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Andrea de Cesaris

1980–1994
207
Starts
0
Wins
5
Podiums
1
Poles
0
Titles
59
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
1980 Alfa Romeo 2 2 0 0 0 0
1981 McLaren 15 14 0 0 0 1 P18
1982 Alfa Romeo 16 16 0 1 1 5 P17
1983 Alfa Romeo 15 14 0 2 0 15 P8
1984 Ligier 16 16 0 0 0 3 P18
1985 Ligier 11 10 0 0 0 3 P17
1986 Minardi 16 15 0 0 0 0
1987 Brabham 16 16 0 1 0 4 P14
1988 Rial 16 16 0 0 0 3 P15
1989 Dallara 16 15 0 1 0 4 P16
1990 Dallara 16 15 0 0 0 0
1991 Jordan 16 15 0 0 0 9 P9
1992 Tyrrell 16 16 0 0 0 8 P9
1993 Tyrrell 16 16 0 0 0 0
1994 Sauber + Jordan 11 11 0 0 0 4 P19

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
John Watson '81 · 4r compared , 11 excl. → Full breakdown 1–14 1–3 1 27
Alex Caffi '89 · 4r compared , 12 excl. → Full breakdown 4–10 1–3 4 4
Bruno Giacomelli '80–'82 · 3r compared , 15 excl. → Full breakdown 10–8 2–1 5 2
François Hesnault '84 · 3r compared , 13 excl. → Full breakdown 15–1 3–0 3 0
Jacques Laffite '85 · 3r compared , 8 excl. → Full breakdown 7–4 2–1 3 10
Bertrand Gachot '91 · 3r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 7–2 3–0 9 4
Mauro Baldi '83 · 1r compared , 14 excl. → Full breakdown 13–1 0–1 15 3
Alessandro Nannini '86 · 1r compared , 15 excl. → Full breakdown 8–8 1–0 0 0
Roberto Moreno '91 · 1r compared , 1 excl. → Full breakdown 1–1 1–0 0 0
Alex Zanardi '91 · 1r compared , 2 excl. → Full breakdown 3–0 1–0 0 0
Olivier Grouillard '92 · 1r compared , 15 excl. → Full breakdown 14–2 1–0 8 0
Ukyo Katayama '93 · 1r compared , 15 excl. → Full breakdown 9–7 0–1 0 0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen '94 · 1r compared , 8 excl. → Full breakdown 1–8 0–1 1 4
Riccardo Patrese '87 · 0r compared , 15 excl. 3–12 0–0 4 6
Stefano Modena '87 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 1–0 0–0 0 0
Gianni Morbidelli '90 · 0r compared , 2 excl. 2–0 0–0 0 0
Emanuele Pirro '90 · 0r compared , 14 excl. 5–9 0–0 0 0
Michael Schumacher '91 · 0r compared , 1 excl. 0–1 0–0 0 0
Rubens Barrichello '94 · 0r compared , 2 excl. 2–0 0–0 3 0

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
64.3% DNF rate 133 in 207 starts
10.6% points-finish rate 22 in 207 starts
P2 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.