The 1990 Australian Grand Prix was Round 16 of the 1990 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Adelaide, Australia on Sunday, 4 November 1990. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the McLaren Honda and Nelson Piquet was the race winner in the Benetton Ford.
1990 Foster's Australian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 81 | 1:49:44.570 | 1:49:44.570 | - | - | 1:18.527 | 79 | 167.399 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Ferrari | Goodyear | 81 | +3.129 | 1:49:47.699 | +3.129 | +3.129 | 1:18.203 | 75 | 167.319 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | Ferrari | Goodyear | 81 | +37.259 | 1:50:21.829 | +37.259 | +34.130 | 1:19.434 | 70 | 166.456 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 81 | +46.862 | 1:50:31.432 | +46.862 | +9.603 | 1:20.025 | 48 | 166.215 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 81 | +1:51.160 | 1:51:35.730 | +1:51.160 | +1:04.298 | 1:19.717 | 59 | 164.619 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 80 | +1 lap | 1:50:06.735 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:19.818 | 57 | 164.777 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | Roberto Moreno | Brazil | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +1 lap | 1:50:49.875 | 1 lap | +43.140 | 1:19.707 | 38 | 163.708 | 8 | |
| 8 | 4 | Jean Alesi | France | Tyrrell Ford | Pirelli | 80 | +1 lap | 1:51:05.395 | 1 lap | +15.520 | 1:19.732 | 59 | 163.327 | 5 | |
| 9 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ford | Pirelli | 79 | +2 laps | 1:50:07.290 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.257 | 57 | 162.703 | 10 | |
| 10 | 25 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +2 laps | 1:50:59.005 | 2 laps | +51.715 | 1:21.209 | 68 | 161.440 | 12 | |
| 11 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | France | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +3 laps | 1:50:33.092 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.921 | 69 | 160.019 | 12 | |
| 12 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Brabham Judd | Pirelli | 77 | +4 laps | 1:49:46.959 | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.693 | 55 | 159.074 | 17 | |
| 13 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | France | Osella Ford | Pirelli | 74 | +7 laps | 1:50:31.199 | 7 laps | 3 laps | 1:25.642 | 50 | 151.856 | 22 | |
| DNF | 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Italy | Dallara Ford | Pirelli | 68 | Engine | 1:36:54.042 | 1:22.505 | 61 | 159.156 | 21 | |||
| DNF | 27 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 61 | Spun Off | 1:22:29.202 | 1:19.302 | 50 | 167.721 | 1 | |||
| DNF | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 58 | Engine | 1:23:33.487 | 1:23.147 | 56 | 157.428 | 26 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Johnny Herbert | Great Britain | Lotus Lamborghini | Goodyear | 57 | Clutch | 1:19:48.342 | 1:22.142 | 51 | 161.988 | 18 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Tyrrell Ford | Pirelli | 53 | Spun Off | 1:14:15.314 | 1:21.713 | 51 | 161.879 | 13 | |||
| DNF | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | Leyton House Judd | Goodyear | 46 | Throttle | 1:04:52.036 | 1:22.583 | 43 | 160.833 | 14 | |||
| DNF | 11 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Lotus Lamborghini | Goodyear | 43 | Gearbox | 1:00:11.090 | 1:22.524 | 16 | 162.040 | 11 | |||
| DNF | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | Leyton House Judd | Goodyear | 27 | Brakes | 38:02.470 | 1:22.200 | 21 | 160.972 | 16 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Dallara Ford | Pirelli | 23 | Electrical | 32:44.829 | 1:23.897 | 19 | 159.293 | 15 | |||
| DNF | 29 | Éric Bernard | France | Lola Lamborghini | Goodyear | 21 | Gearbox | 29:53.274 | 1:23.272 | 18 | 159.355 | 23 | |||
| DNF | 24 | Gianni Morbidelli | Italy | Minardi Ford | Pirelli | 20 | Gearbox | 29:02.672 | 1:24.272 | 17 | 156.173 | 20 | |||
| DNF | 7 | David Brabham | Australia | Brabham Judd | Pirelli | 18 | Spun Off | 26:26.410 | 1:25.703 | 6 | 154.401 | 25 | |||
| DNF | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Japan | Lola Lamborghini | Goodyear | 6 | Transmission | 8:52.033 | 1:24.007 | 6 | 153.464 | 24 | |||
| DNQ | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 10 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Belgium | Coloni Ford | Goodyear |