The 1990 Australian Grand Prix was the 500th World Drivers' Championship race since Formula One began in 1950.
Key Facts
- Race number in championship
- 500th World Drivers' Championship race
- Winner
- Nelson Piquet (Benetton-Ford)
- Laps
- 81 laps
- Circuit length
- 3.78 km
- Race distance
- 306 km
- Pole position
- Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda)
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1990 Formula One World Championship concluded its sixteen-race calendar with the Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide. Ayrton Senna took pole position and led the race in his McLaren-Honda, but suffered a gearbox failure on lap 62, opening the victory to rivals behind him.
Nelson Piquet won the race driving a Benetton-Ford, with Nigel Mansell second in a Ferrari and Alain Prost third. The event marked the 500th race to contribute to the World Drivers' Championship since the series began in 1950, and was the sixth Australian Grand Prix held as part of the Formula One World Championship.
Piquet's victory, his second in succession, secured him third place in the Drivers' Championship and clinched third place in the Constructors' Championship for Benetton. The result concluded the 1990 Formula One season and cemented the milestone of 500 championship races since the sport's inception in 1950.
Result
at Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide