1989 Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Adelaide · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thierry Boutsen | 5 | 25 | 28.658 | 70 | 264.6 | Satoru Nakajima |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | Renault | 70 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Ford | 70 | +28.658s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Renault | 70 | +37.683s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 23 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Judd | 70 | ★ | +42.331s | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | 20 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | Ford | 68 | +2 laps | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | Ford | 67 | +3 laps | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 25 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Judd | 66 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | Judd | 64 | +6 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 22 | 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Ford | 42 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 17 | 37 | JJ Lehto | Onyx | Ford | 27 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | 24 | 26 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | Ford | 22 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 18 | 11 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Judd | 19 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 21 | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | Ford | 18 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 7 | 27 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | Ferrari | 17 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 1 | 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Honda | 13 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 10 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Ford | 13 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 16 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Judd | 13 | — | Radiator | ||
| — | 9 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | Ford | 12 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 12 | 7 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | Judd | 12 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 20 | 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Ford | 7 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 19 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | Lamborghini | 6 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 14 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 6 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 15 | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | Ford | 5 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | 26 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | Ford | 4 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 2 | 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Honda | 0 | — | Withdrew | ||
| — | 11 | 17 | Nicola Larini | Osella | Ford | 0 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | — | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 39 | Bertrand Gachot | Rial | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 38 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Rial | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 36 | Stefan Johansson | Onyx | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 29 | Michele Alboreto | Lola | Lamborghini | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 34 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Yamaha | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 31 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 33 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | Judd | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 35 | Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed | Yamaha | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 41 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 40 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 32 | Enrico Bertaggia | Coloni | Ford | — | Not classified |