As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Martin Donnelly · Eddie Cheever
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
1
—
0
1 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
—
Best championship
P7
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1989
Career totals
Martin Donnelly
Eddie Cheever
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
9
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
70
Starts
15
132
Rate-adjusted · per start
Martin Donnelly
Eddie Cheever
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
6.8%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
0.5
Avg grid
P15.0
P14.6
Avg finish
P16.6
P14.0
Finish rate
46.7%
41.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Martin Donnelly
Eddie Cheever
Mechanical retirements
7
64
Crash retirements
1
10
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: 0 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
1989
Debut season
1978
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P7
Best finish
P2
-0.9
Avg places gained
+0.6
Season points trajectory
Martin Donnelly
Eddie Cheever
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Martin Donnelly | Eddie Cheever |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 2 · P3 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P2 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Circuit Paul Ricard | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P12 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Phoenix street circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P7 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Autódromo do Estoril | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P4 Eddie Cheever | ||
| Circuito de Jerez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Martin Donnelly 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P8 Eddie Cheever | ||
Team history
Martin Donnelly
Arrows 1989Team Lotus 1990
Eddie Cheever
Hesketh 1978Osella 1980Tyrrell 1981Ligier 1982Renault 1983Alfa Romeo 1984–1985Lola 1986Arrows 1987–1989
19781990
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).