Tribute to Eddie Cheever

American driver from 1978 to 1989
Best rank: 7th in 1983
132 Grand Prix
9 podiums

Music: Elton John - I'm still standing

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[Redvaliant]

A tribute made up of crashs?

[tsubasamkds]

???

[tsubasamkds]

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[jbutton113]

The last good American driver in F1

[altroval]

Cheever did a heck of a lot better in F1 than Michael Andretti did with decidedly inferior machinery.

And, by the way, Cheever would have won the 1992 Indy 500 over Al Unser Jr. if he hadn't had two punctured tires during that race. The laptimes bear that out.

[f1ahistory]

Eddie cheever could have been the best american f1 driver. if renault didn't use him as a second driver in 1983 i'm sure if he whould have got the same matertal as prost he whould have won races and become a champion in future.

[McLarenMercedes]

@tbirderic

True. However Johnny Dumfries was a son of a rich man, and never lived up to his promise. Save for his LeMans win he is remembered for little. Satoru Nakajima came with the Honda engine deal (since Williams refused to use him in one of their cars McLaren got the Honda engine from 1988 onwards) and was decent.

Cheever did well with the 1988 Arrows, which was the best ever year for that team.

[tbirderic]

@McLarenMercedes

Right, but to be perfectly fair, Prost's RE40 was always more reliable than Cheever's.  Renault basically ran a one man show in '83, just like Lotus did with Senna after De Angelis left the team.

[McLarenMercedes]

@cfoster81

Dan Gurney was better than both Phil Hill and Mario Andretti in my mind.

Jim Clark, who was the most successful F1 driver of the 60's admitted to his own father that he didn't fear Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, John Surtess, Jack Brabham as much as he feared Dan Gurney would one day sit in a competitive car.

Dan Gurney won Brabham's first race, beating his 3 time champion team mate Jack Brabham. Also Porsche's only F1 win and Eagle's only F1 win.

Pete Revson was good too.

[McLarenMercedes]

@tbirderic

Yeah, and Renault would rightfully have won that year's Constructors' title. Unreliability robbed Prost of the 1983 Drivers' title.

[BlueFox284]

We (the USA) need another guy like Eddie to get his foot through the door in F1. . .A good, decent, respectable driver with some favorable results and a couple of podiums perhaps. Could get F1 more popular here in the states again. Just a start you know. . .

[3079mac]

Great vid

[limarieri]

very good :)

[Fbrax]

I like Eddie. He also has a nice face.

[Fattaman]

Yeah, unlike Scott Speed. -_-

The success and popularity of F1 in USA is severely dependant on having a succesful driver and a Grand Prix. USF1 could help immensely, but right now there's no American driver who has what it takes to be succesful in F1. Part of why Eddie Cheever was so good was that he got most of his racing 'education' in Italy. There needs to be an American driver who isn't afraind to approach things in a non-American way, while still retaining the American winner mentality.