Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mwaka wacho wakaratidza kuva nguva yakakwirira yaCheever muFormula One. Akasaina nechikwata chefekitori Equipe Renault padivi pechiFrench Alain Prost, vese vaive pakati pevanodiwa veChampionship yegore. Cheever akawana mamwe mapodiyamu mana uye 22 Championship points achityaira Renault RE30C kumakwikwi maviri okutanga asati atyaira nzvimbo yake iri nani zvikuru, iyo RE40, kwemwaka wose wakasara. Asi kuodzwa mwoyo kwechikwata mushure mekurasikirwa nemazita evatyairi (Prost) uye vagadziri mukupera kwemwaka kwakaunza kutsiva kwaCheever naProst. Kupedza kwake kwakanakisa kweRenault kwaive kwechipiri muCanada Grand Prix paCircuit Gilles Villeneuve muMontreal, nepo pakutanga kwemwaka akawana chinzvimbo chake chepamusoro-soro chekukodzera paakave wechipiri kune waaitamba naye Prost kuFrench Grand Prix paPaul Ricard Circuit. Runyerekupe rusina kusimbiswa rwaive neRenault ichisaina Cheever sezvo mugadziri wechiFrench aitsvaga kutengesa mota zhinji kuNorth America, uye kuva nemutyairi weAmerica muchikwata cheFomula 1 chinotsigirwa nefekitori kwaizobatsira chikonzero ichocho (kwaive nemakwikwi matatu eF1 muNorth America muna 1983 -
Long Beach, Detroit neCanada).