The RE40 was best suited to the faster tracks such as Spa, Silverstone, the Österreichring and Monza (of the four, Prost would only fail to win Monza where he recorded a DNF), but Prost made the best of his car and team and won more races than any other driver during the year. Cheever, who accepted being the number 2 driver behind Prost, proved to be a good team mate; unlike with Arnoux, Prost and Cheever got on well and the atmosphere within the team was generally good. Cheever scored several podiums and was in line for victory on more than one occasion, but for more reliability he might have broken his duck.