Ayrton Senna fought still for a better setup for his Lotus. During the qualifying session, however, he was left with only the seventh position on the grid.
The race began with a lot of confusion. At the first start, the Frenchman René Arnoux (Ligier) caused such a confusion that all cars from the eighth row and back were blocked. Cars had to realign.
On the second attempt at starting the race, there was another incident involving many cars, those ahead of the 11th position escaping unharmed.
Senna, who had escaped uninjured in both accidents, got to third position during the race, but finished in fifth, two laps behind the winner, Nigel Mansell (Williams).
On his performance as well as all the confusion, he complained, exhausted:
“This is the type of race that we like to see over as soon as possible, because there are so many accidents, confusion and our cars are all out of whack”
AUSTRIAN GP
1º
N. Piquet
2º
N. Mansell
3º
G. Berger
4º
T. Boutsen
5º
T. Fabi
6º
M. Alboreto
7º
Ayrton Senna
8º
R. Patrese
9º
A. Prost
10º
A. de Cesaris
11º
D. Warwick
12º
E. Cheever
13º
S. Nakajima
14º
S. Johansson
15º
A. Nannini
16º
R. Arnoux
17º
M. Brundle
18º
P. Ghinzani
19º
A. Campos
20º
C. Danner
21º
A. Caffi
22º
P. Alliot
23º
I. Capelli
24º
J. Palmer
25º
P. Streiff
26º
P. Fabre
52
laps
26
cars
11
Retirements
1’28”318
Fastest lap
1º
Cloudy Weather
Podium
1º
N. Mansell
2º
N. Piquet
3º
T. Fabi
5º
final position
2º
position in championship following the race
7º
starting place
2
championship points accumulated
1’28”559
best lap
This is the type of race that we like to see over as soon as possible, because there are so many accidents, confusion and our cars are all out of whack.
