1990 / ROUND 16

Australian Grand Prix

WinnerNelson PiquetPublished race classification

Official poleAyrton SennaSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance306.18 km81 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	7	7	81	1:49:44.570	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	3	3	81	1:49:47.699	6
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	4	4	81	1:50:21.829	4
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	2	81	1:50:31.432	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	9	9	81	1:51:35.730	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	6	80	+1 lap	1
7	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	8	8	80	+1 lap	0
8	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	5	5	80	+1 lap	0
9	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	10	10	79	+2 laps	0
10	Nicola Larini	Ligier	12	12	79	+2 laps	0
11	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	19	19	78	+3 laps	0
12	Stefano Modena	Brabham	17	17	77	+4 laps	0
13	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	22	22	74	+7 laps	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	21	68	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1	61	Gearbox	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	26	26	58	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	18	18	57	Clutch	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	13	13	53	Brakes	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	14	14	46	Throttle	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Lotus	11	11	43	Gearbox	0
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	16	16	27	Brakes	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	15	15	23	Electrical	0
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	23	23	21	Gearbox	0
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	20	20	20	Gearbox	0
DNF	David Brabham	Brabham	25	25	18	Spun off	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	24	24	6	Transmission	0
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Arrows	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Ayrton Senna	1:15.671
2	Gerhard Berger	1:16.244
3	Nigel Mansell	1:16.352
4	Alain Prost	1:16.365
5	Jean Alesi	1:16.837
6	Riccardo Patrese	1:17.156
7	Nelson Piquet	1:17.173
8	Roberto Moreno	1:17.437
9	Thierry Boutsen	1:17.596
10	Pierluigi Martini	1:17.827
11	Derek Warwick	1:18.351
12	Nicola Larini	1:18.730
13	Satoru Nakajima	1:18.738
14	Ivan Capelli	1:18.843
15	Andrea de Cesaris	1:18.858
16	Maurício Gugelmin	1:18.860
17	Stefano Modena	1:18.886
18	Johnny Herbert	1:19.091
19	Philippe Alliot	1:19.202
20	Gianni Morbidelli	1:19.347
21	Emanuele Pirro	1:19.476
22	Olivier Grouillard	1:19.722
23	Éric Bernard	1:19.858
24	Aguri Suzuki	1:19.970
25	David Brabham	1:20.218
26	Gabriele Tarquini	1:20.296
27	Michele Alboreto	1:20.545
28	Yannick Dalmas	1:20.570
29	Alex Caffi	1:20.609
30	Bertrand Gachot	1:23.135

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.