Andrea de Cesaris

Andrea de Cesaris (; born 31 May, 1959 in Rome, , Lazio, Italy – died 5 October 2014 in Rome) was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula One from until .
He drove for many teams, the full list comprising of (twice), , , , , , Scuderia Italia (), (twice), and finally .
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 in the latter stages of the 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, gave De Cesaris a drive for the 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 and showed his raw speed, scoring his first (and only) pole position at the becoming the then-youngest polesitter, although he retired from the race. He then managed to score his first podium at the , despite running out of fuel on the last lap.
In , De Cesaris had his best season, twice finishing in second place. He also lead the the , before a bad pit stop and a retirement stopped that from happening.
===Ligier===
===Minardi===
===Brabham===
de Cesaris switched to drive the  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.
===Rial===
===Scuderia Italia===
===Jordan===
===Tyrrell===
===Final season (Jordan and Sauber)===
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Marlboro McLaren International	 	1 	18th 	Report
 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	5 	17th 	Report
 	Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo 	 	15 	8th 	Report
 	Ligier Loto 	 	3 	18th 	Report
 	Equipe Ligier Gitanes 	 	3 	17th 	Report
 	Minardi Team SpA 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	 	4 	14th 	Report
 	Rial Racing 	 	3 	15th 	Report
 	BMS Scuderia Italia 	 	4 	16th 	Report
 	BMS Scuderia Italia 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Team 7Up Jordan 	 	9 	9th 	Report
 	Tyrrell Racing Organisation 	 	8 	9th 	Report
 	Tyrrell Racing Organisation 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Sasol Jordan 	 	4 	20th 	Report
 	Broker Sauber Mercedes 	 	4 	20th 	Report
 	Sauber Mercedes 	 	4 	20th 	Report
===Career Statistics===
===Career Results===
* Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winner's distance and was classified.
==Notes==
Category:1959 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Italian Drivers
Category:1980 Début Drivers
Category:Alfa Romeo Drivers
Category:McLaren Drivers
Category:Ligier Drivers
Category:Minardi Drivers
Category:Brabham Drivers
Category:Rial Drivers
Category:Scuderia Italia Drivers
Category:Jordan Drivers
Category:Tyrrell Drivers
Category:Sauber Drivers