Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1982 Patrese ya koma Brabham kuma ya sami nasararsa ta farko a wannan shekarar Monaco Grand Prix
a cikin yanayi mai ban sha'awa. Patrese ya jagoranci lokacin da Alain Prost ya fadi, kawai don yin juyawa a cikin yanayi mai laushi a zagaye na gaba. Wannan ya bar shi a matsayi na uku a bayan Didier Pironi da Andrea de Cesaris, waɗanda duka suka tsaya a zagaye na ƙarshe <unk> Pironi tare da matsalar wutar lantarki da de Cesaris ba tare da mai ba. Daga baya a wannan kakar ya kuma jagoranci Grand Prix na Austrian amma ya yi ritaya saboda matsalar injin. Patrese ya gama kakar wasa ta goma, a gaban abokin aikinsa Nelson Piquet. 1983 ya tabbatar da zama mafi wuya kakar. Patrese ya fadi a ƙarshen tseren yayin da yake jagorantar a San Marino - don yabon "tifosi", kamar yadda yake nufin cewa ya ba da nasarar tseren ga direban Ferrari Patrick Tambay. Ya kuma ɗauki matsayi a gida a Grand Prix na Italiya, kafin injinsa ya fashe a farkon matakan tseren: a cikin hira ta 2010 ya ce yana zargin cewa an bar injinsa a cikin cancantarsa, yana mai da shi mai ƙarfi sosai amma mai rauni, kamar yadda ba a ba shi sabon kwangila ba a shekara mai zuwa, kuma ya yi jinkirin sadaukar da damar lashe Grand Prix na gida ga abokin aikinsa Nelson Piquet, wanda ke fafatawa da Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Duk da samun nasara a karo na biyu a gasar Grand Prix ta Afirka ta Kudu, Patrese ya gama na tara ne kawai yayin da Piquet ya yi ikirarin lashe gasar zakarun Turai ta biyu. Shekaru bakwai suka shige kafin ya sake zuwa saman bene.