Riccardo Patrese

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Riccardo Patrese : biography

17 April 1954 –

Riccardo Gabriele Patrese (born 17 April 1954) is an Italian former racing driver, who raced in Formula One from to .

He became the first Formula One driver to achieve 200 Grand Prix starts when he appeared at the 1990 British Grand Prix, and the first to achieve 250 starts at the 1993 German Grand Prix. Patrese entered 257 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix and started 256 races making him the third most experienced F1 driver in history, after Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. He was runner-up in the 1992 Formula One season and third in 1989 and 1991. He won six Formula One races, with a record gap of over six years between two of these – the 1983 South African Grand Prix and 1990 San Marino Grand Prix.

Patrese also competed at the World Sportscar Championship for the Lancia factory team, finishing runnerup in 1982 and collecting eight wins.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position / Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1977 Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN8 Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON9 BELRet SWE FRARet GBRRet GER10† AUT NED13† ITARet USA CAN10† JPN6 20th 1
1978 Arrows Racing Team Arrows FA1 Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 ARG BRA10 RSARet USW6 MON6 BELRet ESPRet SWE2 FRA8 GBRRet GER9 12th 11
Arrows A1 AUTRet NEDRet ITARet USA CAN4
1979 Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A1 Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 ARGDNS BRA9 RSA11 USWRet ESP10 BEL5 MONRet CANRet 20th 2
Arrows A2 FRA14 GBRRet GERRet AUTRet NEDRet ITA13 USARet
1980 Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 ARGRet BRA6 RSARet USW2 BELRet MON8 FRA9 GBR9 GER9 AUT14 NEDRet ITARet CANRet USARet 9th 7
1981 Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team Arrows A3 Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 USWRet BRA3 ARG7 SMR2 BELRet MONRet ESPRet FRA14 GBR10† GERRet AUTRet NEDRet ITARet CANRet CPL11 11th 10
1982 Parmalat Racing Team Brabham BT50 BMW M12 1.5 L4t RSARet BELRet NED15 GBRRet FRARet GERRet AUTRet SUI5 ITARet CPLRet 10th 21
Brabham BT49D Ford Cosworth 3.0 V8 BRARet MON1 DETRet CAN2
Brabham BT49C USW3 SMR
1983 Fila Sport Brabham BT52 BMW M12 1.5 L4t BRARet USW10† FRARet SMRRet MONRet BELRet DETRet CANRet 9th 13
Brabham BT52B GBRRet GER3 AUTRet NED9 ITARet EUR7 RSA1
1984 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 184T Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t BRARet RSA4 BELRet SMRRet FRARet MONRet CANRet DETRet DALRet GBR12 GERRet AUT10† NEDRet ITA3 EUR6 POR8 13th 8
1985 Benetton Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 185T Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t BRARet PORRet SMRRet MONRet CAN10 DETRet FRA11 GBR9 NC 0
Alfa Romeo 184T GERRet AUTRet NEDRet ITARet BELRet EUR9 RSARet AUSRet
1986 Motor Racing Developments Ltd. Brabham BT55 BMW M12 1.5 L4t BRARet ESPRet SMR6† MONRet BEL8 CANRet DET6 FRARet GERRet HUNRet AUTRet ITARet PORRet MEX13† AUSRet 17th 2
Brabham BT54 GBRRet
1987 Motor Racing Developments Ltd. Brabham BT56 BMW M12 1.5 L4t BRARet SMR9 BELRet MONRet DET9 FRARet GBRRet GERRet HUN5 AUTRet ITARet PORRet ESP13 MEX3 JPN11 13th 6
Canon Williams Team Williams FW11B Honda RA167E 1.5 V6t AUS9†
1988 Canon Williams Team Williams FW12 Judd CV 3.5 V8 BRARet SMR13 MON6 MEXRet CANRet DETRet FRARet GBR8 GERRet HUN6 BELRet ITA7 PORRet ESP5 JPN6 AUS4 11th 8
1989 Canon Williams Team Williams FW12C Renault RS1 3.5 V10 BRA15† SMRRet MON15 MEX2 USA2 CAN2 FRA3 GBRRet GER4 HUNRet BELRet ITA4 ESP5 3rd 40
Williams FW13 PORRet JPN2 AUS3
1990 Canon Williams Renault Williams FW13B Renault RS2 3.5 V10 USA9 BRA13† SMR1 MONRet CANRet MEX9 FRA6 GBRRet GER5 HUN4 BELRet ITA5 POR7 ESP5 JPN4 AUS6 7th 23
1991 Canon Williams Team Williams FW14 Renault RS3 3.5 V10 USARet BRA2 SMRRet MONRet CAN3 MEX1 FRA5 GBRRet GER2 HUN3 BEL5 ITARet POR1 ESP3 JPN3 AUS5 3rd 53
1992 Canon Williams Team Williams FW14B Renault RS4 3.5 V10 RSA2 MEX2 BRA2 ESPRet SMR2 MON3 CANRet FRA2 GBR2 GER8† HUNRet BEL3 ITA5 PORRet JPN1 AUSRet 2nd 56
1993 Camel Benetton Ford Benetton B193 Ford HB 3.5 V8 RSARet BRARet 5th 20
Benetton B193B EUR5 SMRRet ESP4 MONRet CANRet FRA10 GBR3 GER5 HUN2 BEL6 ITA5 POR16† JPNRet AUS8†