Race Result
| GP n. 500 - 04/11/1990 - Grand Prix of Australia Adelaide Street Circuit |
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| Winner: | Nelson Piquet / Benetton-Ford - 1:49'44.570 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Ayrton Senna / McLaren-Honda - 1:15.671 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Nigel Mansell / Ferrari - 1:18.203 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 20 |  Nelson Piquet |
Benetton-Ford | 81 | 1:49'44.570 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 |  Nigel Mansell |
Ferrari | 81 | +3.129 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 |  Alain Prost |
Ferrari | 81 | +37.259 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
McLaren-Honda | 81 | +46.862 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Williams-Renault | 81 | + 1'51.160 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault | 80 | + 1 lap | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | Roberto Moreno |
Benetton-Ford | 80 | + 1 lap | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Jean Alesi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 80 | + 1 lap | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ford | 79 | + 2 laps | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | Nicola Larini |
Ligier-Ford | 79 | + 2 laps | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | Philippe Alliot |
Ligier-Ford | 78 | + 3 laps | 19 | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-Judd | 77 | + 4 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard |
Osella-Ford | 74 | + 7 laps | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 21 | Emanuele Pirro |
Dallara-Ford | 68 | engine | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 | Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 61 | spun off | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 58 | engine | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 12 | Johnny Herbert |
Lotus-Lamborghini | 57 | clutch | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Tyrrell-Ford | 53 | spun off | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
Leyton House-Judd | 46 | throttle | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 | Derek Warwick |
Lotus-Lamborghini | 43 | gear box | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin |
Leyton House-Judd | 27 | brakes | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Dallara-Ford | 23 | electrical | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Eric Bernard |
Lola-Lamborghini | 21 | gear box | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 | Gianni Morbidelli |
Minardi-Ford | 20 | gear box | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 |  David Brabham |
Brabham-Judd | 18 | spun off | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 30 | Aguri Suzuki |
Lola-Lamborghini | 6 | transmission | 24 | 0 |
| Dnq | 18 | Yannick Dalmas |
AGS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 9 | Michele Alboreto |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 10 | Alex Caffi |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 31 | Bertrand Gachot |
Coloni-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||