PAT

Riccardo Patrese

1977–1993
256
Starts
6
Wins
37
Podiums
8
Poles
0
Titles
281
Points

Season by season

tap a header to sort
Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
1977 Shadow 9 9 0 0 0 1 P19
1978 Arrows 14 14 0 1 0 11 P12
1979 Arrows 15 14 0 0 0 2 P19
1980 Arrows 14 14 0 1 0 7 P9
1981 Arrows 15 15 0 2 1 10 P11
1982 Brabham 15 15 1 3 0 21 P10
1983 Brabham 15 15 1 2 1 13 P9
1984 Alfa Romeo 16 16 0 1 0 8 P13
1985 Alfa Romeo 16 16 0 0 0 0
1986 Brabham 16 16 0 0 0 2 P17
1987 Brabham + Williams 16 16 0 1 0 6 P13
1988 Williams 16 16 0 0 0 8 P11
1989 Williams 16 16 0 6 1 40 P3
1990 Williams 16 16 1 1 0 23 P7
1991 Williams 16 16 2 8 4 53 P3
1992 Williams 16 16 1 9 1 56 P2
1993 Benetton 16 16 0 2 0 20 P5

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Nigel Mansell '88–'92 · 17r compared , 29 excl. → Full breakdown 13–33 1–16 117 192
Thierry Boutsen '89–'90 · 13r compared , 19 excl. → Full breakdown 20–12 4–9 63 71
Jochen Mass '79–'80 · 10r compared , 18 excl. → Full breakdown 22–5 6–4 9 7
Nelson Piquet '82–'87 · 6r compared , 25 excl. → Full breakdown 11–20 2–4 34 79
Michael Schumacher '93 · 5r compared , 11 excl. → Full breakdown 0–16 0–5 20 52
Eddie Cheever '84–'85 · 4r compared , 28 excl. → Full breakdown 20–12 3–1 8 3
Rolf Stommelen '78 · 3r compared , 10 excl. → Full breakdown 10–0 3–0 11 0
Alan Jones '77 · 2r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 3–6 0–2 1 13
Derek Warwick '86 · 2r compared , 9 excl. → Full breakdown 8–3 2–0 1 0
Siegfried Stohr '81 · 1r compared , 12 excl. → Full breakdown 13–0 1–0 10 0
Jean-Louis Schlesser '88 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 0 0
Mike Thackwell '80 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Manfred Winkelhock '80 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. '81 · 0r compared , 2 excl. 2–0 0–0 0 0
Elio de Angelis '86 · 0r compared , 4 excl. 4–0 0–0 1 0
Andrea de Cesaris '87 · 0r compared , 15 excl. 12–3 0–0 6 4
Martin Brundle '88 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
51.2% DNF rate 131 in 256 starts
28.5% points-finish rate 73 in 256 starts
P1 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.