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Michele Alboreto
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1956-12-23 ) 23 December 1956, Milan , Lombardy , Italy
- Died
- 25 April 2001 (2001-04-25) (aged 44), Lausitzring , Brandenburg , Germany
- Cause of death
- Single vehicle collision whilst testing the Audi R8
- Spouse
- Nadia Astorri ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 )
- Nationality
- Italian
- Active years
- 1981 – 1994
- Teams
- Tyrrell , Ferrari , Larrousse , Arrows , Footwork , Scuderia Italia , Minardi
- Entries
- 215 (194 starts)
- First entry
- 1981 San Marino Grand Prix
- First win
- 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix
- Last win
- 1985 German Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 1994 Australian Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 1981 – 1983 , 1996 – 2000
- Best finish
- 1st ( 1997 )
- Class wins
- 1 ( 1997 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Milan
- Place of death
- Klettwitz
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- motorcycle sport
- Image
- SCA 0028 MICHELE ALBORETO - Ferrari F 1-87 - 1987 neg. 417 10x15 R.JPG
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- Commons category
- Michele Alboreto
- date of birth
- 1956-12-23
- date of death
- 2001-04-25
- Commons gallery
- Michele Alboreto
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- number of wins
- 5
- points for
- 186.5
- pole positions
- 2
- podium finishes
- 23
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 217
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Encyclopedic overview
Michele Alboreto ( Italian pronunciation: [miˈkɛːle alboˈreːto]; 23 December 1956 – 25 April 2001) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1981 to 1994. Alboreto was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1985 with Ferrari, and won five Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In endurance racing, Alboreto won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 with Joest, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2001 with Audi.
Alboreto'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 his entrance into Formula One with the Tyrrell team.
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