The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

1989  ·  Adelaide Street Circuit  ·  5 November 1989  ·  70 laps

  1. 1st Thierry Boutsen Williams · 02:00:17.421
  2. 2nd Alessandro Nannini Benetton · +28.658
  3. 3rd Riccardo Patrese Williams · +37.683

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Withdrew

03 Lap 13

Ayrton Senna

Retirement McLaren  —  Collision

04 On the Charge

Satoru Nakajima

Team Lotus  —  P23 → P4

05 Victory

Thierry Boutsen

Williams  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 70 02:00:17.421 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
8 Stefano Modena Brabham 8 64 +6 Laps
9 Eddie Cheever Arrows 22 42 Spun off
10 Jyrki Järvilehto Onyx 17 27 Electrical
11 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 24 22 Spun off
12 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 18 19 Collision
13 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 21 18 Collision
14 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 7 17 Spun off
15 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 13 Collision
16 Alex Caffi Dallara 10 13 Spun off
17 Ivan Capelli March 16 13 Radiator
18 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 9 12 Spun off
19 Martin Brundle Brabham 12 12 Collision
20 Derek Warwick Arrows 20 7 Spun off
21 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 19 6 Collision
22 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 14 6 Collision
23 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 15 5 Electrical
24 René Arnoux Ligier 26 4 Collision
25 Alain Prost McLaren 2 0 Withdrew
26 Nicola Larini Osella 11 0 Electrical

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