Race results
Race startNovember 5, 1989 at 11:00Australian Eastern Daylight Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Fastest Lap | PIT | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 2:00:17.421 | 70 | - | - | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | +28.658 | 70 | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | +37.683 | 70 | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | +42.331 | 70 | - | - | 23 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | +2 Laps | 68 | - | - | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | +3 Laps | 67 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | +4 Laps | 66 | - | - | 25 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | +6 Laps | 64 | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| - | 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | DNF (Spun off) | 42 | - | - | 22 | 0 |
| - | 37 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Onyx | DNF (Electrical) | 27 | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | DNF (Spun off) | 22 | - | - | 24 | 0 |
| - | 11 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | DNF (Collision) | 19 | - | - | 18 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | DNF (Collision) | 18 | - | - | 21 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | DNF (Spun off) | 17 | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | DNF (Collision) | 13 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| - | 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | DNF (Spun off) | 13 | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | DNF (Radiator) | 13 | - | - | 16 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | DNF (Spun off) | 12 | - | - | 9 | 0 |
| - | 7 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | DNF (Collision) | 12 | - | - | 12 | 0 |
| - | 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | DNF (Spun off) | 7 | - | - | 20 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | DNF (Collision) | 6 | - | - | 19 | 0 |
| - | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | DNF (Collision) | 6 | - | - | 14 | 0 |
| - | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | DNF (Electrical) | 5 | - | - | 15 | 0 |
| - | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | DNF (Collision) | 4 | - | - | 26 | 0 |
| - | 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| - | 17 | Nicola Larini | Osella | DNF (Electrical) | 0 | - | - | 11 | 0 |