He joined McLaren in his second season in 1981, but about all he achieved were accidents.
That was with Tim Schenken and Howden Ganley’s Team Tiga. It was always my dream to drive for Ferrari, and I could have done that when René Arnoux was leaving. Trying to rebuild his career, in 1986 de Cesaris paid to drive for Italian minnows Minardi. The drive was spectacular. He made amends at the next race in Canada, finishing third behind Williams drivers Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese in a rain-soaked race. "Andrea de Crasheris" as the uncharitable British press chose to christen him, enlivened Formula 1 for 14 years as seemingly an accident waiting to happen. Podiums 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. 1980 Canadian Grand Prix A string of accidents early in his career earned him the nickname 'Andrea de Crasheris'. Two races later it was Andrea's turn to play the villain.

“We were the only two Italians living in the UK and I remember meeting up with him occasionally and really liking him.

His reputation within the sport was cemented in his early years.

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The Formula 1 Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Giacomelli having won the Silverstone round of the British F3 Championship in April 1976, “Andrea was just starting out in F3 [in a Tim Schenken-run Tiga Ralt] and I was with the works BMW-March team in F2,” says Giacomelli. Pole positions Helped by connections with Marlboro, McLaren gave De Cesaris a drive for the 1981 season.

Although Andrea de Cesaris had a reputation for being involved in rather too many crashes, he enjoyed one of the longest F1 careers of all time, having made 208 starts in 15 years when he retired in 1994. Team boss Guy Ligier lost patience and de Cesaris was fired. He was a lovely guy and I will remember him this way when I go to Rome for the funeral on Thursday.

“OK, if I won a race I’d be happier — but I’m not mad. He suffered from a pronounced facial twitch which prompted many to assume that this caused the accidents for which he would become famed. He took two second places to improve on his career-best results - at Hockenheim in the 1983 German Grand Prix. After this, Sauber kept his promise to return the car to Karl Wendlinger if he was fit enough.

One of those was due to a puncture and the other was a legacy of Villeneuve’s famous carnage trigger at Woodcote.
1 De Cesaris did better in his third season, with Alfa Romeo, becoming Formula One’s then-youngest pole position starter at Long Beach. His best results came with second places in Germany and South Africa in 1983, the year in which he finished a respectable eighth in the drivers’ championship. Dallara's promise wasn't repeated in 1990. Died: 5 October 2014 (Rome, Italy)

But post-F1, he diverted his passion to windsurfing.

A little like Gilles [Villeneuve] in that he had a very different personality from behind the wheel than he had out of the car. He was a passionate windsurfer but one of the sport's true characters lost his life in a motorcycle accident in his native city in October 2014. Andrea de Cesaris

Complete World Championship Formula One results, List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions. He was dropped at the end of the season. “ I do my job the best I can and I get the maximum I can from my car, and when I achieve a good result it is like winning,” he told an interviewer in 1992. De Cesaris could be wild and erratic. Paired with Serra at Ron Dennis’ Project 4 for a full season of European F2 in 1980, Andrea stepped up to the plate and in a season that was dominated by the Toleman pairing of Brian Henton and Derek Warwick, he managed a win at Misano in his March 802. With a father whose position as a cigarette distributor in Italy gave him influence at Marlboro and other companies, de Cesaris was always backed by ample sponsorship funds. De Cesaris was in a minor collision with Philippe Alliot on the 10th lap of the 1985 Canadian Grand Prix. Racing with him was always a pleasure.”. He started 208 races but never won; his is the longest career without a race victory. (his first points of the season) and to Riccardo Patrese in the season-closing 1983 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, 9.319 seconds behind. Già lo conoscono per questo. By the time De Cesaris made his debut at Montreal in October the team had endured the stark tragedy of Patrick Depallier’s fatal testing accident at Hockenheim. 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. This pattern would be repeated many times during a career in which he raced for a total of 10 teams, including (in addition to Alfa Romeo and McLaren) Ligier, Minardi, Jordan, Tyrrell and Sauber.

Ken Tyrrell was quick to snap up Andrea and his sponsorship and his faith was quickly repaid when de Cesaris took a fifth in the second race of the season in Mexico. Helped by connections with Marlboro, McLaren gave De Cesaris a drive for the 1981 season.

Podiums: 5 Although he retired after 24 laps, he was again in the points at the next event, the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours. On appeal, Irvine was banned for three races. That year was a nightmare but I never lost my passion for racing. Second place finishes in Germany and South Africa during 1983 would remain the best results of his F1 career.

De Cesaris is an undeniably pleasant character. Wins: 0 Andrea was sure it was my fault, but I knew I had been innocent. You can tell that he was excited and then became relaxed as we sang to Nelson.

He emerge from the wreck covered in mud, but without serious injury. A wheel banging incident with Nigel Mansell broke the Briton's neck, and did little to improve Andrea's wild reputation.


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