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Nelson Piquet won the 1990 Australian Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won the 1990 Australian Grand Prix for Benetton, ahead of Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost at Adelaide Street Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Nelson Piquet
Team
Benetton
Top listed
Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, and Alain Prost
Race date
November 4, 1990
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Classified drivers
30
Circuit
Adelaide Street Circuit

The decisive result

Nelson Piquet finished first for Benetton. Nigel Mansell is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Alain Prost 3 for Ferrari.

Grid to finish

Olivier Grouillard from P22 to P13 (+9), Philippe Alliot from P19 to P11 (+8), and Nelson Piquet from P7 to P1 (+6) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 Finished, 4 DNQ, 4 Gearbox, 3 +1 lap, and 2 +2 laps. Nigel Mansell holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:18.203 on lap 75. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Nelson PiquetBenetton1:49:44.5709
2Nigel MansellFerrari1:49:47.6996
3Alain ProstFerrari1:50:21.8294
4Gerhard BergerMcLaren1:50:31.4323
5Thierry BoutsenWilliams1:51:35.7302
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams+1 lap1
7Roberto MorenoBenetton+1 lap0
8Jean AlesiTyrrell+1 lap0
9Pierluigi MartiniMinardi+2 laps0
10Nicola LariniLigier+2 laps0
11Philippe AlliotLigier+3 laps0
12Stefano ModenaBrabham+4 laps0
13Olivier GrouillardOsella+7 laps0
DNFEmanuele PirroDallaraEngine0
DNFAyrton SennaMcLarenGearbox0
DNFGabriele TarquiniAGSEngine0
DNFJohnny HerbertTeam LotusClutch0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTyrrellBrakes0
DNFIvan CapelliLeyton HouseThrottle0
DNFDerek WarwickTeam LotusGearbox0