1989 · Round 16
Australian Grand Prix
Adelaide Street Circuit · Adelaide, Australia
Pole position
Senna
Biggest climber
▲19
Satoru Nakajima
Finishers
8/26
18 did not finish
Classification
Australian GP result
| Pos | Driver | Grid | +/− | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thierry BoutsenWilliams | 5 | ▲4 | 70 | 2:00:17.421 | 9 |
| 2 | Alessandro NanniniBenetton | 4 | ▲2 | 70 | +28.658 | 6 |
| 3 | Riccardo PatreseWilliams | 6 | ▲3 | 70 | +37.683 | 4 |
| 4 | Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus | 23 | ▲19 | 70 | +42.331 | 3 |
| 5 | Emanuele PirroBenetton | 13 | ▲8 | 68 | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | Pierluigi MartiniMinardi | 3 | ▼3 | 67 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Maurício GugelminMarch | 25 | ▲18 | 66 | +4 Laps | |
| 8 | Stefano ModenaBrabham | 8 | • | 64 | +6 Laps | |
| DNF | Eddie CheeverArrows | 22 | 42 | Spun off | ||
| DNF | Jyrki JärvilehtoOnyx | 17 | 27 | Electrical | ||
| DNF | Olivier GrouillardLigier | 24 | 22 | Spun off | ||
| DNF | Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus | 18 | 19 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella | 21 | 18 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Nigel MansellFerrari | 7 | 17 | Spun off | ||
| DNF | Ayrton SennaMcLaren | 1 | 13 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Alex CaffiDallara | 10 | 13 | Spun off | ||
| DNF | Ivan CapelliMarch | 16 | 13 | Radiator | ||
| DNF | Andrea de CesarisDallara | 9 | 12 | Spun off | ||
| DNF | Martin BrundleBrabham | 12 | 12 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Derek WarwickArrows | 20 | 7 | Spun off | ||
| DNF | Philippe AlliotLarrousse | 19 | 6 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Gerhard BergerFerrari | 14 | 6 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Jean AlesiTyrrell | 15 | 5 | Electrical | ||
| DNF | René ArnouxLigier | 26 | 4 | Collision | ||
| DNS | Alain ProstMcLaren | 2 | 0 | Withdrew | ||
| DNF | Nicola LariniOsella | 11 | 0 | Electrical |