Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen kakar 1987, an ba Patrese damar sake farfado da abin da ya zama kamar aikin raguwa lokacin da direban Williams Nigel Mansell ya ji rauni yayin da ya cancanci zuwa Grand Prix na Japan. Tare da taimakon mai mallakar Brabham kuma shugaban Formula One Bernie Ecclestone, Patrese ya gwada Williams FW11B a Imola, inda ya kafa lokacin da ya kasance rabin rabin sauri fiye da Ayrton Senna a wannan shekarar a San Marino Grand Prix
, kuma an tsara shi don maye gurbin Mansell don wasan karshe na kakar wasa a Ostiraliya.