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Macau by a past master

Double Macau Grand Prix winner Riccardo Patrese shares his memories of the event with Jonathan Noble, three decades after his last race on the famous streets

Riccardo Patrese returned to the spotlight this year when Rubens Barrichello took away the Italian's long-standing record as the most experienced Formula One driver of all time. He also made himself an internet hero when footage of him scaring the life out of his wife during a lap of Jerez in a Honda road car emerged on YouTube.

But while recent memories of Patrese are of his vast experience and that crazy lap, 30 years ago the Italian was just embarking on his F1 career - and took a famous victory on the streets of Macau.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.