Eddie Cheever III

Edward McKay Cheever III (born 5 June 1993) is an Italian-American racing driver who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Triarsi Competizione in the GTD class. He is the son of retired Formula One driver and 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner 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 finishing 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.

Cheever 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.

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 under, 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.

Sports car racing Cheever has been a long-time member of Sky – Tempesta Racing, alongside Chris Froggatt and Jonathan Hui. In 2023, the team began partnering with Garage 59 and switched to driving the McLaren 720S GT3 in the GT World Challenge Europe.

Racing record

Career summary

Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2013 Prema Powerteam Mercedes MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 13th 50

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 2014 CAAL Racing 51 Chevrolet VAL VAL BRH BRH TOU TOU NÜR NÜR UMB UMB LEM LEM 3rd 625 2015 VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU 5th 599 Toyota UMB UMB ZOL ZOL

Complete IMSA Sportscar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2018–19 MR Racing LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 9th 71

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2018 MR Racing Olivier Beretta Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 324 38th 9th 2019 MR Racing Olivier Beretta Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 328 41st 10th 2025 Ziggo Sport – Tempesta Chris Froggatt Jonathan Hui Ferrari 296 GT3 LMGT3 335 46th 14th

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2020 Sky – Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Pro-Am MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 1st 131 2021 Sky – Tempesta Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Silver MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 BRH1 BRH2 VAL1 VAL 2 16th 9 2022 Sky – Tempesta with GruppeM Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver BRH1 BRH2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 8th 38.5 Sky – Tempesta Racing by HRT VAL1 VAL 2 2024 Sky – Tempesta Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Bronze MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 60.5 2025 Ziggo Sport - Tempesta Ferrari 296 GT3 Bronze ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 7th 33.5 2026 Ziggo Sport - Tempesta Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Bronze MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 3rd* 36.5*