Michele Alboreto is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Minardi. Alboreto has recorded 5 wins and 23 podiums from 194 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,733 ranks Alboreto 540th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1994-11-13 | Adelaide Street Circuit | DNF | +22 |
| 1994-11-06 | Suzuka Circuit | DNF | −78 |
| 1994-10-16 | Circuito de Jerez | P14 | +6 |
| 1994-09-25 | Autódromo do Estoril | P13 | +15 |
| 1994-09-11 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −35 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | ▸Formula 1 | Minardi | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | P24 | −335 | 4,733 |
| 1993 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −180 | 5,068 |
| 1992 | ▸Formula 1 | Footwork | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | P10 | +757 | 5,248 |
| 1991 | ▸Formula 1 | Footwork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −423 | 4,491 |
| 1990 | ▸Formula 1 | Arrows | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −81 | 4,914 |
| 1989 | ▸Formula 1 | Larrousse | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | P11 | −475 | 4,994 |
| 1988 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 24 | P5 | +140 | 5,469 |
| 1987 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | P7 | −208 | 5,329 |
| 1986 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | P8 | −281 | 5,537 |
| 1985 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 53 | P2 | +387 | 5,818 |
| 1984 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 31 | P4 | +364 | 5,431 |
| 1983 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | P12 | −453 | 5,067 |
| 1982 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 25 | P7 | +779 | 5,520 |
| 1981 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −59 | 4,741 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 Alain Prost | 6,204 | 59 | 9 | 50 | 15% |
| 🇮🇹 Riccardo Patrese | 5,627 | 54 | 19 | 35 | 35% |
| 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna | 5,691 | 51 | 8 | 43 | 16% |
| 🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger | 5,635 | 47 | 14 | 33 | 30% |
| 🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell | 5,716 | 46 | 14 | 32 | 30% |
| 🇧🇪 Thierry Boutsen | 4,852 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 67% |
| 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet | 5,153 | 41 | 11 | 30 | 27% |
| 🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris | 4,262 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 58% |
| 🇬🇧 Derek Warwick | 4,993 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 56% |
| 🇬🇧 Martin Brundle | 5,199 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 39% |
Michele Alboreto was an Italian single-seater racing driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1981 to 1994, accumulating 194 starts across 14 seasons. He won five Grands Prix and finished on the podium 23 times, with an average finishing position of seventh place. His career placed him among the professional midfield; his Racer Rating of 4,733 reflects a driver who competed regularly at the sport's highest level but operated below its elite tier. Alboreto spent the bulk of his career at Ferrari, where he recorded 80 of his 194 starts, and raced repeatedly against many of the era's strongest drivers, including five-time champion Alain Prost, two-time champions Ayrton Senna and Mika Häkkinen, and multiple other world champions.[1]
Against these rivals, Alboreto compiled a losing record overall. Over 59 shared races with Prost he finished ahead on nine occasions; against Senna across 51 races he managed eight victories; he beat Mansell 14 times from 46 shared starts. His record against Thierry Boutsen proved more favourable, winning 28 head-to-head encounters from 42 races, indicating a gap between himself and the championship contenders of his era. His final campaign in 1994 yielded no wins or podiums across 16 rounds, finishing 24th in that season's standings. After retiring from Formula 1, Alboreto moved into endurance racing, where he achieved greater success, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 and the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2001.[2]