Australian Grand Prix
Round 16 · 5 November 1989 ·Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia
Nannini
Benetton
2
Boutsen
Williams
1
Patrese
Williams
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Williams | 70 | 2:00:17.421 | 9 |
| 2 | Alessandro Nannini |  Italian | Benetton | 70 | +28.658 | 6 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Williams | 70 | +37.683 | 4 |
| 4 | Satoru Nakajima |  Japanese | Team Lotus | 70 | +42.331 | 3 |
| 5 | Emanuele Pirro | Italian | Benetton | 68 | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | Pierluigi Martini | Italian | Minardi | 67 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin |  Brazilian | March | 66 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | Italian | Brabham | 64 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| R | Eddie Cheever |  American | Arrows | 42 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Jyrki Järvilehto |  Finnish | Onyx | 27 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | Olivier Grouillard |  French | Ligier | 22 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Nelson Piquet | Brazilian | Team Lotus | 19 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Osella | 18 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Nigel Mansell |  British | Ferrari | 17 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | McLaren | 13 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Alex Caffi | Italian | Dallara | 13 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Ivan Capelli | Italian | March | 13 | Radiator | 0 |
| R | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Dallara | 12 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Martin Brundle | British | Brabham | 12 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Derek Warwick | British | Arrows | 7 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Philippe Alliot | French | Larrousse | 6 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Ferrari | 6 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Jean Alesi | French | Tyrrell | 5 | Electrical | 0 |
| R | René Arnoux | French | Ligier | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Alain Prost | French | McLaren | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| R | Nicola Larini | Italian | Osella | 0 | Electrical | 0 |
| F | Jonathan Palmer | British | Tyrrell | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Luis Pérez-Sala |  Spanish | Minardi | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Bertrand Gachot | Belgian | Rial | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | French | Rial | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | Onyx | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Michele Alboreto | Italian | Larrousse | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Bernd Schneider |  German | Zakspeed | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Roberto Moreno | Brazilian | Coloni | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Oscar Larrauri |  Argentine | Euro Brun | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Aguri Suzuki | Japanese | Zakspeed | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Yannick Dalmas | French | AGS | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Gabriele Tarquini | Italian | AGS | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Enrico Bertaggia | Italian | Coloni | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify