Andrea de Cesaris
Italian · 1980–1994
VS

John Watson
British · 1973–1985
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
12
Qualifyingahead
1
13
Andrea de Cesaris · John Watson
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
13 — 32
45 shared
Qualifying H2H
25 — 19
44 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
1
P8
Best championship
P3
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 3
1981 P6 1982 P3 1983 P6
Teammate battle by season
3
12
1981
Career totals
Andrea de Cesaris John Watson
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
5
Poles
1
2
Podiums
5
20
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
59
169
Starts
209
152
Rate-adjusted · per start
Andrea de Cesaris John Watson
Win rate
0%
3.3%
Podium rate
2.4%
13.2%
Pole rate
0.5%
1.3%
Points / start
0.3
1.1
Avg grid
P14.4
P11.9
Avg finish
P15.7
P11.5
Finish rate
35.4%
61.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Andrea de Cesaris John Watson
Mechanical retirements
98
43
Crash retirements
36
13
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 1 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1980
Debut season
1973
—
First win
1976 · aged 30
1982
First pole
1977
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
-1.2
Avg places gained
+0.4
Season points trajectory
1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994
Andrea de Cesaris John Watson
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Andrea de Cesaris John Watson
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 2 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 1 · P1
Zolder 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Long Beach 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P3
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P5
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P7
Team history
Andrea de Cesaris
Alfa Romeo 1980McLaren 1981Alfa Romeo 1982–1983Ligier 1984–1985Minardi 1986Brabham 1987Rial 1988Dallara 1989–1990Jordan 1991Tyrrell 1992–1993Sauber 1994Jordan 1994
John Watson
MCL
Brabham 1973–1974Team Lotus 1975Surtees 1975Penske 1975–1976Brabham 1977–1978McLaren 1979–1983McLaren 1985
19731994
Andrea de Cesaris → John Watson → Compare others
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).