Michele Alboreto

Michele Alboreto was an Italian racing driver, born on 23 December 1956, who competed in Formula One from 1981 to 1994. He started in Formula Monza, won the 1980 European Formula Three title and entered Formula One with Tyrrell, where his first win came at the 1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix and his second at Detroit in 1983. That earned him a drive at Ferrari, with whom he took three wins and finished runner-up to Alain Prost in the 1985 World Drivers' Championship. He won five Grands Prix across 14 seasons and later drove for Tyrrell again, Larrousse, Footwork, Scuderia Italia and Minardi. In sportscars and IndyCar he won the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans with Joest and the 2001 12 Hours of Sebring with Audi. He died on 25 April 2001.