<P> Michele Alboreto started 194 races in a career that spanned 14 seasons . He started with a drive for Tyrrell in 1981, impressing the team enough to secure a three year contract . He won two races with them before moving to Ferrari for five seasons . It was with the Italian team that Alboreto would come close to winning the title--eight podium finishes including two wins was not quite enough to give him the 1985 championship and he finished as the year as the runner - up . On leaving Ferrari Alboreto's career went downhill with only one podium finish in his final six years . </P> <P> Four Italian drivers have started more than 200 races, easily more than any other country . Though they had 936 starts between them, the drivers only scored ten victories and 62 other podium finishes . </P> <P> Giancarlo Fisichella is the most recent Italian driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix having won in 2006 . It was his third and final victory and came in his most successful season, one which saw him finish the year fourth in the drivers' championship . Fisichella featured on the podium at 19 of the 229 races he started . </P> <P> Riccardo Patrese competed in Formula One for 17 years, standing on the podium 31 times including six victories . He started 256 races, placing him as one of the top three most experienced Formula One drivers in history, and finished just under half of them . From his 1977 debut to the end of the 1988 season Patrese was only able to finish at best ninth in the championship, but his career rose to new heights with his second year with Williams . He ended the 1989 season third and crossed the finish line in the top three 17 times across 1991 and 1992, finishing third and second in the championship respectively . He left Formula One after the 1993 season to race touring cars . </P>

Last italian driver to win a grand prix