Driver · Italy · born
Riccardo Patrese
Held the record for most Grand Prix starts when he retired; runner-up in 1992.
- Seasons
- 1977–199317 with an entry
- Entries
- 257
- Starts
- 2561 did not start
- Wins
- 6
- Podiums
- 37
- Poles
- 8
- Fastest laps
- 13
- Best finish
- P1
Where each championship finished
Final championship position by season, ringed for a title. No dot: not in the final standings, or excluded. The dots are not in team colours: no season on this record has one.
The numbers behind this chart, Where each championship finished
Season by season
| Season | Constructor | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Poles | FL | Best | Championship | Points scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Benetton | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P2 | 5 | 20 |
| 1992 | Williams | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | P1 | 2 | 56 |
| 1991 | Williams | 16 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | P1 | 3 | 53 |
| 1990 | Williams | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | P1 | 7 | 23 |
| 1989 | Williams | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | P2 | 3 | 40 |
| 1988 | Williams | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | 11 | 8 |
| 1987 | Brabham,Williams | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | 13 | 6 |
| 1986 | Brabham | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | 17 | 2 |
| 1985 | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | — | 0 |
| 1984 | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | 13 | 8 |
| 1983 | Brabham | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | P1 | 9 | 13 |
| 1982 | Brabham | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | P1 | 10 | 21 |
| 1981 | Arrows | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | P2 | 11 | 10 |
| 1980 | Arrows | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P2 | 9 | 7 |
| 1979 | Arrows | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | 19 | 2 |
| 1978 | Arrows | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P2 | 12 | 11 |
| 1977 | Shadow | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | 19 | 1 |
Team-mates
| Season | Team-mate | Constructor | Races | Qualifying | Race | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 16 | 0–16 | 0–6 | 20–52 |
| 1992 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 16 | 2–14 | 0–9 | 56–108 |
| 1991 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 16 | 10–6 | 2–5 | 53–72 |
| 1990 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 16 | 8–8 | 2–6 | 23–34 |
| 1989 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 16 | 12–4 | 2–4 | 40–37 |
| 1988 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 14 | 1–13 | 0–2 | 8–12 |
| 1988 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | Williams | 1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 1988 | Martin Brundle | Williams | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1987 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 15 | 12–3 | none | 6–4 |
| 1987 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1 | 0–1 | none | 0–0 |
| 1986 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 11 | 8–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 1986 | Elio de Angelis | Brabham | 4 | 4–0 | none | 1–0 |
| 1985 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 11–5 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 1984 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 9–7 | 1–0 | 8–3 |
| 1983 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 15 | 5–10 | 2–1 | 13–59 |
| 1982 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 15 | 6–9 | 0–3 | 21–20 |
| 1981 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 13 | 13–0 | 1–0 | 10–0 |
| 1981 | Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. | Arrows | 2 | 2–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1980 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 13 | 10–2 | 4–2 | 7–4 |
| 1980 | Manfred Winkelhock | Arrows | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1980 | Mike Thackwell | Arrows | 1 | 1–0 | none | 0–0 |
| 1979 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 15 | 12–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
| 1978 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 13 | 10–0 | 3–0 | 11–0 |
| 1977 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 9 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 1–13 |
Every entry 257 entries
Show all 257 entriesShow the first 10, Every entry
Where this comes from
- Born
- Nationality
- Italy
- Status
- retired
- Wins
- 6 derived · 6 published
- Poles
- 8 derived · 8 published
- Fastest laps
- 13 derived
- External source
- F1DB career totals, v2026.18.0
- Confidence
- high
- Source
- https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers
Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.