Eddie Cheever III


Edward Mackay "Eddie" Cheever III is an Italian-American racing driver that currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for MR Racing in the LMGTE Am class. He is the son of the retired Formula One driver Eddie Cheever.

Career

Karting

Born in Rome, Cheever began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in Europe for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2009 and finished 15th in the CIK-FIA European Championship.

Formula Renault

Cheever graduated to single-seaters in 2009. He competed with Jenzer Motorsport in the Swiss and Italian championships, finishing eleventh and fourteenth in the final standings respectively.

Formula Abarth

In 2010, Cheever moved into the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy, staying with Jenzer Motorsport. He achieved a podium in the sprint race at Varano and finished the season eleventh.

Italian Formula Three

In 2011 Cheever joined Lucidi Motors for a campaign in the Italian Formula Three Championship. He finished ninth with podiums at Misano, Adria and Mugello.
He remained in the series in 2012 but switched to Prema Powerteam. He finished as runner-up to Riccardo Agostini in both the European and Italian championship formats.

Formula One

On 9 November 2012, Cheever tested a Scuderia Ferrari Formula One car at Vallelunga, as a result of his performance in the Italian Formula Three Championship.

FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Cheever continued his collaboration with Prema Powerteam in FIA European Formula 3 Championship in 2013.
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NASCAR

In 2014, Cheever made the switch from open wheel to stock cars, running the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for Italian-based CAAL Racing, scoring his first win and his first pole position at Brands Hatch. He then won two more races, at Magione and Le Mans, to finish the season third in points. He won the Jerome Sarran Trophy, rewarding the highest placed driver aged 25 or less, and the Race And Win Pole Award, rewarding the driver scoring the highest number of pole positions during the season.
On 4 August 2015, Cheever announced that he would make his K&N Pro Series East debut at Watkins Glen International for Bill McAnally Racing. He also ran one race in K&N Pro Series West at All American Speedway also for Bill McAnally Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2013Prema PowerteamMercedesMNZ
1
10		MNZ
2
13		MNZ
3
8		SIL
1
19		SIL
2
10		SIL
3
Ret		HOC
1
Ret		HOC
2
19		HOC
3
9		BRH
1
17		BRH
2
11		BRH
3
Ret		RBR
1
8		RBR
2
9		RBR
3
Ret		NOR
1
11		NOR
2
16		NOR
3
14		NÜR
1
16		NÜR
2
15		NÜR
3
9		ZAN
1
13		ZAN
2
Ret		ZAN
3
17		VAL
1
5		VAL
2
4		VAL
3
Ret		HOC
1
9		HOC
2
10		HOC
3
17		13th50

IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship

YearTeamClassMakeEngine12345678910RankPoints
2018Spirit of Daytona RacingPCadillac DPi-V.RCadillac 5.5 L V8DAY
20		SEB
12		LBHMDODET
WGL
MOSELK
LGAPET
49th30

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2018–19MR RacingLMGTE AmFerrari 488 GTEFerrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8SPA
5		LMS
5		SIL
7		FUJ
Ret		SHA
6		SEB
5		SPA
8		LMS
5		9th71

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results