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Eddie Cheever

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SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by YearRanking by season

Name Eddie Cheever
Country United States United States
Place of Birth Phoenix, Arizona
Date of Birth 10/01/1958
First Race Grand Prix of South Africa 04/03/1978
Last Race Australian Grand Prix 05/11/1989
Best Qualifying 2nd – Grand Prix de France 17/04/1983
Best Result 2nd – (2 times)
First Podium Grand Prix of Belgium 09/05/1982
Last Podium United States Grand Prix 04/06/1989

Races 144
Race Starts 132
Drivers’ Titles 0
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 9
Points 70
Average Points 0.53
Laps 5490
Laps Led 0

Theodore (1978), Hesketh (1978), Osella (1980), Tyrrell (1981), Ligier (1982), Renault (1983), Alfa Romeo (1984-1985), Lola (1986), Arrows (1987-1989)

2nd2 Times
3rd7 Times
4th5 Times
5th4 Times
6th7 Times
7th6 Times
8th4 Times
9th4 Times
10th4 Times
11th3 Times
12th3 Times
13th3 Times
16th1 Time
17th2 Times
DNF74 Times
NC3 Times
DNA1 Time
DNQ11 Times

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1981TyrrellKevin Cogan5252000001010
Michele Alboreto498000006693
Ricardo Zunino14130000000220
1982LigierJacques Laffite2315500009687
1983RenaultAlain Prost2135660403312213
1984Alfa RomeoRiccardo Patrese4368000088610
1985Alfa RomeoRiccardo Patrese9900000079511
1986LolaAlan Jones18190000001010
1987ArrowsDerek Warwick45114000010679
1988ArrowsDerek Warwick348230000511412
1989ArrowsDerek Warwick35690000510114
Martin Donnelly7120000001001

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1989 Great Britain Arrows Ford Cosworth 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 727 0 6 0.43
1988 Great Britain Arrows Megatron 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 726 0 6 0.38
1987 Great Britain Arrows Megatron 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 751 0 8 0.50
1986 Great Britain Lola Ford Cosworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0.00
1985 Italy Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 491 0 0 0.00
1984 Italy Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 551 0 3 0.20
1983 France Renault Renault 15 0 1 3 4 0 0 643 0 22 1.47
1982 France Ligier Matra 14 0 1 2 3 0 0 648 0 15 1.07
1981 Great Britain Tyrrell Ford Cosworth 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 660 0 10 0.71
1980 Italy Osella Ford Cosworth 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 0 0 0.00
1978 Great Britain Hesketh
Hong Kong Theodore
Ford Cosworth
Ford Cosworth
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0.00

1978198019811982198319841985198619871988
39th27th12th12th7th16th26th32nd10th12th
1989         
11th         

Extra Championship
SummaryStatisticsTeamsPositionsTeam MatesYear by Year

Name Eddie Cheever
Country United States United States
Place of Birth Phoenix, Arizona
Date of Birth 10/01/1958
First Race Gran Premio de España 01/06/1980
Last Race Grand Prix of South Africa 07/02/1981
Best Qualifying 10th – Gran Premio de España 01/06/1980
Best Result 7th – (2 times)

Races 3
Race Starts 2
Victories 0
Poles 0
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 0
Laps 143
Laps Led 0

Hesketh (1978), Osella (1980), Tyrrell (1981)

7th1 Time
DNF1 Time
DNA1 Time

SeasonTeamTeam MateBest PosPointsWinsPolesPositionQualifying
1978HeskethDerek Daly2470000000101
Divina Galica2480000000101
1981TyrrellDesiré Wilson7150000001010

Year Team Engine Races 1st 2nd 3rd Podiums Poles Fastest Laps Laps Leading Laps Points Avg Pts
1981 Great Britain Tyrrell Ford Cosworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 0.00
1980 Italy Osella Ford Cosworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 0.00
1978 Great Britain Hesketh Ford Cosworth 0 0 0

All
Statistics

Races 149
Race Starts 136
Victories 0
Poles 1
Fastest Laps 0
Podiums 10
Points 92
Laps 5698
Laps Led 0

Teams
Theodore Racing/Theodore Racing Hong Kong - 1978Olympus Cameras with Hesketh Racing - 1978Osella Racing Team - 1980Tyrrell Racing Team - 1981Equipe Talbot Gitanes - 1982Equipe Renault Elf - 1983Benetton Team Alfa Romeo - 1984Benetton Team Alfa Romeo - 1985Team Haas USA Ltd - 1986USF&G Arrows Megatron Turbo - 1987USF&G Arrows Megatron - 1988USF&G Arrows Ford - 1989

Team: Theodore Racing/Theodore Racing Hong Kong

Number: 32

Team: Olympus Cameras with Hesketh Racing

Number: 24

Team: Osella Racing Team

Number: 31

Team: Tyrrell Racing Team

Number: 3

Team: Equipe Talbot Gitanes

Number: 25

Team: Equipe Renault Elf

Number: 16

Team: Benetton Team Alfa Romeo

Number: 23

Team: Benetton Team Alfa Romeo

Number: 23

Team: Team Haas USA Ltd

Number: 16

Team: USF&G Arrows Megatron Turbo

Number: 18

Team: USF&G Arrows Megatron

Number: 18

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Team: USF&G Arrows Ford

Number: 10

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