RACING DRIVER

Michele Alboreto

1956 - 2001

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Michele Alboreto (Italian pronunciation: [miˈkɛːle alboˈreːto]; 23 December 1956 – 25 April 2001) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1981 to 1994. Alboreto was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1985 with Ferrari, and won five Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In endurance racing, Alboreto won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 with Joest, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2001 with Audi. His career in motorsport began in 1976, racing a car he and a number of his friends had built in the Formula Monza series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Alboreto is the 61st most popular racing driver (up from 71st in 2019), the 1,398th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,605th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Michele Alboreto ranks 61 out of 1,080. Before him are Wolfgang von Trips, Ari Vatanen, Patrick Depailler, Kimi Räikkönen, Mark Webber, and Michèle Mouton. After him are Lorenzo Bandini, Walter Röhrl, Louis Chiron, Alan Jones, Tazio Nuvolari, and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Michele Alboreto ranks 54. Before him are Aileen Wuornos, Afric Simone, Michael Connelly, Marc Dutroux, Ali Asadov, and Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. After him are Andrus Ansip, Andrius Kubilius, Anthony Bourdain, Bakir Izetbegović, Ian Curtis, and Imelda Staunton. Among people deceased in 2001, Michele Alboreto ranks 54. Before him are Giovanni Leone, Seishiro Shimatani, Dương Văn Minh, Chung Ju-yung, Victor Wong, and Stanley Kramer. After him are Francisco da Costa Gomes, Liisi Oterma, Birendra of Nepal, Edward Gierek, Zhang Xueliang, and Francisco Rabal.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Alboreto ranks 1,398 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466), Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1591), Giulio Clovio (1498), Amadeus II, Count of Savoy (1050), Veronica Giuliani (1660), and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (-220). After him are Francesco Gasparini (1668), Mary of Modena (1658), Tarpeia (-800), Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (1843), Vittorio Alfieri (1749), and Alvise Cadamosto (1432).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Michele Alboreto ranks 9. Before him are Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Lella Lombardi (1941), and Valentino Rossi (1979). After him are Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Elio de Angelis (1958), Arturo Merzario (1943), Piero Taruffi (1906), Luigi Fagioli (1898), and Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926).

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