Site Information

I created this website to provide a comprehensive record of Riccardo Patrese's racing career because I felt such an outstanding career deserved recognition. 

My idea to produce a website began in 1999 and I created a basic site hosted by Moonfruit, then Geocities, before the site content was transferred to www.riccardopatrese.com in 2002, but my attempts to chronicle a remarkable Grand Prix career had begun in 1991 with the idea  of writing a biography. I am not a journalist, nor had I ever attempted to write seriously before but I was fortunate to know someone who knew someone and managed to get interviews with both Riccardo and Alan Rees, both of which are reproduced here. It was not difficult to do research as I retain my boyish enthusiasm for motorsport, and so 'having' to buy the 1977 edition of Autocourse, among many other publications, to assist my 'work' was no great hardship. However, and despite contact with a publisher, it seemed unlikely that my book would progress with any great speed and time soon passed...

The internet provided the opportunity to update my original idea and create an 'e-biography'. I was able to combine two interests while remaining true to my original objective. Maybe the book will be written, maybe not, but the fact remains that Riccardo Patrese has a place in Formula One record books and now, I hope, a fitting tribute on the world wide web.

Any errors you see here are mine and mine alone - but please let me know if you find them!! Every effort has been made to contact the owners of material reproduced on this site but if you wish to discuss the use of any such material, the site itself, or would like to contribute to the site please contact me.

Michael Day

Webmaster

Special thanks to:

Riccardo & Simone Patrese

"I want to thank you for your work on the website you have created of my racing career. I think it is very appropriate and beautiful."

Riccardo Patrese

"The site is definitely the most complete source on my father's career."

Simone Patrese

Joanna Cardwell

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