The Australian Grand Prix was a historical moment for Formula 1. It was the 500th race of the championship. One more motive for Ayrton Senna to celebrate the two-time championship and for Alain Prost to try to take a bit of the shine off the Brazilian driver’s title.
The 1990 champion dominated the action until the middle of qualifying, setting the pole position.
On Sunday, he started well and maintained the lead until the 60th lap, when he made a mistake, spun out and retired from the race. Prost and Mansell then tried to win that historic race but only reached the podium.
Who won the 500th Grand Prix was Nelson Piquet, who managed yet another important result for Benetton at the end of the season.
Australian GP
1º
Ayrton Senna
2º
G. Berger
3º
N. Mansell
4º
A. Prost
5º
J. Alesi
6º
R. Patrese
7º
N. Piquet
8º
R. Moreno
9º
T. Boutsen
10º
P. Martini
11º
D. Warwick
12º
N. Larini
13º
S. Nakajima
14º
I. Capelli
15º
A. de Cesaris
16º
M. Gugelmin
17º
S. Modena
18º
J. Herbert
19º
P. Alliot
20º
G. Morbidelli
21º
E. Pirro
22º
O. Grouillard
23º
E. Bernard
24º
A. Suzuki
25º
D. Brabham
26º
G. Tarquini
81
laps
26
cars
13
Retirements
1’18”203
fastest lap
1º
sunny weather
podium
1º
N. Piquet
2º
N. Mansell
3º
A. Prost
–
final position (retired on lap 61)
1º
position in championship following the race
1º
starting place
0
championship points accumulated
1’19”302
best lap
