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Australian Grand Prix 1989

Round 16 of 16  · 5 November 1989  · Adelaide  · 70 laps

Fastest Lap Satoru Nakajima 1:38.480 (lap 64)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 2:00:17.421 9
2 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 4 +28.658 6
3 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 +37.683 4
4 NAK Satoru Nakajima FL Lotus 23 +42.331 3
5 PIR Emanuele Pirro Benetton 13 +2 laps 2
6 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 3 +3 laps 1
7 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 25 +4 laps —
8 MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 8 +6 laps —
DNF CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 22 Spun off —
DNF JAR JJ Lehto Onyx 17 Electrical —
DNF GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 24 Spun off —
DNF PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 18 Collision —
DNF GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 21 Collision —
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 7 Spun off —
DNF SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 Collision —
DNF CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 10 Spun off —
DNF CAP Ivan Capelli March 16 Radiator —
DNF DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 9 Spun off —
DNF BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 12 Collision —
DNF WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 20 Spun off —
DNF ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 19 Collision —
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 14 Collision —
DNF ALE Jean Alesi Tyrrell 15 Electrical —
DNF ARN René Arnoux Ligier 26 Collision —
DNF PRO Alain Prost McLaren 2 Withdrew —
DNF LAR Nicola Larini Osella 11 Electrical —
DNQ PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell — — —
DNQ PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi — — —
DNQ GAC Bertrand Gachot Rial — — —
DNQ RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial — — —
DNPQ JOH Stefan Johansson Onyx — — —
DNPQ ALB Michele Alboreto Lola — — —
DNPQ SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed — — —
DNPQ MOR Roberto Moreno Coloni — — —
DNPQ LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun — — —
DNPQ SUZ Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed — — —
DNPQ DAL Yannick Dalmas AGS — — —
DNPQ TAR Gabriele Tarquini AGS — — —
DNPQ BER Enrico Bertaggia Coloni — — —

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:16.665
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:17.403
3 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1:17.623
4 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 1:17.762
5 BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 1:17.791
6 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:17.827
7 MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:18.313
8 MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 1:18.750
9 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 1:18.828
10 CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 1:18.857
11 LAR Nicola Larini Osella 1:19.110
12 BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 1:19.136
13 PIR Emanuele Pirro Benetton 1:19.217
14 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:19.238
15 ALE Jean Alesi Tyrrell 1:19.259
16 CAP Ivan Capelli March 1:19.269
17 JAR JJ Lehto Onyx 1:19.309
18 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 1:19.392
19 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 1:19.568
20 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 1:19.599
21 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 1:19.691
22 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 1:19.922
23 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 1:20.066
24 GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 1:20.073
25 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 1:20.191
26 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:20.391
27 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 1:20.428
28 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1:20.633
29 GAC Bertrand Gachot Rial 1:22.267
30 RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial 1:22.305