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Riccardo Patrese

1954 - Today

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Riccardo Gabriele Patrese (born 17 April 1954) is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1977 to 1993. Patrese was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1992 with Williams, and won six Grands Prix across 17 seasons. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Riccardo Patrese is the 47th most popular racing driver (up from 66th in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,563rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Riccardo Patrese ranks 47 out of 1,080. Before him are Alfredo Ferrari, Jean Todt, Damon Hill, Stirling Moss, Denny Hulme, and Phil Hill. After him are Rubens Barrichello, René Arnoux, Lewis Hamilton, Lella Lombardi, Tony Brooks, and Didier Pironi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Riccardo Patrese ranks 50. Before him are Halimah Yacob, Lawrence M. Krauss, Vojislav Šešelj, Chris Evert, Marian Gold, and Catherine O'Hara. After him are David Grossman, Andrej Babiš, Harald Schumacher, Filip Vujanović, Robert Kocharyan, and Anthony Head.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Patrese ranks 1,241 out of 5,161. Before him are Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663), Angela of Foligno (1248), Raniero Cantalamessa (1934), Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (1569), Angelo Amato (1938), and Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427). After him are Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Adelaide del Vasto (1072), Bianca Maria Visconti (1425), Marcello Gandini (1938), Vittorio Pozzo (1886), and Giovanni Giolitti (1842).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Riccardo Patrese ranks 6. Before him are Enzo Ferrari (1898), Alberto Ascari (1918), Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giacomo Agostini (1942), and Alfredo Ferrari (1932). After him are Lella Lombardi (1941), Valentino Rossi (1979), Michele Alboreto (1956), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Elio de Angelis (1958), and Arturo Merzario (1943).

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