Ya zama na farko Formula One direba don cimma 200 Grand Prix farawa a lokacin da ya bayyana a 1990 Birtaniya Grand Prix, da kuma na farko da ya cimma 250 farawa a 1993 Jamus Grand Prix. Patrese ya shiga 257 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix kuma ya fara tsere 256 wanda ya sanya shi zama na takwas mafi gogaggen direba na F1 a tarihi, bayan Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa da Lewis Hamilton. Ya kasance na biyu a cikin 1992 Formula One kakar kuma na uku a 1989 da 1991. Ya lashe tseren Formula One guda shida, tare da rikodin rata na sama da shekaru shida tsakanin biyu daga cikin wadannan <unk> 1983 Grand Prix na Afirka ta Kudu da
Babban Gasar San Marino ta 1990.