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1989 Australian Grand Prix

Andrea de Cesaris span at the same corner on two consecutive laps.

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The four that failed to qualify were Jonathan Palmer in his Tyrrell, which proved to be his last Grand Prix before being a pit lane reporter for the BBC.

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The positions 4th–9th were filled with Italians with Japanese Grand Prix winner Alessandro Nannini fifth, Riccardo Patrese sixth, Stefano Modena doing well to come seventh, followed by the two Dallaras of Andrea de Cesaris ahead of team-mate Alex Caffi.

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Berger and Alliot then collided at the East Terrace bend, Berger taking out Alliot (though it was initially reported to be Mansell) and Derek Warwick spinning into the esses down the road (as seen by his onboard camera which showed Warwick lucky not to be hit by his own right front wheel after hitting the concrete wall).

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