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Andrea de Cesaris (CHES-ah-iss; born 31 May, 1959 in Rome, RM, Lazio, Italy – died 5 October 2014 in Rome) was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1980 until 1994.

He drove for many teams, the full list comprising of Alfa Romeo (twice), McLaren, Ligier, Minardi, Brabham, Rial, Scuderia Italia (Dallara), Jordan (twice), Tyrrell and finally Sauber.

De Cesaris remains the driver to have competed in the most Grand Prix's in Formula One without a race win. De Cesaris was notorious during the 1980's and 1990's as a driver who was prone to have quite significant accidents which earned him the nickname "Andrea de Crasheris", although he cleaned up his act in later years.

He died in 2014 aged 55 in a motorbike accident in Rome.

Formula One Career[]

Alfa Romeo[]

Andrea de Cearis started his career with Alfa Romeo in the latter stages of the 1980 season, replacing Vittorio Brambilla for the Canadian and United States Grands Prix. He retired in both races, an engine failure in the first and a crash in the second.

McLaren[]

Helped by connections with Marlboro, McLaren gave De Cesaris a drive for the 1981 season. But his lack of experience (and skill to a lesser extent) meant he only scored one point, compared to teammate John Watson's 27, who also won a race. He started fourteen races, crashing or spinning off eight times. He was dropped at the end of the season.

Return to Alfa Romeo[]

De Cesaris returned to Alfa Romeo in 1982 and showed his raw speed, scoring his first (and only) pole position at the United States Grand Prix West becoming the then-youngest polesitter, although he retired from the race. He then managed to score his first podium at the Monaco Grand Prix, despite running out of fuel on the last lap.

In 1983, De Cesaris had his best season, twice finishing in second place. He also lead the the Belgian Grand Prix, before a bad pit stop and a retirement stopped that from happening.

Ligier[]

Minardi[]

Brabham[]

de Cesaris switched to drive the Brabham team, which was the Ecclestone-owned team. It was de Cesaris' worst season as he retired in 14 out of 16 races.

de Cesaris retired with a differential problem at Brazil, spun off at San Marino, suffered a suspension failure (after hitting a wall) at Monaco and a gearbox failure at Detroit, turbo problem at France and Great Britain, engine failure at Germany, another gearbox failure at Hungary, another engine failure at Austria and another suspension failure at Italy, injection failure at Portugal, another gearbox failure at Spain, crash at Mexico and then his third engine failure in Japan.

Rial[]

Scuderia Italia[]

Jordan[]

Tyrrell[]

Final season (Jordan and Sauber)[]

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year Entrant Team WDC Pts. WDC Pos. Report
1980 Italy Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 0 NC Report
1981 Italy Marlboro McLaren International McLaren-Ford Cosworth 1 18th Report
1982 Italy Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 5 17th Report
1983 Italy Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 15 8th Report
1984 France Ligier Loto Ligier-Renault 3 18th Report
1985 France Equipe Ligier Gitanes Ligier-Renault 3 17th Report
1986 Italy Minardi Team SpA Minardi-Motori Moderni 0 NC Report
1987 United Kingdom Motor Racing Developments Ltd. Brabham-BMW 4 14th Report
1988 West Germany Rial Racing Rial-Ford Cosworth 3 15th Report
1989 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Dallara-Ford Cosworth 4 16th Report
1990 Italy BMS Scuderia Italia Dallara-Ford Cosworth 0 NC Report
1991 Ireland Team 7Up Jordan Jordan-Ford Cosworth 9 9th Report
1992 United Kingdom Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell-Ilmor 8 9th Report
1993 United Kingdom Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell-Yamaha 0 NC Report
1994 Ireland Sasol Jordan Jordan-Hart 4 20th Report
Switzerland Broker Sauber Mercedes Sauber-Mercedes
Switzerland Sauber Mercedes

Career Statistics[]

Entries 214
Starts 208
Pole Positions 1
Sprint Poles 0
Front Row Starts 2
Race Wins 0
Sprint Wins 0
Podiums 5
Sprint Podiums 0
Fastest Laps 1
Sprint Fastest Laps 0
Points 59
Laps Raced 7702
Distance Raced 35,595 km (22,118 mi)
Races Led 2
Laps Led 32
Distance Led 173 km (107 mi)


Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Pos
1980 Flag of Argentina Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of the United States Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 0 NC
Ret Ret
1981 Flag of the United States Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of Argentina Flag of San Marino Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of Spain 1945 1977 Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Canada Flag of the United States 1 18th
Ret Ret 11th 6th Ret Ret Ret 11th Ret Ret 8th DNS 7th* Ret 12th
1982 Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of the United States Flag of San Marino Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of the United States Flag of Canada Flag of the Netherlands Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of France Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of Switzerland Flag of Italy Flag of the United States 5 17th
13th Ret Ret Ret Ret 3rd* Ret 6th* Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10th 10th 9th
1983 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of the United States Flag of Canada Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Europe Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 15 8th
EXC Ret 12th Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8th 2nd Ret Ret Ret 4th 2nd
1984 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Belgium Flag of San Marino Flag of France Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Europe Flag of Portugal 3 18th
Ret 5th Ret 6th* 10th Ret
[1]
Ret Ret Ret 10th 7th Ret Ret Ret 7th 12th
1985 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of Portugal Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Italy Flag of Belgium Flag of Europe Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Australia 3 17th
Ret Ret Ret 4th 14th 10th Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret
1986 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of Spain Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Belgium Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Mexico Flag of Australia 0 NC
Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8th Ret
1987 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of San Marino Flag of Belgium Flag of Monaco Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Austria Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Spain Flag of Mexico Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 4 14th
Ret Ret 3rd Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8th*
1988 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Mexico Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Spain Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 3 15th
Ret Ret Ret Ret 9th* 4th 10th Ret 13th Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8th*
1989 Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Mexico Flag of the United States Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Spain Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 4 16th
13th 10th 13th Ret Ret 3rd DNQ Ret 7th Ret 11th Ret Ret 7th 10th Ret
1990 Flag of the United States Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Mexico Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Spain Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 0 NC
Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13th DSQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret 10th Ret Ret Ret Ret
1991 Flag of the United States Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Mexico Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Spain Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 9 9th
DNPQ Ret Ret Ret 4th 4th 6th Ret 5th 7th 13th* 7th 8th Ret Ret 8th
[2]
1992 Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Mexico Flag of Brazil (1968–1992) Flag of Spain Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 8 9th
Ret 5th Ret Ret 14th* Ret 5th Ret Ret Ret 8th 8th 6th 9th 4th Ret
1993 Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 Flag of Brazil Flag of Europe Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Japan (1870–1999) Flag of Australia 0 NC
Ret Ret Ret Ret DSQ 10th Ret 15th NC Ret 11th Ret 13th* 12th Ret 13th
1994 Flag of Brazil Flag of the Pacific Community Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Spain Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Portugal Flag of Europe Flag of Japan Flag of Australia 4 19th
Ret 4th Ret 6th Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret
Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd DNQ Did not qualify
5th Points finish DNPQ Did not pre-qualify
14th Non-points finish TD Test driver
Italics Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap DNS Did not start
18th Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) NC Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

* Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance and was classified.

Notes[]

  1. Race stopped after 31/76 Laps. Half points awarded
  2. Race stopped after 14/81 Laps. Half points awarded
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