1989 Australian Grand Prix

Name: 1989 Australian Grand Prix
Start: 05/11/1989
Location: Adelaide

Sunday, November 5, 1989
Foster's Australian Grand Prix
F1 World Championship

Race Winner

Thierry Boutsen , Canon Williams Team

Country

Australia

Circuit

Adelaide

Round

Laps

Pole

Ayrton Senna , Honda Marlboro McLaren

Fastest Lap

Nakajima , 1m 38.480s

1989 Season

Past Results

1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928

View More View Less

“When I retired, they should have stopped it. Nothing more could have happened that could have affected the championship, so there was no further point in risking people’s lives.”

If Ayrton Senna sounded a little arrogant after his spectacular exit from Adelaide’s rain-soaked streets, his suggestion had the thread of logic that was missing from the officials’ viewpoint of the race.

After he’d three-wheeled his way back to the sanctuary of the pits, Senna had called Ron Dennis and his waterlogged men together to discuss his future. The championship lost, he even hinted at possible retirement.

Read full report