his former teammate Nigel Mansell and Emerson Fittipaldi in the sole 2005 race at Kyalami, South Africa. His 2006 season was less successful with a 10th-place finish at Losail in Qatar and a 6th at Silverstone. Patrese's record of 257 Grand Prix entries, set in a period when a typical F1 season was limited to 16 races, stood for 15 years, surviving the Schumacher era when Michael Schumacher retired on 250 race entries. Rubens Barrichello finally surpassed Patrese's total, recording his 258th Grand Prix entry at the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix. As part of the "handover", Patrese tested a Honda RA107 at Jerez on 9 September (Barrichello was driving for Honda at the time). Schumacher subsequently came out of retirement and became the second driver to surpass Patrese's former record. In July 2018 it was announced that Patrese would come out of retirement to compete at the Spa 24 Hours that month, competing in the pro-am category in a JAS Motorsport-run Honda NSX GT3 with Loïc Depailler (the son of former F1 driver Patrick Depailler), Bertrand Baguette and Esteban Guerrieri. Racing record Career summary Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position / Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete Grand Prix Masters results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap. References External links The Riccardo Patrese Website Riccardo Patrese: The Italian Hero 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Padua Italian racing drivers Italian Formula One drivers Alfa Romeo Formula One drivers Arrows Formula One drivers Benetton Formula One drivers Brabham Formula One drivers Shadow Formula One drivers Williams Formula One drivers Formula One race winners European Formula Two Championship drivers FIA European Formula 3 Championship drivers Grand Prix Masters drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Karting World Championship drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers Nismo drivers BMW M drivers