 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mumwaka mitanhatu inotevera, haana kutongotyaira imwe motokari yeF1 ine makwikwi zvechokwadi. Mushure mekusiya Renault, Cheever aive nemwaka miviri isina kubudirira neAlfa Romeo semumwe wake wechiItaly Riccardo Patrese. Injini ye890T V8 ine turbo ine nyota uye isina simba inoshandiswa muAlfas yaiwanzoona mhedzisiro shoma uye iri kure, kunyangwe zvaifungidzirwa kuti Cheever akabudirira kupfuura waanoshanda naye kunyangwe akatadza kukodzera 1984 Monaco Grand Prix. Patrese kunyange zvazvo akawana chete podium yekupedzisira yechikwata mumakore maviri iwayo paakapedza wechitatu mu1984 Italian Grand Prix. Cheever akanga ari 3rd aine 6 laps yasara asi Alfa yake yakashaya mafuta, ichipa nzvimbo kuPatrese chikwata chakanga chaisa injini yeCheever ye890T yekumhanyisa uku chichiisa Patrese kuti iite hupfumi netariro yekupedza zvakanaka. haina kubatsirwa nemotokari yechikwata, Alfa Romeo 185T, iyo yakaratidza kuve isina kukwikwidza zvakanyanya, ichimanikidza timu kukwidziridza mota yayo, iyo 184T kune 1985 maratidziro uye kuishandisa kwehafu yekupedzisira yemwaka, kunyangwe mota yekare isina kuvandudza mhedzisiro kunyangwe ichiratidza nekukurumidza sezvo nyaya yemafuta yakaramba iripo. Pakupera kwemwaka wa1985, Alfa yakazivisa kuti yaizobuda muF1 pakupera kwegore, ichisiya Cheever isina F1 drive, nepo Patrese akadzokera kuBrabham panzvimbo yaNelson Piquet, uyo aienda kuWilliams. 