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🇮🇹 Riccardo Paletti

Racing driver from Italy. Formula 1, Osella.
Driver facts
Full name
Riccardo Paletti
Born
15 June 1958(b. 1958)
Nationality
Italy
Current team
Osella
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
3
Career DNFs
3
Racer Rating
4,364
Riccardo Paletti
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,364
Rank 2297 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Riccardo Paletti is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Osella. Paletti has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,364 ranks Paletti 2297th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1982 form
Last 3 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFITAUSACAN
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1982-06-13Circuit Gilles VilleneuveFormula 1DNF−109
1982-06-06Detroit Street CircuitFormula 1DNF−133
1982-04-25Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariFormula 1DNF−49
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1982▸Formula 1Osella300300P19+3,0144,364
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Paletti finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇫🇷 Alain Prost6,80231233%
🇫🇷 Didier Pironi6,2563030%
🇬🇧 Brian Henton5,99031233%
🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto5,9383030%
🇮🇹 Bruno Giacomelli5,8523030%
🇨🇱 Eliseo Salazar5,6753030%
🇫🇷 René Arnoux5,6373030%
🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris5,52431233%
🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Jarier4,7013030%
🇬🇧 Derek WarwickHigher-rated6,033110100%
🇬🇧 Geoff LeesHigher-rated5,547110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
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2,290🇧🇪 Sarah BovyEuropean Le Mans Series4,367
2,291🇬🇧 Thomas BscherFIA GT Championship4,367
2,292🇯🇵 Akira IidaSuper GT4,365
2,293🇦🇹 Nicolas SchöllGT World Challenge Europe4,365
2,294🇩🇪 Valentino CatalanoPrototype Cup Europe4,365
2,295🇬🇧 Donny CrevelsFIA GT Championship4,364
2,296🇵🇹 Duarte FerreiraIndy NXT4,364
2,297🇮🇹 Riccardo PalettiFormula 14,364
2,298🇺🇸 Rod RandallIMSA Pilot Challenge4,364
2,299🏳️ Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al FaisalNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,363
2,300🇨🇭 Alex RulloSupercars Championship4,363
2,301🇩🇰 Conrad LaursenEuropean Le Mans Series4,363
2,302🇨🇦 Louis-Philippe DumoulinPorsche Endurance Challenge North America4,362
2,303🇩🇪 Michael JoosNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,362
2,304🇮🇳 Armaan EbrahimIndy NXT4,361
2,305🇺🇸 Kenny WildenIMSA Pilot Challenge4,361
2,306🇺🇸 Shane HmielNASCAR Xfinity4,361
2,307🇺🇸 Alessandro BalzanAsian Le Mans Series4,360
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Riccardo Paletti is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Osella. Paletti has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 3 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,364 ranks Paletti 2297th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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