Season 1989 · Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

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1989-11-05 · Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 70Lap · 264.600km
5 Thierry Boutsen
Williams 2:00:17.421
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
19 Alessandro Nannini
Benetton +28.658
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +37.683
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Eddie Cheever L42 Jyrki Järvilehto L27 Olivier Grouillard L22 Nelson Piquet L19 Piercarlo Ghinzani L18 Nigel Mansell L17 Ayrton Senna L13 Alex Caffi L13 Ivan Capelli L13 Andrea de Cesaris L12 +7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 5/11 45.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, Australia
70Lap 264.600km 11 races held (1985–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P11 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P11 Jean Alesi 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P17 Johnny Herbert 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L70 Boutsen · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Boutsen BOU 1 Boutsen BOU Nannini · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Nannini NAN 2 Nannini NAN Patrese · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT Nakajima · P23 → P4 · +19 23 Nakajima NAK 4 Nakajima NAK Pirro · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Pirro PIR 5 Pirro PIR Martini · P3 → P6 · -3 3 Martini MAR 6 Martini MAR Gugelmin · P25 → P7 · +18 25 Gugelmin GUG 7 Gugelmin GUG Modena · P8 → P8 8 Modena MOD 8 Modena MOD Cheever · P22 → retired L42 Cheever · retired L42 22 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Järvilehto · P17 → retired L27 Järvilehto · retired L27 17 Järvilehto JÄR R Järvilehto JÄR Grouillard · P24 → retired L22 Grouillard · retired L22 24 Grouillard GRO R Grouillard GRO Piquet · P18 → retired L19 Piquet · retired L19 18 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Ghinzani · P21 → retired L18 Ghinzani · retired L18 21 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Mansell · P7 → retired L17 Mansell · retired L17 7 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Senna · P1 → retired L13 Senna · retired L13 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Caffi · P10 → retired L13 Caffi · retired L13 10 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Capelli · P16 → retired L13 Capelli · retired L13 16 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP de Cesaris · P9 → retired L12 de Cesaris · retired L12 9 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Brundle · P12 → retired L12 Brundle · retired L12 12 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Warwick · P20 → retired L7 Warwick · retired L7 20 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Alliot · P19 → retired L6 Alliot · retired L6 19 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Berger · P14 → retired L6 Berger · retired L6 14 Berger BER R Berger BER Alesi · P15 → retired L5 Alesi · retired L5 15 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Arnoux · P26 → retired L4 Arnoux · retired L4 26 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Prost · P2 → P25 · -23 2 Prost PRO 25 Prost PRO Larini · P11 → retired L0 Larini · retired L0 11 Larini LAR R Larini LAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 70 2:00:17.421 9
2 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 4 70 +28.658 6
3 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 70 +37.683 4
4 12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 23 70 +42.331 3
5 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 13 68 +2 Laps 2
6 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 3 67 +3 Laps 1
7 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 25 66 +4 Laps
8 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 8 64 +6 Laps
R 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 22 42 Spun off
R 37 Jyrki Järvilehto Onyx 17 27 Electrical
R 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 24 22 Spun off
R 11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 18 19 Collision
R 18 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 21 18 Collision
R 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 7 17 Spun off
R 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 13 Collision
R 21 Alex Caffi Dallara 10 13 Spun off
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 16 13 Radiator
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 9 12 Spun off
R 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 12 12 Collision
R 9 Derek Warwick Arrows 20 7 Spun off
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 19 6 Collision
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 14 6 Collision
R 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 15 5 Electrical
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 26 4 Collision
W 2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 0 Withdrew
R 17 Nicola Larini Osella 11 0 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Ayrton Senna
2
2 Alain Prost
3
23 Pierluigi Martini
4
19 Alessandro Nannini
5
5 Thierry Boutsen
6
6 Riccardo Patrese
7
27 Nigel Mansell
8
8 Stefano Modena
9
22 Andrea de Cesaris
10
21 Alex Caffi
11
17 Nicola Larini
12
7 Martin Brundle
13
20 Emanuele Pirro
14
28 Gerhard Berger
15
4 Jean Alesi
16
16 Ivan Capelli
17
37 Jyrki Järvilehto
18
11 Nelson Piquet
19
30 Philippe Alliot
20
9 Derek Warwick
21
18 Piercarlo Ghinzani
22
10 Eddie Cheever
23
12 Satoru Nakajima
24
26 Olivier Grouillard
25
15 Maurício Gugelmin
26
25 René Arnoux
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15