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Williams Drivers: Ricardo Patrese
Ricardo Patrese was born on the 17 April 1954. His first drive in a Formula One car was in 1977 for the Shadow team.

Ricardo Patrese joined the Williams team in 1988 as partner to Nigel Mansell. Ricardo had driven for various teams including Brabham. This season was to prove difficult for Ricardo as he and Mansell were left with using Judd V8 engines after the departure of Honda from the team.
Ricardo Patrese
Ricardo was to stay with the Williams team for another four seasons, partnered by Thierry Boutsen, in 1989 and 1990, and Nigel Mansell in 1991 and 1992. These seasons marked the beginning of the teams long-term relationship with Renault. Ricardo was able to score four victories for the Williams team.

Ricardo's victories were in the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix, Mexican and Portuguese Grand Prixs in 1991, and in the Japanese Grand Prix in 1992.
Ricardo Patrese
Ricardo played a successful role as the number two driver in the Williams team to both Boutsen and Mansell but never rose to the level to bring him the position of lead driver.

Ricardo was a driver for which I had a great deal of admiration. He was able to survive in the demanding world of Formula one for such a long period, achieving only a limited degree of success. But he certainly was recognised for his talent as a Grand Prix driver who was capable of regularly scoring points for his team.
Ricardo Patrese
Ricardo Patrese Driving History Williams Team (Point Scoring Finishes )
1988 Monaco GP 6th, Hungarian GP 6th, Spanish GP 5th, Japanese GP 6th, Australian GP 4th.
1989 Mexican GP 2nd, US GP 2nd, Canadian GP 2nd, French GP 3rd, German GP 4th, Italian GP 4th, Spanish GP 5th, Japanese GP 2nd, Australian GP 3rd.
1990 San Marino GP 1st, French GP 6th, German GP 5th, Hungarian GP 4th, Italian GP 5th, Spanish GP 5th, Japanese GP 4th, Australian GP 6th.
1991 Brazilian GP 2nd, Canadian GP 3rd, Mexican GP 1st, French GP 5th, German GP 2nd, Hungarian GP 3rd, Belgian GP 5th, Portuguese GP 1st, Spanish GP 3rd, Japanese GP 3rd, Australian GP 5th.
1992 South African GP 2nd, Mexican GP 2nd, Brazilian GP 2nd, San Marino GP 2nd, Monaco GP 3rd, French GP 2nd, British GP 2nd, Belgian GP 3rd, Italian GP 5th, Japanese GP 1st.
 
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