Season 1990 · Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

← R15 1990 Season
1990-11-04 · Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 81Lap · 306.180km
20 Nelson Piquet
Benetton 1:49:44.570
2 Nigel Mansell
Ferrari +3.129
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
1 Alain Prost
Ferrari +37.259
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Emanuele Pirro L68 Ayrton Senna L61 Gabriele Tarquini L58 Johnny Herbert L57 Satoru Nakajima L53 Ivan Capelli L46 Derek Warwick L43 Maurício Gugelmin L27 Andrea de Cesaris L23 Éric Bernard L21 +3
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
81Lap 306.180km 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 15 30 45 60 75 L81 Piquet · P7 → P1 · +6 7 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Mansell · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Mansell MAN 2 Mansell MAN Prost · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Berger · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Berger BER 4 Berger BER Boutsen · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Boutsen BOU 5 Boutsen BOU Patrese · P6 → P6 6 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Moreno · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Moreno MOR 7 Moreno MOR Alesi · P5 → P8 · -3 5 Alesi ALE 8 Alesi ALE Martini · P10 → P9 · +1 10 Martini MAR 9 Martini MAR Larini · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Larini LAR 10 Larini LAR Alliot · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Alliot ALL 11 Alliot ALL Modena · P17 → P12 · +5 17 Modena MOD 12 Modena MOD Grouillard · P22 → P13 · +9 22 Grouillard GRO 13 Grouillard GRO Pirro · P21 → retired L68 Pirro · retired L68 21 Pirro PIR R Pirro PIR Senna · P1 → retired L61 Senna · retired L61 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Tarquini · P26 → retired L58 Tarquini · retired L58 26 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Herbert · P18 → retired L57 Herbert · retired L57 18 Herbert HER R Herbert HER Nakajima · P13 → retired L53 Nakajima · retired L53 13 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Capelli · P14 → retired L46 Capelli · retired L46 14 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Warwick · P11 → retired L43 Warwick · retired L43 11 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Gugelmin · P16 → retired L27 Gugelmin · retired L27 16 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG de Cesaris · P15 → retired L23 de Cesaris · retired L23 15 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Bernard · P23 → retired L21 Bernard · retired L21 23 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Morbidelli · P20 → retired L20 Morbidelli · retired L20 20 Morbidelli MOR R Morbidelli MOR Brabham · P25 → retired L18 Brabham · retired L18 25 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Suzuki · P24 → retired L6 Suzuki · retired L6 24 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 7 81 1:49:44.570 9
2 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 81 +3.129 6
3 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 4 81 +37.259 4
4 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren 2 81 +46.862 3
5 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 9 81 +1:51.160 2
6 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 80 +1 Lap 1
7 19 Roberto Moreno Benetton 8 80 +1 Lap
8 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 5 80 +1 Lap
9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 10 79 +2 Laps
10 25 Nicola Larini Ligier 12 79 +2 Laps
11 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 19 78 +3 Laps
12 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 17 77 +4 Laps
13 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella 22 74 +7 Laps
R 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 21 68 Engine
R 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 61 Spun off
R 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 26 58 Engine
R 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 18 57 Clutch
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 13 53 Spun off
R 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 14 46 Throttle
R 11 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 11 43 Gearbox
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 16 27 Brakes
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 15 23 Electrical
R 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 23 21 Gearbox
R 24 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 20 20 Gearbox
R 7 David Brabham Brabham 25 18 Spun off
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 24 6 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Ayrton Senna
2
28 Gerhard Berger
3
2 Nigel Mansell
4
1 Alain Prost
5
4 Jean Alesi
6
6 Riccardo Patrese
7
20 Nelson Piquet
8
19 Roberto Moreno
9
5 Thierry Boutsen
10
23 Pierluigi Martini
11
11 Derek Warwick
12
25 Nicola Larini
13
3 Satoru Nakajima
14
16 Ivan Capelli
15
22 Andrea de Cesaris
16
15 Maurício Gugelmin
17
8 Stefano Modena
18
12 Johnny Herbert
19
26 Philippe Alliot
20
24 Gianni Morbidelli
21
21 Emanuele Pirro
22
14 Olivier Grouillard
23
29 Éric Bernard
24
30 Aguri Suzuki
25
7 David Brabham
26
17 Gabriele Tarquini
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