Adelaide Street Circuit · 5 November 1989
Thierry Boutsen won the 1989 Australian Grand Prix for Williams from 5th on the grid, 28.658s ahead of Alessandro Nannini. Satoru Nakajima gained the most places, from 23rd on the grid to 4th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Boutsen 9 + Patrese 4 | Boutsen 9 + Patrese 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Benetton Nannini 6 + Pirro 2 | Nannini 6 + Pirro 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Nakajima 3 + Piquet 0 | Nakajima 3 + Piquet 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Minardi Martini 1 | Martini 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | March Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Brabham Modena 0 + Brundle 0 | Modena 0 + Brundle 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Arrows Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Onyx Järvilehto 0 | Järvilehto 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ligier Grouillard 0 + Arnoux 0 | Grouillard 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Osella Ghinzani 0 + Larini 0 | Ghinzani 0 + Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ferrari Mansell 0 + Berger 0 | Mansell 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | McLaren Senna 0 + Prost 0 | Senna 0 + Prost 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Dallara Caffi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Caffi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Lola Alliot 0 | Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Tyrrell Alesi 0 | Alesi 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | 2:00:17.421 | 70 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | +28.658s | 70 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +37.683s | 70 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +42.331s | 70 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Emanuele Pirro Benetton | Benetton | +2 Laps | 68 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | +3 Laps | 67 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | +4 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 8 | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | +6 Laps | 64 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 42 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jyrki Järvilehto Onyx | Onyx | DNF Electrical | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Olivier Grouillard Ligier | Ligier | DNF Spun off | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Collision | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | DNF Collision | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Spun off | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | DNF Spun off | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Radiator | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Dallara | Dallara | DNF Spun off | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Brabham | Brabham | DNF Collision | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Collision | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Collision | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Electrical | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Collision | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | DNF Withdrew | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | DNF Electrical | 0 | — | — |