1989 season/ Round 16
Australian Grand Prix
Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia. Sun, 5 Nov 1989. 70 laps.
Australia- Winner
BOUWilliams- Pole
SENMcLaren- Fastest lap
- LONAK1:38.480
Weekend
Race
- Alessandro NanniniBEBenetton+28.6582
- Thierry BoutsenWilliams2:00:17.4211
- Riccardo PatreseWilliams+37.6833
Overtakes
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No overtake data
Biggest mover
LONAK
+19 places, P23 to P4
Beat our forecast
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No forecast for this race
Fastest Pit Stop
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No pit stop data
Fastest lap
LONAK
1:38.480, lap 64
DNFs
18
CHE, JÄR, GRO, PIQ, GHI, MAN, SEN, CAF, CAP, DE , BRU, WAR, ALL, BER, ALE, ARN, PRO, LAR
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOU | Williams | 5+4 | 2:00:17.421 | 9 |
| 2 | BENAN | BEBenetton | 4+2 | +28.658 | 6 |
| 3 | PAT | Williams | 6+3 | +37.683 | 4 |
| 4 | LONAK | LOTeam Lotus | 23+19 | +42.331 | 3 |
| 5 | BEPIR | BEBenetton | 13+8 | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | MIMAR | MIMinardi | 3-3 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | MAGUG | MAMarch | 25+18 | +4 Laps | |
| 8 | BRMOD | BRBrabham | 8 | +6 Laps | |
| DNF | ARCHE | ARArrows | 22 | Spun off | |
| DNF | ONJÄR | ONOnyx | 17 | Electrical | |
| DNF | LIGRO | LILigier | 24 | Spun off | |
| DNF | LOPIQ | LOTeam Lotus | 18 | Collision | |
| DNF | OSGHI | OSOsella | 21 | Collision | |
| DNF |  MAN | Ferrari | 7 | Spun off | |
| DNF | SEN | McLaren | 1 | Collision | |
| DNF | DACAF | DADallara | 10 | Spun off | |
| DNF | MACAP | MAMarch | 16 | Radiator | |
| DNF | DADE | DADallara | 9 | Spun off | |
| DNF | BRBRU | BRBrabham | 12 | Collision | |
| DNF | ARWAR | ARArrows | 20 | Spun off | |
| DNF | LAALL | LALarrousse | 19 | Collision | |
| DNF | BER | Ferrari | 14 | Collision | |
| DNF | TYALE | TYTyrrell | 15 | Electrical | |
| DNF | LIARN | LILigier | 26 | Collision | |
| DNS | PRO | McLaren | 2 | Withdrew | |
| DNF | OSLAR | OSOsella | 11 | Electrical |
Fastest laps
| Rank | Driver | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOSatoru Nakajima | 1:38.480 | |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese | 1:38.685 | +0.205 |
| 3 | BEAlessandro Nannini | 1:40.336 | +1.856 |
| 4 | Thierry Boutsen | 1:40.380 | +1.900 |
| 5 | Ayrton Senna | 1:41.159 | +2.679 |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | 1:42.406 | +3.926 |
| 7 | ONJyrki Järvilehto | 1:42.509 | +4.029 |
| 8 | BEEmanuele Pirro | 1:43.144 | +4.664 |
| 9 | LONelson Piquet | 1:44.277 | +5.797 |
| 10 | AREddie Cheever | 1:44.305 | +5.825 |