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Riccardo Gabriele Patrese 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,
Patrese at the 1993 British Grand Prix
Patrese seated in a Trivellato Racing Team 1977 Chevron B40 Formula 2 car
Patrese in the Arrows A1 at the 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix
Patrese at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix
The 1989 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 43rd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It began on 26 March and ended on 5 November. Alain Prost won his third Drivers' Championship, and McLa
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…starts, with 256 races from 257 entries. At the age of 38 he was runner-up to Nigel Mansell in the 1992 Formula One World Championship, and third in 1989 and 1991. He won six Grands Prix, including the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix, with a record gap of over six years between two of these – the 1983 South African…
Alain Prost won the Drivers' title for the third time with McLaren-Honda on 76 points in his last season with the team.
Defending champion and Prost's teammate Ayrton Senna finished runner-up, 16 points behind.
Riccardo Patrese came third on 40 points for Williams-Renault.
McLaren-Honda won the Constructors' Championship in 1989 with the MP4/5 (the white-and-red cars nearest the camera).