Please answer the following question: Facts:   - years: 1977 -- 1993    - poles: 8    - birth name: riccardo gabriele patrese    - races: 257 -lrb- 256 starts -rrb-    - points: 281    - podiums: 37      - birth date: 17 april 1954    - name: riccardo patrese    - nationality: ita italian    - image: riccardopatrese.jpg    - birth place: padua , veneto , italy    - wins: 6    - championships: 0   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of riccardo patrese .
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riccardo gabriele patrese -lrb- born 17 april 1954 -rrb- is an italian former racing driver , who raced in formula one from to .he became the first formula one driver to achieve 200 grand prix starts when he appeared at the 1990 british grand prix , and the first to achieve 250 starts at the 1993 german grand prix .patrese entered 257 formula one world championship grands prix and started 256 races making him the fourth most experienced f1 driver in history , after rubens barrichello , michael schumacher and jenson button .he was runner-up in the 1992 formula one season and third in 1989 and 1991 .he won six formula one races , with a record gap of over six years between two of these -- the 1983 south african grand prix and 1990 san marino grand prix .patrese also competed at the world sportscar championship for the lancia factory team , finishing runnerup in 1982 and collecting eight wins .