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 | 7.000000.421 | 5 | 7.000000.791 | 4 | 0.000 | (54) | |
| 2 | 6 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Benetton B189 | Ford HB | Goodyear | 70 | 6.000000.079 | +8.000000.658 | 4 | 7.000000.762 | 3 | 0.000 | (59) |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Williams FW13 | Renault RS01 | Goodyear | 70 | 5.000000.104 | +7.000000.683 | 6 | 7.000000.827 | 2 | 8.000000.685 | (59) |
| 4 | 3 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima (JPN) | Team Lotus 101 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 70 | 9.000000.752 | +2.000000.331 | 23 | 0.000 | 1 | 8.000000.480 | (64) |
| 5 | 2 | 20 | Emanuele Pirro (ITA) | Benetton B189 | Ford HB | Goodyear | 68 | 3.000000.998 | +2 laps | 13 | 9.000000.217 | 8 | 3.000000.144 | (49) |
| 6 | 1 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini (ITA) | Minardi M189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 67 | 8.000000.164 | +3 laps | 3 | 7.000000.623 | 14 | 6.000000.189 | (57) |
| 7 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin (BRA) | March CG891 | Judd EV | Goodyear | 66 | 4.000000.757 | +4 laps | 25 | 0.000 | 11 | 4.000000.734 | (62) | |
| 8 | 8 | Stefano Modena (ITA) | Brabham BT58 | Judd CV | Pirelli | 64 | 1.000000.005 | +6 laps | 8 | 8.000000.750 | 19 | 8.000000.171 | (56) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| spun off | 10 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Arrows A11 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 42 | 5.000000.246 | 22 | 9.000000.922 | 10 | 4.000000.305 | (22) | ||
| electrical | 37 | J J Lehto (FIN) | Onyx ORE-1 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 27 | 5.000000.123 | 17 | 9.000000.309 | 7 | 2.000000.509 | (26) | ||
| spun off | 26 | Olivier Grouillard (FRA) | Ligier JS33 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 22 | 1.000000.179 | 24 | 0.000 | 16 | 6.000000.973 | (19) | ||
| collision | 11 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Team Lotus 101 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 19 | 8.000000.645 | 18 | 9.000000.392 | 9 | 4.000000.277 | (19) | ||
| collision | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Osella FA1M89 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 18 | 3.000000.344 | 21 | 9.000000.691 | 24 | 1.000000.975 | (16) | ||
| spun off | 27 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Ferrari 640 | Ferrari 034 | Goodyear | 17 | 9.000000.793 | 7 | 8.000000.313 | 6 | 2.000000.406 | (16) | ||
| collision | 1 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | McLaren MP4-5 | Honda RA109E | Goodyear | 13 | 5.000000.519 | 1 | 6.000000.665 | 5 | 1.000000.159 | (6) | ||
| spun off | 21 | Alex Caffi (ITA) | Dallara BMS-189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 13 | 1.000000.263 | 10 | 8.000000.857 | 17 | 7.000000.255 | (11) | ||
| radiator | 16 | Ivan Capelli (ITA) | March CG891 | Judd EV | Goodyear | 13 | 5.000000.437 | 16 | 9.000000.269 | 21 | 8.000000.521 | (9) | ||
| spun off | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Dallara BMS-189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 12 | 1.000000.966 | 9 | 8.000000.828 | 18 | 7.000000.525 | (10) | ||
| collision | 7 | Martin Brundle (GBR) | Brabham BT58 | Judd CV | Pirelli | 12 | 2.000000.119 | 12 | 9.000000.136 | 20 | 8.000000.366 | (9) | ||
| spun off | 9 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Arrows A11 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 7 | 7.000000.426 | 20 | 9.000000.599 | 13 | 5.000000.700 | (6) | ||
| collision | 30 | Philippe Alliot (FRA) | Lola LC89 | Lamborghini 3512 | Goodyear | 6 | 7.000000.435 | 19 | 9.000000.568 | 22 | 9.000000.251 | (6) | ||
| collision | 28 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Ferrari 640 | Ferrari 034 | Goodyear | 6 | 8.000000.134 | 14 | 9.000000.238 | 15 | 6.000000.911 | (6) | ||
| electrical | 4 | Jean Alesi (FRA) | Tyrrell 018 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 5 | 0.000 | 15 | 9.000000.259 | 12 | 4.000000.900 | (5) | ||
| collision | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS33 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 4 | 5.000000.121 | 26 | 0.000 | 23 | 0.000 | (3) | ||
| withdrew | 2 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-5 | Honda RA109E | Goodyear | 0 | 2 | 7.000000.403 | ||||||
| electrical | 17 | Nicola Larini (ITA) | Osella FA1M89 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 0 | 11 | 9.000000.110 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 3 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Tyrrell 018 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala (ESP) | Minardi M189 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 39 | Bertrand Gachot (FRA) | Rial ARC-02 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 2.000000.267 | ||||||||
| -- | 38 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel (FRA) | Rial ARC-02 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 2.000000.305 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 36 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | Onyx ORE-1 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 9.000000.539 | ||||||||
| -- | 29 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Lola LC89 | Lamborghini 3512 | Goodyear | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 34 | Bernd Schneider (GER) | Zakspeed 891 | Yamaha OX88 | Pirelli | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | Roberto Moreno (BRA) | Coloni C3 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 33 | Oscar Larrauri (ARG) | Euro Brun ER-189 | Judd CV | Pirelli | 0.000 | ||||||||
| -- | 35 | Aguri Suzuki (JPN) | Zakspeed 891 | Yamaha OX88 | Pirelli | 1.000000.012 | ||||||||
| -- | 41 | Yannick Dalmas (FRA) | AGS JH24 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1.000000.022 | ||||||||
| -- | 40 | Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) | AGS JH24 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 1.000000.600 | ||||||||
| -- | 32 | Enrico Bertaggia (ITA) | Coloni C3 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Pirelli | 4.000000.081 | ||||||||
