Round 16 of 16 · Adelaide · 5 November 1989, Sunday
Australian Grand Prix
Key highlights
Senna
pole position
70
laps
8
finishers out of 26
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 2:00:17.421 | 9 |
| 2 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | +28.658 | 6 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | +37.683 | 4 |
| 4 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | +42.331 | 3 |
| 5 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | +2 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | +4 Laps | |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | +6 Laps | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Spun off | |
| DNF | Jyrki Järvilehto | Onyx | Electrical | |
| DNF | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | Spun off | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Collision | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | Collision | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | Spun off | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Collision | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Spun off | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli | March | Radiator | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | Spun off | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle | Brabham | Collision | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Spun off | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | Collision | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Collision | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | Electrical | |
| DNF | René Arnoux | Ligier | Collision | |
| DNF | Alain Prost | McLaren | Withdrew | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini | Osella | Electrical | |
| DNQ | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Bertrand Gachot | Rial | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Rial | Did not qualify | |
| DNPQ | Stefan Johansson | Onyx | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Michele Alboreto | Larrousse | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Yannick Dalmas | AGS | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | Did not prequalify | |
| DNPQ | Enrico Bertaggia | Coloni | Did not prequalify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DNQ
- Did not qualify
- DNPQ
- Did not pre-qualify