Riccardo Patrese

Riccardo Gabriele Patrese (born 17 April 1954 in Padua, Italy) is an Italian former racing driver known for his appearances in Formula One.

Formula One

1977: LEC & Renault

Patrese made his competitive Formula One debut at the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix for LEC Refrigeration Racing, where he failed to qualify. His first race start came at the Tuscan Grand Prix, where he finished in 16th place.

After Renault driver Jean-Pierre Jarier replaced the injured Emerson Fittipaldi at the Fittipaldi squad after the Dutch Grand Prix, Patrese replaced Jarier effective for the final seven races of 1977. Patrese made his debut for Renault at the German Grand Prix, where despite out-qualifying team-mate Jean-Pierre Jabouille he did not finish the race, spinning out on Jabouille's dropped oil after an engine failure.

1978: Scuderia Everest

Patrese joined the Scuderia Everest team for 1978 alongside Piercarlo Ghinzani.

1987-1989: Ligier

By 1987, Patrese was racing for the Ligier Loto team along with René Arnoux. Patrese scored points twice in 1987, his best result being a fourth place finish in the Italian Grand Prix.

Patrese remained alongside Arnoux for another year in 1988 - this time only taking one points finish - a fifth place in Monaco.

1989 saw Patrese joined by another Frenchman in the form of Yannick Dalmas. Patrese failed to make the points on any occasions.

1990-1991: Larrousse

Patrese swapped Vichy for the Paris-based Larrousse team in 1990 - signing a two year contract, slotting into the lead car alongside Singaporean driver Isabella Noriko. The move to Larrousse was a masterstroke on the part of Patrese - as the Lola-Lamborghini was unexpectedly the best car outside of the "big four" teams in 1990 and as such Patrese and Noriko were regular points finishers. Patrese managed a very popular third place finish at the French Grand Prix - the team's best ever finish. Patrese was unfortunately injured in an accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix and was replaced for the Belgian Grand Prix by Mauricio Gugelmin. Patrese returned full of fire and finished the season well - with impressive drives in the Italian and Australian Grands Prix drawing praise from pundits and fans alike.

Alas, despite the heights of 1990 - Larrousse was back to being a fairly average midfield team in 1991. Patrese managed only a single points finish all season with a fifth place in the Pacific Grand Prix at Autopolis.

Results

Complete Formula 1 Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1977	LEC Refrigeration Racing	LEC CRP1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	RSA	USW	ESP DNPQ	BEL DNPQ	MON	FRA DNPQ	TUS 16	SOV	GBR DNPQ	NED DNPQ							NC	0
	Équipe Renault Elf	Martini MK23	Renault-Gordini EF1 1.5 V6T												GER Ret	AUT 14	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA 13	JPN 16
1978	Scuderia Everest	Minardi M178	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG DNPQ	RSA Ret	USW DNPQ	ESP Ret	BEL 13	MON Ret	FRA	TUS	GBR	SUI	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA		NC	0
1987	Ligier Loto	Ligier JS29	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t	AUS Ret	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON Ret	CAN 6	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	YUG Ret	ITA 4	POR 9	EUR Ret	JPN 8	MEX Ret		24th	4
1988	Ligier Loto	Ligier JS31	Judd CV 3.5 V8	BRA 14	SMR 13	MON 5	MEX Ret	CAN Ret	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	YUG 13	SOV 15	ITA 15	BEL 15	JPN Ret	AUS 11		13th	2
1989	Ligier Loto	Ligier JS32	Judd CV 3.5 V8	BRA 12	SMR Ret	MON DNQ	FRA 17	USA DNPQ	CAN DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER Ret	HUN DNPQ	SOV DNPQ	POR 12†	ITA DNPQ	BEL DNPQ	JPN Ret	AUS DNPQ	MEX DNPQ		NC	0
1990	Yeo's Larrousse F1	Lola LC90	Lamborghini LE-3512 3.5 V12	USA Ret	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	SMR 4	MON Ret	CAN 9	MEX Ret	FRA 3	GBR 6	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL INJ	ITA 5	POR Ret	JPN 16†	AUS 6		11th	11