Australian Grand Prix
1989 · Round 16 · Adelaide, Australia · Nov 5, 1989Race summary
Victory went to Boutsen (from 5th on the grid), with a 28.7s margin. Nakajima made the biggest gain, from 23rd on the grid to 4th (up 19 places). Martini had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 6th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 5 | 70 | 2:00:17.421 | 9 |
| 2 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 4 | 70 | +28.658 | 6 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 70 | +37.683 | 4 |
| 4 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 23 | 70 | +42.331 | 3 |
| 5 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | 13 | 68 | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 3 | 67 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 25 | 66 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 8 | 64 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| – | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 22 | 42 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Jyrki Järvilehto | Onyx | 17 | 27 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 24 | 22 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 18 | 19 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 21 | 18 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 7 | 17 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 13 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 10 | 13 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 13 | Radiator | 0 |
| – | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 9 | 12 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 12 | 12 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 20 | 7 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 19 | 6 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 14 | 6 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | 15 | 5 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | René Arnoux | Ligier | 26 | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| – | Nicola Larini | Osella | 11 | 0 | Electrical | 0 |