1989 Australian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Adelaide, 70 laps |
Round | 16 of 16 |
Race numbers | The 1989 Australian Grand Prix was the:
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Next race | 1990 United States Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +4 | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 70 | 2hr 00m 17.421s | 9 |
2 | +2 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 70 | +28.658s | 6 |
3 | +3 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 70 | +37.683s | 4 |
4 | +19 | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Judd | 70 | +42.331s | 3 |
5 | +8 | (ITA) Emanuele Pirro | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 68 | +2 laps | 2 |
6 | -3 | (ITA) Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 67 | +3 laps | 1 |
7 | +18 | (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin | March-Judd | 66 | +4 laps | |
8 | (ITA) Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 64 | +6 laps | ||
R | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 42 | DNF | ||
R | (FIN) JJ Lehto | Onyx-Ford Cosworth | 27 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Olivier Grouillard | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 22 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Judd | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Ford Cosworth | 18 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 17 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 13 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Alex Caffi | Dallara-Ford Cosworth | 13 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Ivan Capelli | March-Judd | 13 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford Cosworth | 12 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Martin Brundle | Brabham-Judd | 12 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Derek Warwick | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 7 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Philippe Alliot | Lola-Lamborghini | 6 | DNF | ||
R | (AUT) Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 6 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 4 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Nicola Larini | Osella-Ford Cosworth | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 0 | Withdrew |
Notes
- The race was red flagged on the first lap due to an accident.
- Alain Prost pitted at the end of the lap, instead of lining up on the grid, and withdrew from the race due to safety concerns.
- Ayrton Senna ended lap 13 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (FRA) Alain Prost | 76 |
2 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna | 60 |
3 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 40 |
4 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | 38 |
5 | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen | 37 |
6 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini | 32 |
7 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger | 21 |
8 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | 12 |
9 | (FRA) Jean Alesi | 8 |
10 | (GBR) Derek Warwick | 7 |
11 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | 6 |
= | (USA) Eddie Cheever | 6 |
= | (SWE) Stefan Johansson | 6 |
14 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert | 5 |
15 | (ITA) Pierluigi Martini | 5 |
16 | (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin | 4 |
= | (ITA) Stefano Modena | 4 |
= | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | 4 |
19 | (ITA) Alex Caffi | 4 |
20 | (GBR) Martin Brundle | 4 |
21 | (DEU) Christian Danner | 3 |
= | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima | 3 |
23 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | 2 |
= | (ITA) Emanuele Pirro | 2 |
25 | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer | 2 |
26 | (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini | 1 |
= | (FRA) Olivier Grouillard | 1 |
= | (ESP) Luis Perez-Sala | 1 |
= | (FRA) Philippe Alliot | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | McLaren-Honda | 141 |
2 | Williams-Renault | 77 |
3 | Ferrari | 59 |
4 | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 39 |
5 | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 16 |
6 | Lotus-Judd | 15 |
7 | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 13 |
8 | Dallara-Ford Cosworth | 8 |
9 | Brabham-Judd | 8 |
10 | Onyx-Ford Cosworth | 6 |
11 | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 6 |
12 | March-Judd | 4 |
13 | Rial-Ford Cosworth | 3 |
14 | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 3 |
15 | AGS-Ford Cosworth | 1 |
= | Lola-Lamborghini | 1 |
Stats & milestones
- Last start
- Rene Arnoux
- Eddie Cheever (last American driver to start a race until 1993)
- Piercarlo Ghinzani
- Milestone race start
- 50th for Ivan Capelli (71st driver to start 50 races, 11th Italian driver)
- Wins
- 2nd for Thierry Boutsen
- 42nd for Williams
- Podiums
- 17th for Riccardo Patrese
- 12th for Thierry Boutsen
- 6th for Alessandro Nannini
- 111th & 112th for Williams
- 15th for Benetton
- Poles
- 42nd for Ayrton Senna
- 55th for McLaren
- 1-2 start
- 25th for McLaren
- Fastest laps
- 1st and only for Satoru Nakajima (87th different fastest lap setter, 1st Japanese driver; last Japanese driver to set a fastest lap until 2012)
- 71st and last for Lotus
- Front row starts
- 61st for Alain Prost (last for McLaren)
- 53rd for Ayrton Senna
- Points finishes
- 1st for Emanuele Pirro (242nd different point scorer, 40th Italian driver)