Eddie Cheever vs Riccardo Patrese, 1984

Teammates at Alfa Romeo — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1984 season, Eddie Cheever and Riccardo Patrese were teammates at Alfa Romeo, competing in 15 races together. Cheever outqualified Patrese 6 times and finished ahead of him in 0 races, while Patrese outqualified Cheever 9 times and finished ahead in 2 races. Cheever scored 3 championship points, while Patrese earned 8 points and had 1 podium finish compared to Cheever's 0.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
69Qualifyingof 15 compared
02Race finishesof 2 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1984 season
15
Races together
15
3
Points
8
0
Wins
0
0
Podiums
1
P4
Best finish
P3
13.5
Average grid
14.1
10.2
Average finish
7.2
9
Did not finish
10