The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

1990  ·  Adelaide Street Circuit  ·  4 November 1990  ·  81 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Benetton · 01:49:44.57
  2. 2nd Nigel Mansell Ferrari · +3.129
  3. 3rd Alain Prost Ferrari · +37.259

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 57

Johnny Herbert

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Clutch

03 Lap 58

Gabriele Tarquini

Retirement AGS  —  Engine

04 Lap 61

Ayrton Senna

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

05 Lap 68

Emanuele Pirro

Retirement Dallara  —  Engine

06 On the Charge

Olivier Grouillard

Osella  —  P22 → P13

07 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Benetton  —  Won from P7

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Benetton 7 81 01:49:44.57 9
2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 81 +3.129 6
3 Alain Prost Ferrari 4 81 +37.259 4
4 Gerhard Berger McLaren 2 81 +46.862 3
5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 9 81 +1:51.160 2
6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 80 +1 Lap 1
7 Roberto Moreno Benetton 8 80 +1 Lap
8 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 5 80 +1 Lap
9 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 10 79 +2 Laps
10 Nicola Larini Ligier 12 79 +2 Laps
11 Philippe Alliot Ligier 19 78 +3 Laps
12 Stefano Modena Brabham 17 77 +4 Laps
13 Olivier Grouillard Osella 22 74 +7 Laps
14 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 21 68 Engine
15 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 61 Spun off
16 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 26 58 Engine
17 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 18 57 Clutch
18 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 13 53 Spun off
19 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 14 46 Throttle
20 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 11 43 Gearbox
21 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 16 27 Brakes
22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 15 23 Electrical
23 Éric Bernard Larrousse 23 21 Gearbox
24 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 20 20 Gearbox
25 David Brabham Brabham 25 18 Spun off
26 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 24 6 Transmission

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