Pit Lane F1
1990 Season - Round 16 - 1990-11-04
Nelson Piquet won the 1990 Australian Grand Prix for Benetton, with Nigel Mansell (Ferrari) second and Alain Prost (Ferrari) third. The win came from P7 on the grid.
Gabriele Tarquini (AGS) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P26 on the grid to P16 at the flag — a 10-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 13 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1990 Australian Grand Prix, completing round 16 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Benetton | 7 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Alain Prost | Ferrari | 4 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Gerhard Berger |
| McLaren |
| 2 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 9 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Roberto Moreno | Benetton | 8 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | 5 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 10 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Nicola Larini | Ligier | 12 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier | 19 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 17 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella | 22 | +7 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Emanuele Pirro | Dallara | 21 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | Spun off | 0 |
| 16 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 26 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 18 | Clutch | 0 |
| 18 | Satoru Nakajima | Tyrrell | 13 | Spun off | 0 |
| 19 | Ivan Capelli | Leyton House | 14 | Throttle | 0 |
| 20 | Derek Warwick | Team Lotus | 11 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 21 | Maurício Gugelmin | Leyton House | 16 | Brakes | 0 |
| 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 15 | Electrical | 0 |
| 23 | Éric Bernard | Larrousse | 23 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 24 | Gianni Morbidelli | Minardi | 20 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 25 | David Brabham | Brabham | 25 | Spun off | 0 |
| 26 | Aguri Suzuki | Larrousse | 24 | Transmission | 0 |
