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Michele Alboreto ( Italian pronunciation: [miˈkɛːle alboˈreːto]; 23 December 1956 – 25 April 2001) was an Italian racing driver. He was runner-up to Alain Prost in the 1985 Formula One World Championship, as well as the winner of the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 2001 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races.
Michele Alboreto (Milano, 23 dicembre 1956 – Klettwitz, 25 aprile 2001) è stato un pilota automobilistico italiano. Campione europeo di Formula 3 nel 1980, trascorse buona parte della carriera in Formula 1, in cui vinse cinque Gran Premi ed in cui sfiorò il titolo mondiale nel 1985.
Apr 25, 2001 · Former Formula One driver Michele Alboreto was killed on Wednesday following an accident while testing in Germany.
Apr 25, 2023 · Remembering Michele Alboreto: F1 ace, Le Mans winner and a good man. In a rancid 2001 season that lost us the great Dale Earnhardt in February and sportscar legend Bob Wollek in March, Michele...
Apr 24, 2021 · It is 20 years that Michele Alboreto passed away. He was the last Italian to win a Formula 1 race at the wheel of a Ferrari. If you had to sum him up in three words, what would they be?
Michele Alboreto, born on December 23, 1956, in Milan, Italy, enjoyed a distinguished racing career spanning over four decades. His journey began in 1977 in European Formula 3, where he quickly made a mark by clinching the championship two years later.
Michele Alboreto (mi-KAY-lay AL-bore-ET-oh; born December 23rd 1956 in Milan, Italy – died April 25th 2001 in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany) was an Italian Formula One driver from the 80s and 90s. Alboreto was killed during a test session with an Audi sports car at the Lausitzring in Germany.
Michele Alboreto was born in Libya (hence his black curly hair), but the family moved to Italy. After watching the Ford GT40 of Hobbs and Hawkins winning the 1000 km Monza, he wanted to be a racing driver.
Jul 7, 2014 · He may not have been the most famous driver in the sport’s history, but when the news came through that Michele Aboreto had been killed testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring, near Dresden, it left the international motor racing community genuinely stunned with grief.
Apr 28, 2001 · As the technicians become the stars, the sport is losing some of its human spirit, represented in recent years by men such as Michele Alboreto, the last Italian to win a grand prix in a Ferrari...
