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Andrea de Cesaris

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Andrea de Cesaris, 1959-2014 05 Oct 2014



Ex-Formula One driver Andrea de Cesaris has been killed in a motorbike accident in his native Rome, aged 55. De Cesaris made over 200 Grand Prix starts between 1980 and 1994 in an F1 career which included spells with teams including McLaren, Ligier, Minardi, Jordan, Tyrrell and Sauber.

Although famous for his high retirement rate and his record for the most Grand Prix outings without a win (208), the popular Italian also scored points for nine of the 10 teams he raced for and made a total of five podium appearances.

In 1982, aged 22, De Cesaris became the then-youngest driver to start a Grand Prix from the front of the grid after he took his sole career pole, with Alfa Romeo, at the US West round. His best results were second places at the 1983 German and South African races, again with Alfa Romeo, for whom he also set the fastest lap in the ’83 Belgian round.

Following his retirement from motorsport he became a successful currency trader, as well as pursuing his love of windsurfing.
 
We met him in Adelaide towards the end of his F1 career, quite a nice bloke.
He was way to young to have started racing when he did, the pressure on him to perform was enormous, aside from the Italian Media he placed himself under great stress.
:kilroy:
 
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