Andrea de Cesaris

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Andrea de Cesaris (born 31st May, 1959 in Rome, died 5th October, 2014 in Rome) was an Italian racing driver best known for his appearances in Formula One.

Formula One

1979: Ligier

De Cesaris would make his F1 debut in 1979, participating in the San Marino and French Grands Prix. The car was not particularly competitive and de Cesaris registered a best finish of 12th place.

1980-198x: Alfa Romeo

The Italian would make his full-time debut in 1980 for the manufacturer Alfa Romeo squad, alongside compatriot Elio de Angelis. The youngest lineup on the grid would be given an upper midfield car to compete with, and de Cesaris took the team's best finish of the year with a second place at the United States Grand Prix West. This, alongside several other points finishes, would be good enough to leave de Cesaris ninth in the standings.

He remained at the team in 1981, however with de Angelis departing to Ferrari, de Cesaris have another inexperienced Italian driver as his teammate - Michele Alboreto.

1987: Ferrari

After missing out on a race drive for the 1987 season, de Cesaris joined Scuderia Ferrari as a reserve/test driver. De Cesaris was called upon at the Portuguese Grand Prix when regular driver Michele Alboreto was injured in the race in Italy. De Cesaris failed to make the finish.

1989-1990: Rial

De Cesaris returned to the grid midway through 1989 when he replaced the underperforming Christian Danner at the Rial team. He'd fail to score any points in the close of the year but managed to impress officials enough to earn a second season.

In his second season, he was more competitive than before and managed to score a fifth place in Belgium.

1991: Oreca

De Cesaris made the jump across to the Footwork Oreca team in 1991 alongside Sophie Fabron. Early in the season, de Cesaris scored a sensational fourth place in the San Marino Grand Prix - his best finish in many years. This result however was an anomaly as the Oreca of 1991 was otherwise a fairly uncompetitive car, de Cesaris failing to qualify for several races. The fourth place in San Marino would therefore be his and the team's only points finish of the year.

1992: Scuderia Italia

Being displaced from the Oreca outfit, de Cesaris would move to his third team in three years for 1992, joining Alessandro Zanardi at the Scuderia Italia outfit. Luckily for the pair of them, the F192 was a fairly competitive car, with the two managing to score points on numerous occasions - taking the team to fifth in the constructor's, equal in points with their engine supplier, Ferrari. De Cesaris however was outperformed by Zanardi and thus was not re-hired for 1993.

1994: Williams

The Italian would miss out on a full-time drive for both 1993 and 1994, however an opportunity opened up. The death of Williams driver Johnny Herbert, as well as his regular replacement Tom Kristensen having clashing commitments in the All Japan Touring Car Championship, meant that de Cesaris was hired to fill in for the Dane; racing at the French, Portuguese and Australian Grands Prix.

WTCM

De Cesaris took part in the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Masters series with the Alfa Corse team. De Cesaris only managed to make the grid on one occasion all season.

Later life

After his retirement from high-level competition, de Cesaris embarked on a career as a currency broker in Monaco as well as indulging in his other passion - windsurfing.

De Cesaris was killed in a motorcycle accident in Rome in October of 2014, aged 55.

Complete Formula One World Championship Grand Prix Results

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1979 Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS11 Matra MS73 3.0 V12 ARG BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON EUR SMR
12
FRA
Ret
GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA 0
1980 Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 180 Alfa Romeo 115-12 3.0 F12 ARG
Ret
BRA
11†
USW
2
ESP
Ret
BEL
9
MON
6
MEX
Ret
SMR
10
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
AUT
4
ITA
4
DUB
11
9th 13
Alfa Romeo 180B Alfa Romeo 115-12T 1.5 F12t CAN
Ret
CPL
Ret
1987 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari F1/87 Ferrari 033D 1.5 V6t AUS SMR BEL MON CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN YUG ITA POR
Ret
EUR JPN MEX 0
1989 Rial Racing Rial ARC1 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 BRA SMR MON FRA USA CAN GBR GER HUN
Ret
SOV
Ret
POR
Ret
ITA
14
BEL
DNQ
JPN
DNPQ
AUS
DNQ
MEX
14
0
1990 Rial Racing Rial ARC2 Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12 USA
Ret
BRA
Ret
PAC
15
SMR
9
MON
11
CAN
Ret
MEX
Ret
FRA
DNQ
GBR
14
GER
Ret
HUN
11
BEL
5
ITA
14
POR
Ret
JPN
Ret
AUS
Ret
15th 2
1991 Footwork Team Oreca Oreca F91 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 USA
Ret
BRA
DNQ
PAC
7
SMR
4
MON
12
CAN
Ret
MEX
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
13
GER
DNQ
HUN
DNQ
BEL
14
ITA
Ret
POR
DNQ
ESP
Ret
JPN
DNQ
AUS
DNQ
16th 3
1992 Scuderia Italia Dallara F192 Ferrari 037 3.5 V12 RSA
10
MEX
4
BRA
8
PAC
10
ESP
6
SMR
18†
MON
Ret
CAN
10
FRA
10
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
HUN
9
BEL
8
ITA
Ret
POR
7
JPN
5
AUS
6
12th 7
1994 Rothmans Williams Renault Williams FW16 Renault RS6 3.5 V10 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA
3
GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR
3
EUR JPN AUS
2
12th 14