The 1989 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Adelaide on November 5, 1989. It took place in wet conditions, and was stopped and restarted following a first-lap collision. Andrea de Cesaris spun at the same corner on two consecutive laps. As Formula One cars are not as fast in wet conditions as they are in the dry, the race was stopped at the two-hour mark, short of the scheduled 81 laps. The race weekend began with the debacle surrounding the events in Japan 2 weeks earlier.

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  • The 1989 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Adelaide on November 5, 1989. It took place in wet conditions, and was stopped and restarted following a first-lap collision. Andrea de Cesaris spun at the same corner on two consecutive laps. As Formula One cars are not as fast in wet conditions as they are in the dry, the race was stopped at the two-hour mark, short of the scheduled 81 laps. The race weekend began with the debacle surrounding the events in Japan 2 weeks earlier. Alain Prost was confirmed as World Champion and Ayrton Senna was far from happy with the FIA in particular Jean-Marie Balestre whom he accused of rigging the championship for his fellow countryman Prost. Senna initially threatened to boycott the event and leave Formula One altogether. Convinced by his family and his boss Ron Dennis, he reluctantly showed up at Adelaide and immediately set the pace on Friday, showing the F1 circus he would be stronger for 1990. Prost was determined to go out on a high note in his last Grand Prix for McLaren before joining Ferrari. Two drivers announced their retirements on Friday, Piercarlo Ghinzani driving an Osella and René Arnoux in the Ligier would both bow out. Pre-qualifying eliminated both the Zakspeeds. This would be their last entry in a Formula One race, putting the icing on the cake for what had been a horrible season for the outfit, who were once headlined to be the next Ferrari. Ghinzani pre-qualified in his last race while Nicola Larini and Philippe Alliot both impressed to pre-qualify. The other driver was JJ Lehto in an Onyx. The two surprises were Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson both former Ferrari drivers, who were both very disappointing and failed to pre-qualify. Friday Qualifying saw Prost pip Senna to pole, with Thierry Boutsen impressing to come within under a tenth of a second behind Senna in third. Pierluigi Martini also impressed with fourth in his Minardi. The positions 4th-9th were filled with Italians with Alessandro Nannini fifth, Riccardo Patrese sixth, Stefano Modena doing well to come seventh, followed by the two Dallaras of Andrea de Cesaris ahead of team-mate Alex Caffi. British driver Martin Brundle was 10th. Ferrari were very disappointing with Gerhard Berger eleventh and Nigel Mansell way down in 16th. Saturday was cooler, and Senna did a spectacular lap to qualify below the 1:17s, to take pole overall for the race. Prost did not improve and settled for 2nd, while Martini did an excellent lap to beat Nannini to third by just one tenth. The two Williamses were fifth and sixth with Nigel Mansell doing much better to qualify seventh going a second faster than he did on Friday. Modena kept 8th and the Dallaras were 9th and 10th. The four unfortunate ones that failed to qualify were Jonathan Palmer in his Tyrrell, which would be his last race before being a pit lane reporter for the BBC. Luis Perez-Sala in the Minardi, significantly slower than teammate Martini, and the two Rials, in what was also their last race. Despite an excellent fourth for Christian Danner at the Phoenix Grand Prix, it was not enough to save the team for next season. Bertrand Gachot and Pierre-Henri Raphanel were two seconds slower than Sala. Come Sunday, the paddock was woken up rather early with a heavy rainstorn which hit Adelaide. Come the warm-up session, the conditions had not improved, and a lot of drivers aquaplaned off the circuit, some on their out lap, notably Prost and Berger. Both drivers discussed not racing over safety. An hour before the race the conditions significantly worsened, and Prost and Berger's proposal was being seriously considered by a lot of drivers. Some though said they wanted to race, wanting to prove a point, especially Ayrton Senna. Prost and Berger's arguments failed and it was agreed the race would go ahead. The lights went out before the grid had even properly lined up causing some confusion at the back. Prost got the jump on Senna at the start, but into the first corner, Senna braked significantly later, and regrabbed the lead, nearly hitting the Frenchmen. Further back, Martini fishtailed and Nannini overtook him for third. Other drivers who made a good start were de Cesaris and Brundle. However on the first lap, Olivier Grouillard spun off at turn 4, nearly collecting teammate Arnoux. As the field drove round, clinging on to the road as much as possible, a lot of drivers made mistakes including Nelson Piquet and Modena. But JJ Lehto's accident just after the first chicane partially blocked the road, resulting the race to be stopped. While that was happening, Prost had pulled into the pits, withdrawing because of safety, before going on to criticise the race organisers for allowing the race to have been started in the first place. As the cars waited on the grid, drivers argued whether the race should be restarted. The main drivers arguing for the race to be abandoned were Berger, Patrese, Piquet, Mansell and Nannini. Those arguing for the race to restart were Senna, Martini, Brundle, Jean Alesi, de Cesaris and Caffi. Bernie Ecclestone also pressed the race organisers to restart the race. He would get his way. The restart was minus Prost; Ron Dennis' persuasion techniques failing this time. At the 2nd start, Larini stalled before he even made his grid slot, while Alesi started from the pit lane for stalling on the grid. At the front, Martini made a great a start to get level with Senna, but the Brazilian kept the lead by cutting across him. Everyone else kept order behind. While Senna pulled away at impressive speed, the race became more of a guessing game as to who would go off. The Williamses both passed Nannini and Martini and started to match Senna's pace. The first retirement due to the weather was Arnoux, ending his career on a low. Berger and Alliot then collided at East Terrace bend, Berger taking out Alliot and Derek Warwick spinning down the road. Then in the space of two laps, six cars retired. Both Dallaras spun out at the same place at Brewery Bend, while Mansell, Nannini, Piquet and Eddie Cheever all had off track excursions. However, the major accident was Ayrton Senna running into the back of Brundle while lapping him and Piquet, in a famous incident recorded by a rear view camera in the back of the Brabham which commentator Murray Walker described as a scene like Jaws. Senna was out and the Williamses were one-two. Ivan Capelli also retired. Five laps later, Mansell spun out and then there was a major collision involving Piquet and Ghinzani. Piquet ran into the back of the Osella and one of Ghinzani's rear tires hit Piquet on the head, in a scary accident. Ghinzani was very lucky not to hit Martini. Following these incidents the race was a gingerly affair, with drivers not driving to win but to stay on the circuit. The only major action was Satoru Nakajima setting the fastest lap making his way through the field, while Martini went backwards. After two hours 70 laps had been completed out of 81, and Boutsen won his second race of the season followed by teammate Nannini. Patrese finished third with Nakajima fourth having a good last race for Lotus. Emanuele Pirro came home fifth and Martini eventually came sixth, 3 laps down. The remaining survivors were Mauricio Gugelmin and Stefano Modena. Everyone was relieved the race went without any significant incident in such treacherous conditions.
  • Resultats del Gran Premi d'Austràlia de Fórmula 1 de 1989 disputat a Adelaida el 5 de novembre de 1989.
  • Australian Grand Prix 1989 oli Formula 1 -sarjan osakilpailu, joka ajettiin 5. marraskuuta 1989 Adelaiden katuradalla Australiassa. Kilpailun voitti Williamsilla ajanut Thierry Boutsen, jolle voitto oli kauden toinen. Kilpailu lopetettiin kahden tunnin aikarajan täytyttä.
  • Le Grand Prix d'Australie de Formule 1 1989 s'est tenu le 5 novembre sur le circuit urbain d'Adélaïde.
  • Az Ausztrál Nagydíj volt az 1989-es Formula–1 világbajnokság szezonzáró futama.
  • Il Gran Premio d'Australia 1989 fu il sedicesimo ed ultimo appuntamento della stagione di Formula 1 1989. Disputatosi il 5 novembre sul Circuito di Adelaide, ha visto la vittoria di Thierry Boutsen su Williams-Renault, seguito da Alessandro Nannini e da Riccardo Patrese.
  • 1989年オーストラリアグランプリは、1989年F1世界選手権の第16戦として、1989年11月5日にアデレード市街地コースで開催された。
  • De Grand Prix Formule 1 van Australië 1989 werd gehouden op 5 november 1989 in Adelaide.
  • Wyniki Grand Prix Australii na Adelaide 5 listopada 1989.
  • Resultados do Grande Prémio da Austrália realizado em Adelaide a 5 de Novembro de 1989
  • Гран-при Австралии 1989 года — шестнадцатый и заключительный этап чемпионата Мира по автогонкам в классе Формула-1 сезона 1989 года. Прошёл на трессе Аделаида в Австралии. Соревнования состоялись 5 ноября 1989 года.
  • Australiens Grand Prix 1989 var det sista av 16 lopp ingående i formel 1-VM 1989.
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  • The 1989 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Adelaide on November 5, 1989. It took place in wet conditions, and was stopped and restarted following a first-lap collision. Andrea de Cesaris spun at the same corner on two consecutive laps. As Formula One cars are not as fast in wet conditions as they are in the dry, the race was stopped at the two-hour mark, short of the scheduled 81 laps. The race weekend began with the debacle surrounding the events in Japan 2 weeks earlier.
  • Resultats del Gran Premi d'Austràlia de Fórmula 1 de 1989 disputat a Adelaida el 5 de novembre de 1989.
  • Australian Grand Prix 1989 oli Formula 1 -sarjan osakilpailu, joka ajettiin 5. marraskuuta 1989 Adelaiden katuradalla Australiassa. Kilpailun voitti Williamsilla ajanut Thierry Boutsen, jolle voitto oli kauden toinen. Kilpailu lopetettiin kahden tunnin aikarajan täytyttä.
  • Le Grand Prix d'Australie de Formule 1 1989 s'est tenu le 5 novembre sur le circuit urbain d'Adélaïde.
  • Az Ausztrál Nagydíj volt az 1989-es Formula–1 világbajnokság szezonzáró futama.
  • Il Gran Premio d'Australia 1989 fu il sedicesimo ed ultimo appuntamento della stagione di Formula 1 1989. Disputatosi il 5 novembre sul Circuito di Adelaide, ha visto la vittoria di Thierry Boutsen su Williams-Renault, seguito da Alessandro Nannini e da Riccardo Patrese.
  • 1989年オーストラリアグランプリは、1989年F1世界選手権の第16戦として、1989年11月5日にアデレード市街地コースで開催された。
  • De Grand Prix Formule 1 van Australië 1989 werd gehouden op 5 november 1989 in Adelaide.
  • Wyniki Grand Prix Australii na Adelaide 5 listopada 1989.
  • Resultados do Grande Prémio da Austrália realizado em Adelaide a 5 de Novembro de 1989
  • Гран-при Австралии 1989 года — шестнадцатый и заключительный этап чемпионата Мира по автогонкам в классе Формула-1 сезона 1989 года. Прошёл на трессе Аделаида в Австралии. Соревнования состоялись 5 ноября 1989 года.
  • Australiens Grand Prix 1989 var det sista av 16 lopp ingående i formel 1-VM 1989.
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