Brilliant but brittle, fast but fallible, he is fearless on the track, yet afraid of the unknown off it. He has a tendency towards superstardom matched only by his tendency to attract controversy. Those are the characteristics of the controversial young Italian, Riccardo Patrese.

Chi è il giovane pilota padovano che ha sbalordito in Sud Africa: la corsa africana ha avuto un grande merito, quello di aver rivelato in tutto il suo potenziale un nuovo formidabile campione dal passaporto tricolore: Riccardo Patrese…

Who is the young driver from Padua who amazed in South Africa: the African race had a great merit, that of having revealed in all its potential a new formidable champion with a tricolor passport: Riccardo Patrese…