Unofficial Andrea de Cesaris site

Andrea De Cesaris,

31^st May 1959, Rome - † 05^thOctober 2014

Andrea started his F1 carrier as a very young boy. At the beginning was his driving style dangerous and wild. Many of races finished in crashes. Because of that, he had a nickname Andrea De Crasheris. But he always raced with heart and made many good resultants. He spent long 14 years in F1 and raced 208 races. He has never won a race but he had always many fans.

At 22 years, 10 months and 4 days, Andrea became the youngest-ever driver to start from pole position when he achieved fastest qualifying time for the 1982 USA-West GP. He would held that honor for almost 12 and a half years, finally being demoted by Rubens Barrichello's pole for the 1994 Belgian GP

Andrea sadly passed away on 05^th October 2014. He was was killed in a motorcycle accident outside of Rome. He was riding a Suzuki 600, he lost control and struck a guardrail. He was killed on impact.

Karting World Champs
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1973
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1975

Karting
3 times Italian champion
Junior World Champion
European champion

1977

Karting
World Champion

In March-Toyota
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1978

Formula Super Ford
Formula 3

1979

Formula 3
Second in UK Championchips

In formula 2 raced well in
Ron Denis team project 4
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1980

Formula 2

FORMULA 1 DEBUT
Alfa Romeo

debut in GP Canada, 8^th place in qualification

two races, no points, no finished race

Wild ride on GP USA-west
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1981

McLaren Ford
6^th place in GP San Marino

17^th place in World Championships, 1 point

14 races

GP Monaco, led but after technical
problems (out of fuel), it was 3^rd position
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1982

Alfa Romeo
3^rd place in GP Monaco
pole position in GP USA, drop down from 1st position (crash)

17^th place in World Championships, 5 points

16 races; 1 pole position

GP Belgium: Andrea jumped on the start
to lead from 4th position, but finished in lap 17
because of technical problems

GP South Africa, Andrea on his way for 2^nd place
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1983

Alfa Romeo
2^nd place in GP Germany
2^nd place in GP South Africa
drop down from 1^st position in GP Belgium (injection)
fastest lap GP Belgium

8^th place in World Championships, 15 points

14 races; 1 fastest lap

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1984

Ligier Renault
5^th place in GP South Africa
6^th place in GP San Marino

16^th place in World Championships, 3 points

16 races

In Monte Carlo finished 4^th

Spectacular crash in Austria
with some salts,
terminated his carrier in Ligier
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1985

Ligier Renault
4^th place in GP Monaco

16^th place in World Championships, 3 points

11 races

Andrea troubled in slow Minardi
and mass of races finished in technical failures
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1986

Minardi Ford
only 1 race finished, 8^thplace in GP Mexico

no points

15 races

Reliability of Brabham was very low,
here in fire in Silverstone
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1987

Brabham BMW
no race finished, in GP Belgium 1 lap to finish out of fuel, but finished 3^rd

14^th place in World Championships, 4 points

16 races

On his way for 4th place in USA
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1988

Rial
4^th place in GP USA

15^th place in World Championships, 3 points

16 races

Andrea in red Dallara
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1989

Dallara Ford
3^rd place in GP Canada

16^th place in World Championships, 4 points

15 races

In GP San Marino
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1990

Dallara Ford
drop down in GP Monaco from 4^th place (technical problems)

no points

15 races

In beautiful green Jordan

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1991

Jordan Ford
4^th place in GP Canada
4^th place in GP Mexico
6^th place in GP Great Britain
5^th place in GP Germany
drop down from 2^nd place (engine failure) in GP Belgium

9^th place in World Championships, 9 points

15 races

Andrea raced well in Australia,
but drop down from 5^th position

In Barcelona celebrate 65^th birthday
of his boss Ken Tyrrell
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1992

Tyrrell Ford
5^th place in GP Mexico
5^th place in GP Canada
6^th place in GP Italy
4^th place in GP Mexico

9^th place in World Championships, 8 points

16 races

In very slow Tyrrell Yamaha in France
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1993

Tyrrell Yamaha
no points

16 races

In Monaco as a substitute for Irvine
finished on good 4^th position

In his last formula 1 car
Sauber Mercedes (Canada)
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1994

Jordan Hart
4^th place in GP Monaco

2 races

Sauber Mercedes

6^th place in GP France

9 races

18^th place in World Championships, 4 points

In GP masters car

Windsurfing activity
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Nowadays

Retired from active sport, windsurfing, GP Masters

Total:

Entries 214

Starts 208 97.20%

Did not start 6

Races Led 2 0.93%

Laps in Lead 33 69 km

Laps Raced 7,715 13,845 km

Fastest Laps 1 0.47%

Pole Positions 1 0.47%

Front Row Starts 2 0.93%

2nd 2

3rd 3

Podiums 5 2.34%

4th 7

5th 4

6th 6

Top Six 22 10.28%

Other Places 52 24.30%

Retirements 134 62.62%

Points 59.0 0.28 pts per race

208 races, 5 podium finished races; 1 pole position; 1 fastest lap; 59 points

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