Riccardo Gabriele Patrese[1] (born 17 April 1954)[2] is an Italian former racing driver, who raced in Formula One from 1977 to 1993.
He became the first Formula One driver to achieve 200 Grand Prix starts when he appeared at the 1990 British Grand Prix, and then became the first to achieve 250 starts at the 1993 German Grand Prix. For 19 years, he held the record for the most Formula One Grand Prix starts, with 256 races from 257 entries. As of the end of the 2023 season he is the tenth-most experienced F1 driver in history. At the age of 38 he was runner-up to Nigel Mansell in the 1992 Formula One World Championship, 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.[3]
Patrese also competed at the World Sportscar Championship for the Lancia factory team, finishing runner-up in 1982 and collecting eight wins.
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^"Riccardo Patrese: F1 Legend Despite an Unfulfilled Career". 20 April 2020.
Riccardo Gabriele Patrese (born 17 April 1954) is an Italian former racing driver, who raced in Formula One from 1977 to 1993. He became the first Formula...
FIA karting. "Lorenzo Patrese, il figlio di Riccardo debutta in F4 al Mugello sognando la Ferrari" [Lorenzo Patrese, Riccardo's son, debuts in F4 at Mugello...
Button, Juan Pablo Montoya, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, RiccardoPatrese, Valtteri Bottas, Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve. Of these drivers...
experience in F1, as test driver for Lotus in 1982. Brabham driver RiccardoPatrese was given the opportunity to replace Nigel Mansell for the last race...
eventually caught by Nelson Piquet, who eventually won the race with RiccardoPatrese taking second and Carlos Reutemann coming home third. 1982 saw another...
Prost, Mansell, Patrese, Alesi and Berger. Early on, as Senna was pulling away from Prost, Alesi got past Patrese for fourth. However, Patrese repassed him...
(Ferrari) ahead of Rosberg, Stefan Johansson (Ferrari) and Prost, with RiccardoPatrese completing the top 10 for Brabham. The race day was very hot and humid...
manage fourth in the championship, with Mansell's Williams teammate RiccardoPatrese finishing second and young Michael Schumacher third for Benetton-Ford...
1992 Formula One seasons. The car was driven by Nigel Mansell and RiccardoPatrese. The development of the Williams FW14 was prompted by team’s underachievement...
testicular cancer and retired before the season started. Ex-Shadow driver RiccardoPatrese and veteran Rolf Stommelen eventually drove for Arrows. Three teams...
from Benetton as Mansell's replacement, alongside veteran Italian RiccardoPatrese. The team had also done a deal with Renault, returning to F1 after...
Grand Prix, all within three months. Arrows signed Gunnar Nilsson and RiccardoPatrese to drive, but Nilsson was diagnosed with cancer shortly afterwards...
the first win for the engine in F1 when he led home Brabham teammate RiccardoPatrese (in the Cosworth-powered car) at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix. In 1983...
Mansell's and Prost's tyres lasted longer and thus they pitted late. RiccardoPatrese went too late and was the big loser. This left the two Leyton Houses...
the 2018 United States Grand Prix, a span of 15 years and 212 days. RiccardoPatrese holds the record for the longest period of time between two race wins...
race was won by Italian driver RiccardoPatrese, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from pole position. Patrese's teammate and Drivers' Championship...
available power. RiccardoPatrese's third-place finish at the 1984 Italian Grand Prix being the last podium finish for the team, with both Patrese and Eddie...
Senna had won his home Grand Prix, in his eighth season of F1. Italian RiccardoPatrese finished second in a Williams-Renault, with Senna's Austrian teammate...
driving a McLaren-Honda, with the Williams-Renaults of Nigel Mansell and RiccardoPatrese second and third respectively. In the Friday morning pre-qualifying...
was Jones, Keke Rosberg in the Fittipaldi, Elio de Angelis (Lotus), RiccardoPatrese (Arrows), Ricardo Zunino (Brabham), Nigel Mansell (Lotus) and Andrea...
battle with teammate Nigel Mansell left the pair's relationship sour. RiccardoPatrese was signed as his replacement. Piquet moved to Team Lotus, where a...
tyres. It was driven by German Michael Schumacher and veteran Italian RiccardoPatrese. The car was distinguishable from its predecessor due to its track...
team, and was partnered by RiccardoPatrese, who moved from Arrows to replace Héctor Rebaque. The Osella team gave Riccardo Paletti his Grand Prix debut...
proper races. Its drivers were 1981 World Champion Nelson Piquet and RiccardoPatrese. After the ground effect cars were banned at the end of the previous...
Early in the season the FW12 was described by both Nigel Mansell and RiccardoPatrese as being "pathetically slow in a straight line". The facts backed up...
03 mi). The race was won by Italian driver RiccardoPatrese, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Patrese's third Grand Prix victory, and his first since...
join him at the head of the pack in the opening laps. Local driver RiccardoPatrese, however, overcame them both to put his Brabham in the lead. Despite...
1981 de Cesaris and Henri Pescarolo finished second to the team of RiccardoPatrese and Michele Alboreto in a 6-hour endurance race at Watkins Glen, New...
Mansell's third consecutive Grand Prix victory. His Italian teammate RiccardoPatrese finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Ferrari. Drivers'...
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