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Riccardo Patrese was born in Padova, Italy, in April 17th 1954. Since his childhood he was involved with sports and his first sport was the Ski. He started to practice this sport too early, when he was a little boy and followed it until he was 20 years old. He was a top skier and even won championships like the Coca - Cola Ski Championship in the early seventies.
Riccardo continued to do Kart races and since that time he impressed everyone with his talent. In 1974, with 20 years old, he won the world title and received an offer to drive for the Nettuno Racing Team in Formula Italia where he had a brilliant participation finishing the championship in the second place. In 1976 he went to European Formula 3 where he won the title in his rookie year!! In 1977 he went to Formula 2 and in that same year he made his debut in Formula 1 in the Monaco Grand Prix.
After retiring from Formula 1 Riccardo participated of the German Super Touring Championship in 1995 and of the 25 Hours of Le Mans in 1997.
In 2005 Riccardo returned to compete as a racing driver and took part in the Grand Prix Masters Series, a Racing Series for former Formula 1 Drivers with more than 45 years old, and in his debut race in Kyalami he finished in third showing that still is very competitive. He will continue at GP Masters in 2006 and we can expect more shows of The Italian Hero there :)
Parents: Mario and Elena Patrese Brother: Alberto Wife: Susi Children: Son Simone, twin daughters Beatrice and Maddalena Hobbies: Horse Riding, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Ski, Jet Skis, Collecting Model Trains and Watches Biggest Hates: Liars, Fireworks/ Firecrackers Eyes´ Colour: Green Nicknames: Rick, Papi Best Subject at School: History Left/ Right Handed: Right Handed First Car: Fiat 127 Favourite Food: Bread Least Favourite Food: Liver Favourite Race Track: Imola Least Favourite Race Track: Magny Cours Favourite Colour: Blue Favourite Actor: Sean Connery Favourite Film: Indiana Jones Favourite Type of Music: He likes most types of music, specially classical music Least Favourite Type of Music: Heavy Metal
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The cars always were
part of Riccardo's life and with 9 years old he had his first experience
in motorsport driving a Kart. At the start he drove Karts only during
summers just for fun. During winters the young Riccardo used to
participate of swimming competitions. Yes, Riccardo was a swimmer, too.
He followed this sport until he was 15 years old. Riccardo was a free
style swimmer and for the relay a back-stroke swimmer. He left the
swimming competitions when his team broke up...
Patrese stayed in
Formula 1 for 17 seasons, he had ups and downs but ended his career
being one of the most respected and loved Formula 1 drivers. He won 6
races and got 8 pole positions in 256 Grand Prix and still has the
record of Grand Prix starts. Riccardo's best position in the World
Championship was the second place in 1992, a year where his team,
Williams, had the best car and dominated the championship. He retired
from F1 at the end of the 1993 season after a bad year in Benetton.
Actually Riccardo works
in PR. He participates of Horse Jumping contests where he already won
some titles. He is the president of Associazione Mondiale Piloti per
la Solidarietà and plays soccer in the Associazione's team, the
Nazionale Piloti, in charity games. He also participates of charity
soccer games playing in the Star Team for Children created by Prince
Albert of Monaco. Riccardo plays a lot of Tennis and Golf, too and
sometimes we can see him again in the motorsport scene going to watch
some F1 races in the Paddock and participating of the traditional
Goodwood Festival of Speed in England.
