Overview
- Motorsport outlets publish 25th‑anniversary retrospectives that revisit Michele Alboreto’s life, career, and legacy.
- He died in April 2001 during Audi R8 testing at Germany’s Lausitzring after a punctured tyre caused a high‑speed crash, according to the investigation.
- His 14‑season Formula 1 career delivered 194 starts and five wins, making him the most recent Italian to take a Grand Prix victory for Ferrari.
- Driving for Ferrari in 1985, he led the championship fight before finishing runner‑up to Alain Prost after repeated mechanical failures.
- After F1, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 with Joest Porsche alongside Stefan Johansson and Tom Kristensen, then added the 12 Hours of Sebring in March 2001 with Audi.