Riccardo Patrese on the wins, pranks and fallouts from his epic 17-season F1 career

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Riccardo Patrese’s career began in the era of Hunt, Lauda and Andretti and ended 256 races later in the era of Senna and Schumacher, by which time he’d become the most successful Italian racer since double world champion Alberto Ascari.

On this week’s show he talks us through that incredible 17-season career – the team mates, the rivals, the cars, the victories. Expert wonderful anecdotes on that famous Monaco win in 1982 (the race nobody wanted to win!), the time he was pranked by Nelson Piquet, the inside story on his falling out with James Hunt, and much more.

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0:00.0	Is that a little spot?
0:01.2	Oh, it's so amazing to finally be here.
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0:24.9	Selected plots only, terms and conditions apply.
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0:30.1	I am Ricardo Patreza, you are listening behind the grid.
0:39.4	Hi, everyone, and welcome once again
0:41.5	to Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson.
0:44.1	As ever, it's great to have you with us
0:46.1	for what is a really exciting show this week,
0:48.5	because my guest is none other than Ricardo Patreza,
0:52.4	a driver who will be very familiar
0:54.8	to all of you who watched Formula One in the 80s and 90s.
0:58.6	Ricardo is one of the most charming and entertaining people
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