Adelaide Street Circuit · 4 November 1990
Nelson Piquet won the 1990 Australian Grand Prix for Benetton from 7th on the grid, 3.129s ahead of Nigel Mansell. Olivier Grouillard gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 13th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Mansell 6 + Prost 4 | Mansell 6 + Prost 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | Benetton Piquet 9 + Moreno 0 | Piquet 9 + Moreno 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | McLaren Berger 3 + Senna 0 | Berger 3 + Senna 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Williams Boutsen 2 + Patrese 1 | Boutsen 2 + Patrese 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Alesi 0 + Nakajima 0 | Alesi 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Minardi Martini 0 + Morbidelli 0 | Martini 0 + Morbidelli 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ligier Larini 0 + Alliot 0 | Larini 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Brabham Modena 0 + Brabham 0 | Modena 0 + Brabham 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Osella Grouillard 0 | Grouillard 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Dallara Pirro 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Pirro 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | AGS Tarquini 0 | Tarquini 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Team Lotus Herbert 0 + Warwick 0 | Herbert 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Leyton House Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Larrousse Bernard 0 + Suzuki 0 | Bernard 0 + Suzuki 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Benetton | Benetton | 1:49:44.570 | 81 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | +3.129s | 81 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alain Prost Ferrari | Ferrari | +37.259s | 81 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger McLaren | McLaren | +46.862s | 81 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | +1:51.160 | 81 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 80 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Roberto Moreno Benetton | Benetton | +1 Lap | 80 | — | — | |
| 8 | Jean Alesi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 80 | — | — | |
| 9 | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | +2 Laps | 79 | — | — | |
| 10 | Nicola Larini Ligier | Ligier | +2 Laps | 79 | — | — | |
| 11 | Philippe Alliot Ligier | Ligier | +3 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 12 | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | +4 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 13 | Olivier Grouillard Osella | Osella | +7 Laps | 74 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emanuele Pirro Dallara | Dallara | DNF Engine | 68 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 61 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gabriele Tarquini AGS | AGS | DNF Engine | 58 | — | — | |
| DNF | Johnny Herbert Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Clutch | 57 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Spun off | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli Leyton House | Leyton House | DNF Throttle | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Gearbox | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House | Leyton House | DNF Brakes | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Dallara | Dallara | DNF Electrical | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Éric Bernard Larrousse | Larrousse | DNF Gearbox | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gianni Morbidelli Minardi | Minardi | DNF Gearbox | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | David Brabham Brabham | Brabham | DNF Spun off | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Aguri Suzuki Larrousse | Larrousse | DNF Transmission | 6 | — | — |