiTyrrell
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams
7Nelson PiquetBenetton
8Roberto MorenoBenetton
9Thierry BoutsenWilliams
10Pierluigi MartiniMinardi
11Derek WarwickLotus
12Nicola LariniLigier
13Satoru NakajimaTyrrell
14Ivan CapelliLeyton House
15Andrea De CesarisDallara
16Maurício GugelminLeyton House
17Stefano ModenaBrabham
18Johnny HerbertLotus
19Philippe AlliotLigier
20Gianni MorbidelliMinardi
21Emanuele PirroDallara
22Olivier GrouillardOsella
23Éric BernardLola
24Aguri SuzukiLola
25David BrabhamBrabham
26Gabriele TarquiniAGS
27Michele AlboretoArrows
28Yannick DalmasAGS
29Alex CaffiArrows
30Bertrand GachotColoni

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