Eddie Cheever
American · 1978–1989
VS

Riccardo Patrese
Italian · 1977–1993
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
15
16
Qualifyingahead
11
20
Eddie Cheever · Riccardo Patrese
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
62 — 70
132 shared
Qualifying H2H
29 — 103
132 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
3
P7
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings: 2 · 5
1981 P11 1982 P10 1983 P7 1984 P13 1987 P10 1988 P11 1989 P3
Teammate battle by season
8
7
1984
7
9
1985
Career totals
Eddie Cheever Riccardo Patrese
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
6
Poles
0
8
Podiums
9
37
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
70
281
Starts
132
257
Rate-adjusted · per start
Eddie Cheever Riccardo Patrese
Win rate
0%
2.3%
Podium rate
6.8%
14.4%
Pole rate
0%
3.1%
Points / start
0.5
1.1
Avg grid
P14.6
P9.3
Avg finish
P14.0
P12.7
Finish rate
41.7%
49.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Eddie Cheever Riccardo Patrese
Mechanical retirements
64
96
Crash retirements
10
32
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: 3 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1977
—
First win
1982 · aged 28
—
First pole
1981
—
First title
—
P2
Best finish
P1
+0.6
Avg places gained
-3.4
Season points trajectory
1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993
Eddie Cheever Riccardo Patrese
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Eddie Cheever Riccardo Patrese
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 3 · P1
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 1 · P1
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 2 · P2
Circuit Paul Ricard 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Long Beach 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 2 · P2
Phoenix street circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Detroit Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Adelaide Street Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Zolder 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Las Vegas Street Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P11
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P9
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P7
Dijon-Prenois 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P7
Jarama 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P10
Watkins Glen 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Fair Park 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Eddie Cheever
ARR
Hesketh 1978Osella 1980Tyrrell 1981Ligier 1982Renault 1983Alfa Romeo 1984–1985Lola 1986Arrows 1987–1989
Riccardo Patrese
ARR
WIL
Shadow 1977Arrows 1978–1981Brabham 1982–1983Alfa Romeo 1984–1985Brabham 1986Williams 1987Brabham 1987Williams 1988–1992Benetton 1993
19771993
Eddie Cheever → Riccardo Patrese → 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).