- Michele Alboreto
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Michele Alboreto Born 23 December 1956 Died 25 April 2001 (aged 44)Formula One World Championship career Nationality Italian Active years 1981–1994 Teams Tyrrell, Ferrari, Larrousse, Arrows, Footwork, Scuderia Italia, Minardi Races 215 (194 starts) Championships 0 Wins 5 Podiums 23 Career points 186.5 Pole positions 2 Fastest laps 5 First race 1981 San Marino Grand Prix First win 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix Last win 1985 German Grand Prix Last race 1994 Australian Grand Prix 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1981–1983, 1996–2000 Teams Martini Racing, Joest Racing, Porsche AG, Audi Sport Team Joest Best finish 1st (1997) Class wins 1 (1997) Michele Alboreto (born 23 December 1956 in Milan, Italy; died 25 April 2001 in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany) was an Italian racing driver. He is famous for finishing runner up to Alain Prost in the 1985 Formula One World Championship, as well as winning the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2001 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races. Alboreto competed in Formula One from 1981 until 1994, racing for a number of teams, most notably the Ferrari factory team.
The Italian's career in motorsport began in 1976, racing a car he and a number of his friends had built in the Formula Monza series. The car, however, achieved very little success and two years later Alboreto moved up to Formula Three. Wins in the Italian Formula Three championship and a European Formula Three Championship crown in 1980 paved the way for the Italian's entrance into Formula One with the Tyrrell team.
Two wins, the first in the final round of the 1982 season in Las Vegas, and the second a year later in Detroit, earned him a place with the Ferrari team. Alboreto took three wins for the Italian team and challenged Alain Prost for the 1985 Championship, eventually losing out by 20 points. Following a poor 1988 campaign, the Italian left Ferrari and re-signed with his former employers Tyrrell, where he stayed until joining Larrousse mid-way through 1989.
Further seasons with Footwork, Scuderia Italia and Minardi followed during the tail end of his F1 career. In 1995, Alboreto moved on to sportscars and a year later the American IndyCar series. He took his final major victories, the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours and 2001 Sebring 12 Hours, with German manufacturers Porsche and Audi respectively. In 2001, a month after his Sebring victory, he was killed testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
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Career
1976–1981: Junior formulae
Michele Alboreto started his career in 1976 racing in Formula Monza with a car he and his friends built, known as the "CMR".[1] The car itself proved to be uncompetitive and in 1978 Alboreto, now in a more competitive March, moved over to Formula Italia where he began to take race wins. Two years later Alboreto moved up to Formula Three, racing in a Euroracing-entered March-Toyota in both the European and Italian series.[1] In his début Formula Three season, Alboreto finished 6th and 2nd respectively in the two championships, scoring three wins in the Italian series.
1980 would prove to be the Italian's final, and most successful, year in Formula Three where he took the European crown and finished third in the Italian championship, taking five wins between the two series. An appearance in the British Championship was also made that year.
Alboreto's European title earned him a move into Formula Two, a feeder series for Formula One, with the Minardi team. He scored Minardi's only F2 victory, at Misano, during the 1981 season where he finished eighth in the championship.[1]
1980–1983: Sportscars
Despite his career in open wheel racing, Alboreto was chosen by Lancia to be part of their official squad in the World Championship for Makes, running in rounds which did not conflict with his other races. He shared the Group 5 category Lancia Beta Montecarlo with Walter Röhrl or Eddie Cheever on four occasions during the 1980 season, scoring three second place finishes and a fourth.
Alboreto again ran a partial schedule in 1981 even though he was also running Formula Two and Formula One. This season included his first participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He earned an eighth place finish overall, second in class, and was the highest finishing Lancia. He followed this with his first win in the championship, at the Six Hours of Watkins Glen with co-driver Riccardo Patrese. Alboreto finished the year 52nd in the Drivers' Championship, the highest ranked Lancia driver.
When Lancia chose to move to a new class of competition with the Lancia LC1 as the championship concentrated solely on endurance races in 1982, further success came for Alboreto. A small schedule for the championship, as well as an emphasis on European circuits allowed him to compete in every race that year. Although the LC1 suffered from mechanical problems on its debut, Alboreto and teammate Patrese were able to rebound to earn a victory at the 1000 km of Silverstone. Teo Fabi joined the duo for the 1000 km of the Nürburgring, where they once again earned a victory. He was not able to repeat his previous success at Le Mans when the LC1's engine failed, and was unable to complete an event at Spa when the car broke in the closing laps. A third victory was earned by Alboreto and new teammate Piercarlo Ghinzani at their home circuit, Mugello. The final two races of the World Championship season had Alboreto's car eliminated from contention due to accidents. At the end of the season, he had secured fifth in the Drivers' Championship.
Lancia changed classes and cars once again in 1983 World Sportscar Championship season, but Alboreto remained as one of the team's primary drivers. He brought the new Lancia LC2 to a ninth place finish in its debut at the 1000 km of Monza, but the new car struggled to finish the next few races of the season. His entries would not finish another race until round five, where he earned eleventh. While Lancia chose to skip later rounds of the championship, he would not return to the team in order to concentrate fully on his commitments to Formula One. His troubles with the LC2 and early departure from the team earned him only two points in the championship.
Formula One
1981–1983: Tyrrell
At the age of 24, Alboreto made his Formula One debut at the 1981 San Marino Grand Prix for the Cosworth-powered Tyrrell Racing team, replacing Ricardo Zunino after the Argentine failed to impress team boss Ken Tyrrell. Unfortunately for the Italian, a collision with fellow countryman Beppe Gabbiani put him out of the race after completing 31 of the 60 laps. Alboreto failed to score a single point during his debut year, his highest position being ninth at the Dutch Grand Prix.
In comparison to the previous season, Alboreto had a more successful 1982 campaign. The Italian took the first podium of his Grand Prix career at Imola and, at the final round in Las Vegas, Alboreto took his first Grand Prix win. He is the last winner of the Caesars Palace Grand Prix as the following year, the track was axed from the calendar. Alboreto scored a total of 25 points during his second season of F1, finishing as the top Italian in eighth place overall.
Despite a win in Detroit, registered as the last victory for a naturally aspirated car until the end of the turbo-era in 1989, after Nelson Piquet's leading Brabham suffered a rear tyre deflation in the closing stages, Alboreto failed to finish in the points consistently and, with only one further points finish at Zandvoort, the Italian finished the season with ten points and down in twelfth position. However, it was announced that the Italian would partner Frenchman René Arnoux at Ferrari. Replacing Patrick Tambay, he became the first Italian driver to race for the marque in over a decade.
1984–1988: Ferrari
In his debut season for Ferrari, Alboreto took victory in the third round at Zolder and finishing on the podium a further three times: at the Österreichring where he finished third; Ferrari's home circuit of Monza where he finished second; and at the Nürburgring, where he also finished in second place. Alboreto finished the 1984 season in fourth with 30.5 points, the half point coming from his sixth place at the Monaco Grand Prix which was cut to under half its original race distance due to heavy rain, resulting in half points being awarded.
Nigel Roebuck, December 2007[2]1985 would prove to be Alboreto's most successful year in Formula One. He took two wins: the first at the Canadian Grand Prix, and the second at the German Grand Prix. Alboreto finished the season in second place with 53 points, 20 points behind World Champion Alain Prost. Formula One journalist Nigel Roebuck commented that "Alboreto was Prost's only real challenger for the World Championship".[2]
In 1986 Ferrari's new car, the F1/86, proved to be slower and less reliable than its predecessor as Alboreto retired from a total of nine races: only two of those retirements are counted as driver error while the remaining seven were mechanical failures. Alboreto only scored one podium, at the Austrian Grand Prix – even then both Williams cars of Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet had retired and Alboreto finished a full lap behind race winner Alain Prost. The Italian finished the season ninth in the Divers' Championship with fourteen points.
Austrian Gerhard Berger joined Ferrari in 1987 which signalled the end of Alboreto's time as leader of the Ferrari team. Berger soon established himself as the team's number one driver thanks to his wins in Japan and Australia at the end of the season, while Alboreto could only manage a handful of podiums at Imola, Monaco and a second place at the final round in Australia to make it a Ferrari one-two. The Italian finished the year in seventh overall with 17 points, 13 points behind his team-mate.
The 1988 season would be Alboreto's final year with Ferrari. With the McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost dominating the season, the Ferrari team only managed a single win during the year at Monza which Berger won from Alboreto in second place. After a disappointing '88 season with Ferrari, the team refused to offer the Italian a new contract and so Alboreto looked elsewhere for a drive. In July that year, he received an offer from Frank Williams, head of the Williams team. Later that year, Alboreto had not received any word from Williams and soon requested confirmation of his seat at the team. Williams replied by saying that "he wanted him" and "not to move".[3] The Brit, however, went back on his word and signed Belgian Thierry Boutsen instead, leaving Alboreto with very little options for the coming season.[3]
Alboreto competed in eighty Grands Prix for Ferrari, which established a new record. It stood until the 1995 Argentine Grand Prix, when it was surpassed by Berger.[4]
1989: Tyrrell and Larrousse
A lack of a drive had left Alboreto in a difficult situation and he later admitted he contemplated retirement – an option of which his family were very much in favour.[5] Soon enough, however, he was offered a drive at his former employer Tyrrell, which he accepted. Thanks to Alboreto's Marlboro backing, the team managed to fund his wages.[6] The relationship between Alboreto and team boss, Ken Tyrrell, soon turned sour. At the Monaco Grand Prix, Alboreto was told to drive the older Tyrrell, the 017, due to the newer 018 not being completed.[6] Team-mate Jonathan Palmer was chosen to drive the new monoshock 018. Meanwhile, the Italian would have to wait until the following day for the 018 and so he decided not to accept this.[6] The result was Alboreto boycotting the Thursday practice session.[6] This lack of professional behaviour did not impress the team, and finishing in fifth position during the race did not help the 32-year-old's cause. He also finished 3rd at the next race in Mexico.
By the French Grand Prix, Ken Tyrrell had found some Camel sponsorship for the race and told Alboreto to end his personal sponsorship deal with Marlboro,[7] a rival brand to Camel. Alboreto refused and quit the team, and was replaced by up and coming Frenchman Jean Alesi. Alesi enjoyed a successful first Grand Prix in which he finished fourth.[7]
Alboreto soon lost his Marlboro sponsorship as well after they refused to find him another drive for the rest of the 1989 season.[8] He was, however, soon hired by the French Larrousse team, incidentally sponsored by Camel, for the German Grand Prix onwards. In an uncompetitive car, he failed to score a single point for the rest of the season and also failed to qualify on a few occasions. During qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix the Italian cut one of the chicanes and broke two of his ribs in the process.[8] After competing the year for two teams, Alboreto finished the year eleventh in the Drivers' Championship with six points.
1990–1992: Footwork
1990 saw Alboreto move to the Arrows team, which was in the process of being sold to sponsor Footwork. It was seen mainly as a "transition year" for him, as the chassis was in its second year and severe uncompetitiveness would be expected. Despite this, the 33-year-old finished in the top ten a number of times and only retired three times. Alboreto finished the season, however, as one of 21 drivers who failed to score a point.
Footwork secured Porsche works engines for 1991 and sponsorship from Japan, as the Footwork company completed its takeover of the team. The package did not, however, live up to its expectations as it failed to qualify a number of times. Soon the overweight and unreliable Porsche engines were replaced by Hart-supplied Cosworth engines for the rest of the season, the short-term fix not improving the team's competitiveness. This would be Alboreto's second season in succession that he failed to score a point.
Thanks to Footwork's Japanese connections the team received a supply of Mugen Honda V10 engines for 1992. The FA13 was reliable in comparison to its predecessor and Alboreto scored points four times, in addition to finishing in seventh place six times. With a season total of six points, the 35-year-old finished the year tenth overall.
1993–1994: Scuderia Italia and Minardi
Alboreto joined Italian team Scuderia Italia, which had enjoyed a number of successes in its short history, most notably when Andrea de Cesaris and JJ Lehto had scored podium positions at the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix and 1991 San Marino Grand Prix respectively. At the start of 1993, however, the team moved away from its Dallara-built chassis and onto Lolas, a move considered "disastrous" by many Grand Prix journalists. The Italian failed to score any points over the year, and failed to qualify several times as the slowest runner in the 26-car field. Scuderia Italia withdrew before the end of the season, and merged with fellow Italian team Minardi for 1994.
The Minardi cars proved to be mostly uncompetitive and unreliable, with a total of nine retirements from sixteen rounds. Only a sixth position in Monaco was any consolation for Alboreto. At the end of the season, he decided to retire from Grand Prix racing, with a record of 194 starts and five Grand Prix wins to his name.
At the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Alboreto caused mayhem as he lost his right rear wheel whilst leaving the pits. That wheel flew through the Benetton, Ferrari, and Lotus crews, injuring several mechanics on the way.
1994–2001: Post-Formula One career
Following his departure from Formula One in 1995, Alboreto embarked on a career in the German Touring Car Championship, known as the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. Racing for Alfa Romeo's factory team, Alfa Corse, the Italian finished 22nd in the championship, scoring four points. Further entries in the International Touring Car Championship and World Sportscar Championship, the latter being with Ferrari, also proved to be fruitless ventures.
Alboreto returned to open-wheel racing in 1996, entering the newly formed Indy Racing League (IRL) with Scandia/Simon Racing. The then 39-year-old competed in all three rounds where he finished fourth on his debut at Walt Disney World Speedway; eighth at the Phoenix International Raceway; and retired, due to gearbox problems, at the 1996 Indianapolis 500, his sole entry into the famous oval race. Alboreto also ran sports prototypes for Scandia/Simon while in the United States, entering the IMSA World Sports Car Championship with a Ferrari 333 SP. He also entered the Le Mans 24 Hours in a Joest Racing-entered Porsche WSC-95 alongside fellow Italian and former F1 team-mate Pierluigi Martini and Belgian Didier Theys, but retired due to an engine failure after completing 300 laps.
The following year, Alboreto earned his first, and only, podium in the IRL at the "True Value 200" held in New Hampshire, where he finished third. A further fifth place at Las Vegas earned Alboreto 62 points during his 1997 campaign which resulted in a 32nd place overall in the drivers' championship. 1997 for the Italian, however, would be remembered for winning the Le Mans 24 Hours with the same car as the previous year, but this time alongside Swede Stefan Johansson, another former F1 team-mate, and Dane Tom Kristensen, who would later go onto beat Jacky Ickx's record for winning the most Le Mans 24 Hour races. The trio completed 361 laps, one more than second placed Gulf Team Davidoff's BMW-powered McLaren F1 GTR.
This would prove to be the peak of Alboreto's sportscar success as he failed to finish at Le Mans in 1999 with newcomer Audi. However, a third at the 2000 Le Mans 24 Hours, victory at the 2000 Petit Le Mans and a win at the 2001 Sebring 12 Hours gave the Italian some final success prior to his death a month after his win at Sebring.[9]
Death
In April 2001, Alboreto was performing straight-line speed tests in an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring, near Dresden, Germany. A tyre blow-out caused his car to veer off track and crash into a wall, killing him.[9] At the time, Audi gave no reason for his death, citing that the R8 had "already completed thousands of test kilometres on numerous circuits without any problems".[10] Alboreto's death brought much anguish among his family and friends. Michele's cousin Marisa told Italian news agency ANSA "You can't imagine what we're going through as a family. We're really distraught."[10]
Fellow Italian Giancarlo Fisichella dedicated his podium finish at the 2005 Italian Grand Prix to Alboreto, "I know Alboreto was the last Italian on the podium at Monza before me. I was lucky enough to race together with him in touring cars, and he was a great person, really special. I want to dedicate the result to his memory."[11]
Helmet
Alboreto's helmet was blue with a yellow stripe with white edges covering the center of the helmet. The colours were a tribute to Ronnie Peterson whose helmet design also used them.[12]
Racing career results
Career summary
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.1981 Gr.5 65 P Lancia Beta Monte Carlo
Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4Martini Racing Eddie Cheever
Carlo Facetti322 8th 2nd 1982 Gr.6 51 P Lancia LC1
Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4Martini Racing Teo Fabi
Rolf Stommelen92 DNF DNF 1983 C 5 D Lancia LC2
Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8Martini Lancia Piercarlo Ghinzani
Hans Heyer121 DNF DNF 1996 LMP1 8 G TWR Porsche WSC-95
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6Joest Racing Pierluigi Martini
Didier Theys300 DNF DNF 1997 LMP 7 G TWR Porsche WSC-95
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6Joest Racing Stefan Johansson
Tom Kristensen361 1st 1st 1998 LMP1 7 M Porsche LMP1-98
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6Porsche AG
Joest RacingStefan Johansson
Yannick Dalmas107 DNF DNF 1999 LMP 7 M Audi R8R
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8Audi Sport Team Joest Rinaldo Capello
Laurent Aïello346 4th 3rd 2000 LMP900 7 M Audi R8
Audi 3.6L Turbo V8Audi Sport Team Joest Christian Abt
Rinaldo Capello365 3rd 3rd Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 1981 Minardi Team Minardi FLY281 BMW SIL
11HOC
8THR
RetNUR
8VAL
RetMUG
14PAU
RetPER
3SPA
8DON MIS
1MAN 8th 13 Complete World Championship Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts 1981 Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 010 Cosworth V8 USW BRA ARG SMR
RetBEL
12MON
RetESP
DNQFRA
16GBR
RetGER
DNQAUT
RetNC 0 Tyrrell 011 NED
9ITA
RetCAN
11CPL
131982 Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 011 Cosworth V8 RSA
7BRA
4USW
4SMR
3BEL
RetMON
10DET
RetCAN
RetNED
7GBR
NCFRA
6GER
4AUT
RetSUI
7ITA
5CPL
18th 25 1983 Benetton Tyrrell Team Tyrrell 011 Cosworth V8 BRA
RetUSW
9FRA
8SMR
RetMON
RetBEL
14DET
1CAN
8GBR
13GER
RetAUT
Ret12th 10 Tyrrell 012 NED
6ITA
RetEUR
RetRSA
Ret1984 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 126C4 Ferrari V6 BRA
RetRSA
11BEL
1SMR
RetFRA
RetMON‡
6CAN
RetDET
RetDAL
RetGBR
5GER
RetAUT
3NED
RetITA
2EUR
2POR
44th 30.5 1985 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 156/85 Ferrari V6 BRA
2POR
2SMR
RetMON
2CAN
1DET
3FRA
RetGBR
2GER
1AUT
3NED
4ITA
13BEL
RetEUR
RetRSA
RetAUS
Ret2nd 53 1986 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F1/86 Ferrari V6 BRA
RetESP
RetSMR
10MON
RetBEL
4CAN
8DET
4FRA
8GBR
RetGER
RetHUN
RetAUT
2ITA
RetPOR
5MEX
RetAUS
Ret9th 14 1987 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F1/87 Ferrari V6 BRA
8SMR
3BEL
RetMON
3DET
RetFRA
RetGBR
RetGER
RetHUN
RetAUT
RetITA
RetPOR
RetESP
15MEX
RetJPN
4AUS
27th 17 1988 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F1/87/88C Ferrari V6 BRA
5SMR
18MON
3MEX
4CAN
RetDET
RetFRA
3GBR
17GER
4HUN
RetBEL
RetITA
2POR
5ESP
RetJPN
11AUS
Ret5th 24 1989 Tyrrell Racing
OrganisationTyrrell 017B Cosworth V8 BRA
1011th 6 Tyrrell 018 SMR
DNQMON
5MEX
3USA
RetCAN
RetFRA GBR Equipe Larrousse Lola LC89 Lamborghini V12 GER
RetHUN
RetBEL
RetITA
RetPOR
11ESP
DNPQJPN
DNQAUS
DNPQ1990 Footwork Arrows Racing Arrows A11B Cosworth V8 USA
10BRA
RetSMR
DNQMON
DNQCAN
RetMEX
17FRA
10GBR
RetGER
RetHUN
12BEL
13ITA
12POR
9ESP
10JPN
RetAUS
DNQNC 0 1991 Footwork Grand Prix International Footwork A11C Porsche V12 USA
RetBRA
DNQSMR
DNQNC 0 Footwork FA12 MON
RetCAN
RetMEX
RetCosworth V8 FRA
RetGBR
RetGER
DNQHUN
DNQBEL
DNPQITA
DNQPOR
15ESP
RetJPN
DNQAUS
131992 Footwork Grand Prix International Footwork FA13 Mugen-Honda V10 RSA
10MEX
13BRA
6ESP
5SMR
5MON
7CAN
7FRA
7GBR
7GER
9HUN
7BEL
RetITA
7POR
6JPN
15AUS
Ret10th 6 1993 Lola BMS Scuderia Italia Lola T93/30 Ferrari V12 RSA
RetBRA
11EUR
11SMR
DNQESP
DNQMON
RetCAN
DNQFRA
DNQGBR
DNQGER
16HUN
RetBEL
14ITA
RetPOR
RetJPN AUS NC 0 1994 Minardi Scuderia Italia Minardi M193B Ford V8 BRA
RetPAC
RetSMR
RetMON
6ESP
Ret24th 1 Minardi M194 CAN
11FRA
RetGBR
RetGER
RetHUN
7BEL
9ITA
RetPOR
13EUR
14JPN
RetAUS
Ret- ‡ Race was stopped with less than 75% of laps completed, half points awarded.
American Open-Wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Indy Racing League
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 1996 Team Scandia
WDW
4
PHX
8
IND
Ret11th 189 1996-1997 Team Scandia
NHM
3
LVS
5
WDW
PHX
IND
TXS
PPIR
CHR
NH2
LV232nd 62 Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)Top 10s
(Non-podium)Indianapolis 500
WinsChampionships 2 1 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 Indianapolis 500
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 1996 Reynard Ford-Cosworth 12 30 Scandia Complete American Le Mans Series Results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine Tyres 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 1999 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP Audi R8R Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 M SEB
ovr:3
cls:3ATL MOS SON POR PET MON LSV 43rd 24 2000 Audi Sport North America LMP Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 M SEB
ovr:2
cls:2NÜR SON MOS TEX ROS PET
ovr:1
cls:1MON LSV ADE 27th 44 Audi R8R CHA
ovr:20
cls:8SIL 2001 Audi Sport North America LMP900 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 M TEX SEB
ovr:1
cls:1DON JAR SON POR MOS MID MON PET 22nd 31 References
Websites
- Rainer Nyberg and Mattijs Diepraam. "Nearly Ascari's successor". 8W – Who?. http://www.forix.com/8w/alboreto.html. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- "GP Encyclopaedia - Michele Alboreto". GrandPrix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-albmic.html. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- Race results taken from:
- Formula One – "Official Formula One Website's Results archive (1981–1994)". Official Formula One website. http://www.formula1.com/results/driver/1981/51.html. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- Formula Two – Stefan Örnerdal and Andrew Horrox. "Le Mans & F2 Register". Formula2.net. http://www.formula2.net/. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- IndyCar – "Stats: Michele Alboreto Career Stats". Official IRL Website. http://www.indycar.com/stats/driver_stats.php?driver_id=187&statYear=2008&showCareer=1. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- Sportscars – "World Sportscar Championship". Classiccars.com. http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/nf_ms_home.html. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
Notes
- ^ a b c GrandPrix.com, Paragraph One
- ^ a b Roebuck, Nigel (2007-12-12). "Ask Nigel:Memories of Michele Alboreto". Autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/asknigel/index.html/id/21788. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ a b Nyberg and Diepraam, Paragraph 6
- ^ FIA Formula 1 World Championship – 1995 Season Review (VHS). Duke Video. 1995-12-11. Event occurs at 25:10–25:30. ISBN 5-017559-034955. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Formula-Grand-Prix-Review-1995/dp/B00004CRI7. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^ Nyberg and Diepraam, Paragraph 7
- ^ a b c d Nyberg and Diepraam, Paragraph 9
- ^ a b Nyberg and Diepraam, Paragraph 10
- ^ a b Nyberg and Diepraam, Paragraph 11
- ^ a b Alboreto Is Killed Testing Audi R8, New York Times, April 26, 2001, Page D7.
- ^ a b "Alboreto dies in crash". BBC Sport. 2001-04-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/1297146.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ "Fisichella Dedicates Podium to Alboreto". Autosport Official Website. 2008-09-05. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/46757. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ "Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Ronnie Peterson - Images". http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/pete.htm. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
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