Riccardo Patrese
Entries | 257 (256 starts) |
---|---|
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 6 |
Podiums | 37 |
Career points | 281 |
Pole positions | 8 |
Fastest laps | 13 |
First entry | 1977 Monaco Grand Prix |
First win | 1982 Monaco Grand Prix |
Last win | 1992 Japanese Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1993 Australian Grand Prix |
Riccardo Gabriele Patrese.
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
Early life and career
Born in
Formula One career
Shadow and Arrows
He made his debut at the
In
By the next race, the United States Grand Prix, five top drivers - Hunt, Lauda, Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter - declared that unless Patrese was banned from the race that they would withdraw. The race organizers agreed to this: although Patrese later stated that he obtained a ruling from a local judge in Watkins Glen stating that the ban was a violation of his right to work, Arrows decided to withdraw his entry due to pressure from the organizers and the FIA. He returned to competition at the following race, the Canadian Grand Prix, where he finished fourth.[6][7]
For years after the crash which caused Peterson's death, Hunt (along with other drivers) blamed Patrese for starting the accident, and viewers of Hunt's commentaries of Formula One races from 1980 to 1993 on BBC Television were regularly treated to bitter diatribes against Patrese when the Italian appeared on screen. Hunt believed that it was Patrese's muscling past that caused the McLaren driven by Hunt and the Lotus driven by Peterson to touch, but Patrese argued that he was already well ahead of the pair before the accident took place. Patrese, together with race director Gianni Restilli, stood trial in Italian criminal court on manslaughter charges for Peterson's death. Both were cleared of wrongdoing on 28 October 1981.[8]
Two of Patrese's most notable performances during his Arrows years were at the
Brabham
In
Alfa Romeo
A move to
The pair were also hampered by their cars. 1984's Alfa Romeo 184T proved fast in qualifying, but fuel restrictions saw them well off the pace in most races. The 1985 car, the 185T proved to be even less competitive to the point that halfway through the season the team replaced it with an updated version of the 184T (dubbed the 184TB). Although the updated car did prove faster, results were not forthcoming. In an interview in 2000, Patrese described the 185T as "the worst car I ever drove".
At the 1985 Monaco Grand Prix, Patrese's former teammate Nelson Piquet began his 14th lap and was attempting to lap Patrese as they crossed the start/finish line. The cars made contact, and Patrese went into a spin while Piquet lost his suspension. Patrese then bounced off the wall and back into Piquet, and both drivers were out of the race.[9]
Return to Brabham
In
Williams
Toward the end of the
Patrese had already been signed by Williams management to be Nelson Piquet's replacement for the 1988 season as the 1987 and triple World Champion was off to Lotus to replace Ayrton Senna who had signed with McLaren (Honda were staying with Lotus for 1988 but Williams had lost their Honda engines to McLaren). However, 1988 saw Williams struggling with an uncompetitive car powered by non-turbocharged Judd V8 engines. Patrese and Mansell were also hampered in the first half of the season by the Williams FW12's reactive suspension not working properly. It wasn't until the British Grand Prix at Silverstone that Williams dumped the reactive suspension for a more conventional one and the FW12s became competitive.
At the
It was not until
In 1990, Patrese finally won his third Grand Prix at the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix, though the competitiveness of the Renault powered FW13B with what many felt were two "number two" drivers waned in the second half of the year as McLaren, Ferrari and later Benetton with their Ford V8 engines took the ascendancy and he finished the 1990 Drivers' Championship in 7th place.
In 1991 Nigel Mansell returned to Williams after two seasons with Ferrari and, together with Patrese, the team became genuine contenders for both the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships. Two wins in Mexico and Portugal gave Patrese his most competitive F1 season thus far and a respectable third place behind Championship contenders Mansell and Senna. In addition he took four pole positions across the season.[7] Patrese also out qualified Mansell at every race until the halfway point of the season at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix, and provided much support for the Englishman's title chase at races such as Italy and Portugal.
Williams dominated F1 in 1992 and Patrese continued to deliver in his role of second driver to Nigel Mansell, moving out of the way for Mansell while leading comfortably at that year's French Grand Prix. Again Patrese handled the delicate situation about team orders diplomatically, repeatedly offering a "No comment" to questions about the team orders that had been imposed on him at the red flag period of the French race. Patrese took a single win at the Japanese Grand Prix and had eight other podium finishes, including six second-place results. After his retirement Patrese stated that Mansell had the edge over him that season because of Mansell's greater upper body strength, as the car's steering was heavy due to the amount of downforce it generated combined with the absence of power steering, whilst Patrese's skill in low speed corners was negated by the car's traction control system.[7]
With
Benetton
While Williams continued to dominate F1 in
Retirement
As most top teams already had drivers signed for
After this, Patrese competed in the
In 2005 he returned to racing in the inaugural season of the
Patrese's
Schumacher subsequently came out of retirement and became the second driver to surpass Patrese's former record.In July 2018 it was announced that Patrese would come out of retirement to compete at the Spa 24 Hours that month, competing in the pro-am category in a JAS Motorsport-run Honda NSX GT3 with Loïc Depailler (the son of former F1 driver Patrick Depailler), Bertrand Baguette and Esteban Guerrieri.[16][12]
Riccardo's son
Racing record
Career summary
- ^ Between Patrese and Alessandro Nannini, race organisers did not publish which driver set fastest lap.
Complete European Formula 3 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Trivellato Racing Team | Toyota | NÜR 3 |
ZAN 1 |
MAN 2 |
AVU 20 |
PER 1 |
MNZ 1 |
CET 3 |
KAS 1 |
KNU DNQ |
VAL 2 |
1st | 52 |
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | Trivellato Racing Team | Chevron B35 | BMW | SIL 6 |
THR 5 |
HOC 3 |
NÜR Ret |
4th | 32 | |||||||||
Chevron B40 | VAL 8 |
PAU 3 |
MUG 2 |
ROU 2 |
NOG 2 |
PER Ret |
MIS Ret |
EST 6 |
||||||||||
Chevron B42 | DON Ret | |||||||||||||||||
1978 | Chevron Cars | Chevron B42 | Hart
|
THR | HOC | NÜR Ret |
PAU | MUG | VAL
|
ROU | DON | NOG | PER | MIS
|
HOC | NC | 0 | |
Source:[18]
|
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position / Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | Martini Racing | Piercarlo Ghinzani Hans Heyer |
Lancia Beta Monte Carlo
|
Gr.5 | 186 | DNF | DNF |
1982 | Martini Racing | Piercarlo Ghinzani Hans Heyer |
Lancia LC1 | Gr.6 | 152 | DNF | DNF |
1997 | Nissan Motorsport TWR |
Eric van de Poele Aguri Suzuki |
Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 121 | DNF | DNF |
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Ford Mondeo Team Schübel | Ford Mondeo 4x4 | ZOL 1 18 |
ZOL 2 Ret |
SPA
1 |
SPA
2 |
ÖST 1 Ret |
ÖST 2 DNS |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 DNS |
NÜR 1 21 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
SAL 1 24 |
SAL 2 Ret |
AVU 1 Ret |
AVU 2 DNS |
NÜR 1 19 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
35th | 5 |
Source:[20]
|
Complete Grand Prix Masters results
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap.
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005
|
Team Goldpfeil | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 | RSA 3 |
||||
2006
|
Team INA | Delta Motorsport GPM | Nicholson McLaren 3.5 V8 | QAT 10 |
ITA C |
GBR 6 |
MAL C |
RSA C |
Source:[19]
|
References
- ISBN 0-85059-320-4.
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 17 April 2012. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
Mr Riccardo Patrese, former racing driver, 58
- ^ "Riccardo Patrese: F1 Legend Despite an Unfulfilled Career". 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Drivers: Riccardo Patrese". grandprix.com. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Biography". rpatrese.net. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d Widdows, Rob (November 2007). "Patrese: more sinned against than sinning?". Motor Sport. pp. 98–101. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Taylor, Simon (May 2010). "Lunch with... Riccardo Patrese". Motor Sport. pp. 84–90. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Monza Defendants Cleared in Fatal Crash". The Tampa Tribune. 29 October 1981. p. 74. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Throwback: Piquet and Patrese's dramatic exit from the 1985 Monaco GP". Fox Sports. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Patrese Bailey Spain 1988 qualification
- ^ "Patrese's DTM Test (from Autosport)". riccardopatrese.com. 7 July 1994. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ autosport.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Baker, Andrew (12 May 2008). "Rubens Barrichello breaks 257th race record". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ "Patrese to test for Honda F1". grandprix.com. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
- ^ "Patrese's F1 dream comes true". autosport.com. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.
- autosport.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Wood, Ida (30 September 2020). "Patrese Jr and Rosberg protege Barnard to debut in cars in Italian F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Riccardo Patrese Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Riccardo Patrese". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Riccardo Patrese race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ricardo Patrese". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 31 August 2023.