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05 Nov 1989

1989 Australian Grand Prix

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 70 2:00'17.421 5 9
2 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 70 + 28.658 4 6
3 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 70 + 37.683 6 4
4 12 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 70 + 42.331 23 3
5 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 68 + 2 Laps 12 2
6 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 67 + 3 Laps 3 1
7 15 Mauricio Gugelmin March-Judd 66 + 4 Laps 25
8 8 Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 64 + 6 Laps 8
Ret 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 42 Spun Off 22
Ret 37 Jyrki Jarvilehto Onyx-Ford 27 Electrical 17
Ret 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 22 Spun Off 24
Ret 11 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 19 Collision 18
Ret 18 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 18 Collision 21
Ret 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 17 Spun Off 7
Ret 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren- Honda 13 Collision 1
Ret 21 Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 13 Spun Off 10
Ret 16 Ivan Capelli March-Judd 13 Radiator 16
Ret 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 12 Spun Off 9
Ret 7 Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 12 Collision 12
Ret 9 Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 7 Spun Off 20
Ret 30 Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 6 Collision 19
Ret 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 Collision 14
Ret 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 5 Electrical 15
Ret 25 Rene Arnoux Ligier-Ford 4 Collision 26
WD 2 Alain Prost McLaren- Honda 0 Withdrew 2
Ret 17 Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 0 Electrical 11
DNQ 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford
DNQ 24 Luis Perez-Sala Minardi-Ford
DNQ 39 Bertrand Gachot Rial-Ford
DNQ 39 Pierre Henri Raphanel Rial-Ford
DNPQ 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford
DNPQ 29 Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini
DNPQ 34 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ 31 Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford
DNPQ 33 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun-Judd
DNPQ 35 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ 41 Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford
DNPQ 40 Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford
DNPQ 32 Enrico Bertaggia Coloni-Ford

Fastest Lap: Satoru Nakajima 1'38.480

Race stopped after first lap accident and restarted for total orginal distance. However, the race was stopped before the full 81 laps when it passed the two-hour mark