Andrea de Cesaris

Andrea de Cesaris
Driver data
Born	31 May 1959(1959-05-31) Rome, Italy
Died	5 October 2014(2014-10-05) (aged 55) Rome, Italy
Nationality	ITA
Formula One World Championship career
Status	Retired
Championship titles	0
Races	214 (208 starts)
Pole positions	1
Wins	0
Podiums	5
Fastest laps	1
Career points	59
First race	1980 Canadian Grand Prix
Last race	1994 European Grand Prix

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.

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.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

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

Career Statistics

Entries	214
Starts	208
Pole Positions	1
Front Row Starts	2
Race Wins	0
Podiums	5
Fastest laps	1
Points	59
Laps Raced	7702
Distance Raced	35597.287 km (22119 mi)
Races Led	2
Laps Led	32
Distance Led	175.448 km (109 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																	0	NC
													Ret	Ret
1981																	1	18th
	Ret	Ret	11th	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	Ret	8th	DNS	7th*	Ret	12th
1982																	5	17th
	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3rd*	Ret	6th*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	10th	9th
1983																	15	8th
	EXC	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	2nd	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	2nd
1984																	3	18th
	Ret	5th	Ret	6th*	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	12th
1985																	3	17th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	14th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
1986																	0	NC
	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret
1987																	4	14th
	Ret	Ret	3rd	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th*
1988																	3	15th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th*	4th	10th	Ret	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th*
1989																	4	16th
	13th	10th	13th	Ret	Ret	3rd	DNQ	Ret	7th	Ret	11th	Ret	Ret	7th	10th	Ret
1990																	0	NC
	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	DSQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
1991																	9	9th
	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	4th	6th	Ret	5th	7th	13th*	7th	8th	Ret	Ret	8th
1992																	8	9th
	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	14th*	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	8th	6th	9th	4th	Ret
1993																	0	NC
	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ	10th	Ret	15th	NC	Ret	11th	Ret	13th*	12th	Ret	13th
1994																	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
NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)		DNS	Did not start
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap		[+] More Symbols

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