November 5, 1989 Adelaide Street Circuit | Lap distance 3.780 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Williams FW13 | Renault RS01 | Goodyear | 70 | 2:00'17.421 | 5 | 1'17.791 | 4 | 1'40.380 | (54) | |
| 2 | 6 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Benetton B189 | Ford HB | Goodyear | 70 | 2:00'46.079 | +28.658 | 4 | 1'17.762 | 3 | 1'40.336 | (59) |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Williams FW13 | Renault RS01 | Goodyear | 70 | 2:00'55.104 | +37.683 | 6 | 1'17.827 | 2 | 1'38.685 | (59) |
| 4 | 3 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima (JPN) | Team Lotus 101 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 70 | 2:00'59.752 | +42.331 | 23 | 1'20.066 | 1 | 1'38.480 | (64) |
| 5 | 2 | 20 | Emanuele Pirro (ITA) | Benetton B189 | Ford HB | Goodyear | 68 | 2:02'03.998 | +2 laps | 13 | 1'19.217 | 8 | 1'43.144 | (49) |
| 6 | 1 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini (ITA) | Minardi M189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 67 | 2:01'18.164 | +3 laps | 3 | 1'17.623 | 14 | 1'46.189 | (57) |
| 7 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin (BRA) | March CG891 | Judd EV | Goodyear | 66 | 2:00'24.757 | +4 laps | 25 | 1'20.191 | 11 | 1'44.734 | (62) | |
| 8 | 8 | Stefano Modena (ITA) | Brabham BT58 | Judd CV | Pirelli | 64 | 2:01'51.005 | +6 laps | 8 | 1'18.750 | 19 | 1'48.171 | (56) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| spun off | 10 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Arrows A11 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 42 | 1:15'55.246 | 22 | 1'19.922 | 10 | 1'44.305 | (22) | ||
| electrical | 37 | J J Lehto (FIN) | Onyx ORE-1 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 27 | 48'35.123 | 17 | 1'19.309 | 7 | 1'42.509 | (26) | ||
| spun off | 26 | Olivier Grouillard (FRA) | Ligier JS33 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 22 | 41'01.179 | 24 | 1'20.073 | 16 | 1'46.973 | (19) | ||
| collision | 11 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Team Lotus 101 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 19 | 34'58.645 | 18 | 1'19.392 | 9 | 1'44.277 | (19) | ||
| collision | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Osella FA1M89 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 18 | 34'53.344 | 21 | 1'19.691 | 24 | 1'51.975 | (16) | ||
| spun off | 27 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Ferrari 640 | Ferrari 034 | Goodyear | 17 | 30'09.793 | 7 | 1'18.313 | 6 | 1'42.406 | (16) | ||
| collision | 1 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | McLaren MP4-5 | Honda RA109E | Goodyear | 13 | 22'35.519 | 1 | 1'16.665 | 5 | 1'41.159 | (6) | ||
| spun off | 21 | Alex Caffi (ITA) | Dallara BMS-189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 13 | 23'51.263 | 10 | 1'18.857 | 17 | 1'47.255 | (11) | ||
| radiator | 16 | Ivan Capelli (ITA) | March CG891 | Judd EV | Goodyear | 13 | 24'45.437 | 16 | 1'19.269 | 21 | 1'48.521 | (9) | ||
| spun off | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Dallara BMS-189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 12 | 22'11.966 | 9 | 1'18.828 | 18 | 1'47.525 | (10) | ||
| collision | 7 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Brabham BT58 | Judd CV | Pirelli | 12 | 22'32.119 | 12 | 1'19.136 | 20 | 1'48.366 | (9) | ||
| spun off | 9 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Arrows A11 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 7 | 12'57.426 | 20 | 1'19.599 | 13 | 1'45.700 | (6) | ||
| collision | 30 | Philippe Alliot (FRA) | Lola LC89 | Lamborghini 3512 | Goodyear | 6 | 11'47.435 | 19 | 1'19.568 | 22 | 1'49.251 | (6) | ||
| collision | 28 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Ferrari 640 | Ferrari 034 | Goodyear | 6 | 11'48.134 | 14 | 1'19.238 | 15 | 1'46.911 | (6) | ||
| electrical | 4 | Jean Alesi (FRA) | Tyrrell 018 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 5 | 18'40.598 | 15 | 1'19.259 | 12 | 1'44.900 | (5) | ||
| collision | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS33 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 4 | 8'15.121 | 26 | 1'20.391 | 23 | 1'50.375 | (3) | ||
| withdrew | 2 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-5 | Honda RA109E | Goodyear | 0 | 2 | 1'17.403 | ||||||
| electrical | 17 | Nicola Larini (ITA) | Osella FA1M89 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 0 | 11 | 1'19.110 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 3 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Tyrrell 018 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1'20.428 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala (ESP) | Minardi M189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 1'20.633 | ||||||||
| -- | 39 | Bertrand Gachot (FRA) | Rial ARC-02 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1'22.267 | ||||||||
| -- | 38 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel (FRA) | Rial ARC-02 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1'22.305 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 36 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | Onyx ORE-1 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1'19.539 | ||||||||
| -- | 29 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Lola LC89 | Lamborghini 3512 | Goodyear | 1'20.129 | ||||||||
| -- | 34 | Bernd Schneider (GER) | Zakspeed 891 | Yamaha OX88 | Pirelli | 1'20.179 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | Roberto Moreno (BRA) | Coloni C3 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 1'20.183 | ||||||||
| -- | 33 | Oscar Larrauri (ARG) | Euro Brun ER-189 | Judd CV | Pirelli | 1'20.750 | ||||||||
| -- | 35 | Aguri Suzuki (JPN) | Zakspeed 891 | Yamaha OX88 | Pirelli | 1'21.012 | ||||||||
| -- | 41 | Yannick Dalmas (FRA) | AGS JH24 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1'21.022 | ||||||||
| -- | 40 | Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) | AGS JH24 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1'21.600 | ||||||||
| -- | 32 | Enrico Bertaggia (ITA) | Coloni C3 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 1'24.081 | ||||||||
