ForzaMinardi.com wiki: Alboreto, Michele

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He thought he had a Williams deal for 1989 but instead ended-up back at Tyrrell. He fell-out with the man who'd given him his break in '81 and after six races switched to Larrousse. Arrows/Footwork and then Scuderia Italia (where he failed to qualify the dreadful car five times) led to a final season with Minardi in 1994. Michele partnered compatriot [[MartiniPierluigi Pierluigi Martini]], the fourth of five seasons when Minardi would field an all-Italian line-up. In a last hurrah Michele scored one point at Monaco before his F1 career finally fizzled out.

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He thought he had a Williams deal for 1989 but instead ended-up back at Tyrrell. He fell-out with the man who'd given him his break in '81 and after six races switched to Larrousse. Arrows/Footwork and then Scuderia Italia (where he failed to qualify the dreadful car five times) led to a final season with Minardi in 1994. Michele partnered compatriot Pierluigi Martini, the fourth of five seasons when Minardi would field an all-Italian line-up. In a last hurrah Michele scored one point at Monaco before his F1 career finally fizzled out.

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Michele is most famous for his five years with [[Ferrari]] (1984-88) and is the last Italian to have had a decent crack at the title in a scarlet car. After fatalities in the 1950s and 60s Enzo Ferrari famously avoided employing Italian drivers but this time he broke his own rule, "he's a youngster who drives so well and makes few mistakes. He reminds me of Von Trips, who Alboreto resembles even in his educated and serious demeanour". He proved the old man right by winning the Belgian GP in his first year at Maranello, finishing fourth in the championship. In truth Ferrari really wasn't in the same league as McLaren and Williams but Michele still won in Canada and Germany in 1985. It was his best season but he finished runner-up to a man winning the first of four titles, Alain Prost.

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Michele is most famous for his five years with Ferrari (1984-88) and is the last Italian to have had a decent crack at the title in a scarlet car. After fatalities in the 1950s and 60s Enzo Ferrari famously avoided employing Italian drivers but this time he broke his own rule, "he's a youngster who drives so well and makes few mistakes. He reminds me of Von Trips, who Alboreto resembles even in his educated and serious demeanour". He proved the old man right by winning the Belgian GP in his first year at Maranello, finishing fourth in the championship. In truth Ferrari really wasn't in the same league as McLaren and Williams but Michele still won in Canada and Germany in 1985. It was his best season but he finished runner-up to a man winning the first of four titles, Alain Prost.

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