RACING DRIVER

Riccardo Patrese

1954 - Today

Photo of Riccardo Patrese

Icon of person Riccardo Patrese

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riccardo Patrese has received more than 851,115 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Riccardo Patrese is the 66th most popular racing driver (down from 56th in 2019), the 1,563rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,370th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Riccardo Patrese ranks 66 out of 1,080Before him are Hannu Mikkola, Alan Jones, Chris Amon, Gerhard Berger, Kimi Räikkönen, and Louis Chiron. After him are Maria Teresa de Filippis, Maurice Trintignant, Colin McRae, Patrick Tambay, Michele Alboreto, and Jean Alesi.

Most Popular Racing Drivers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Riccardo Patrese ranks 63Before him are Michael Moore, Yanni, Catherine O'Hara, Kailash Satyarthi, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, and Phil Rudd. After him are François Fillon, Johnny Logan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ilan Ramon, Shuji Nakamura, and Andrei Karlov.

Others Born in 1954

Go to all Rankings

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Patrese ranks 1,563 out of 5,161Before him are Ugo Cavallero (1880), Giuseppe Bergomi (1963), Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena (1610), Domenico Zipoli (1688), Michael Pacher (1435), and Adaloald (602). After him are Enzo of Sardinia (1220), Paris Bordone (1500), Alfredo Catalani (1854), Fausto Sozzini (1539), Sergio Sebastiani (1931), and Lea Massari (1933).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Riccardo Patrese ranks 9Before him are Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Valentino Rossi (1979), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), and Lella Lombardi (1941). After him are Maria Teresa de Filippis (1926), Michele Alboreto (1956), Lucien Bianchi (1934), Arturo Merzario (1943), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), and Elio de Angelis (1958).