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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