Gabby Chaves

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Gabby Chaves
Chaves at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018
NationalityColombia Colombian
BornGabriel Chaves
(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 32)
Bogotá, Colombia
Racing licence FIA Gold
Achievements2014 Indy Lights Champion
Awards2015 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year
2015 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series career
31 races run over 4 years
2016 position22nd
Best finish15th (2015)
First race2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race2018 Grand Prix of Portland (Portland)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of April 23, 2018.

Gabriel Chaves (born 7 July 1993) is a Colombian-American racing driver, currently competing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the Michelin Pilot Challenge. He raced in the IndyCar Series and is the 2014 Indy Lights Champion.[1]

Racing career

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Early career

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After winning several karting titles, Chaves began racing cars in 2007 in Skip Barber series in the United States. In 2008 he made his pro debut in Formula BMW Americas and finished 4th in Formula BMW Pacific and finished fourteenth in the Formula BMW World Finals. In 2009, he competed in a full season of Formula BMW Americas for Eurointernational and won the title, capturing five wins and three poles.[2]

Chaves brought his career to Europe in 2010, where he raced in the Italian Formula Three Championship with Eurointernational. He finished tenth in points and captured rookie of the year honors.[3] In 2011 he signed to race with the Addax Team in the GP3 Series.[4] Chaves finished nineteenth in points with a best finish of fourth at the Valencia Street Circuit.

American open-wheel racing

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In 2012, Chaves return to the United States and signed with JDC MotorSports to race in the Star Mazda Championship. Chaves finished second in points with wins at the final two races of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta. The driver climbed to the Indy Lights in 2013, having signed for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.[5] He was runner-up with one win and ten podiums, and was part of the closest finish in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (when Peter Dempsey grabbed the Freedom 100 victory as part of a four-wide photo finish. Dempsey finished ahead of Chaves by a mere 0.0026 seconds).

Chaves signed on with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2014 Indy Lights season and won the championship, capturing four wins (including the Freedom 100) and eleven podiums in fourteen races.

Chaves signed with Bryan Herta Autosport to race full-time at the IndyCar Series in 2015.[6] Chaves led 31 laps at Pocono Raceway and had assumed the lead after leader and fellow rookie Sage Karam crashed, fatally injuring Justin Wilson in the process. Chaves led when the race was restarted with six laps to go but was passed for the lead. He was still on pace for his first podium finish when his engine let go with three laps remaining, bringing out a caution flag and effectively ending the race. The race was both Chaves' first laps led and only DNF of the season. Chaves captured the Rookie of the Year title by 78 points over Stefano Coletti. However, due to a sponsor default, the team was unable to retain him for the next season.[7] The team would confirm former Caterham and Manor Racing driver Alexander Rossi to drive the No. 98 for the season.[8]

Chaves drove part-time for Dale Coyne Racing in the 2016 season, with a best result of twelfth at Detroit race 1. In 2017, Chaves joined Harding Racing for the Indianapolis 500, Texas and Pocono races.[9][10]

Chaves was appointed as driver coach for the USF Juniors, an entry-level series for the Road to Indy, ahead of the inaugural season in 2022.[11]

Sports car racing

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Chaves joined the DeltaWing entry at the four endurance races of the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. He led fifteen laps of the 10-hour finale at Road Atlanta, the Petit Le Mans, helping the team to a season-high fourth-place finish.

In 2020, Chaves joined Bryan Herta Autosport for a full season drive in the Michelin Pilot Challenge as a co-driver with Ryan Norman.[12]

Personal life

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Chaves' father is a Colombian JetBlue airline pilot and Chaves has raced under both the American and Colombian flags.[13]

Racing record

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Complete GP3 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2011 Addax Team IST
FEA
10 		IST
SPR
12 		CAT
FEA
13 		CAT
SPR
6 		VAL
FEA
4 		VAL
SPR
5 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
14 		NÜR
FEA
27† 		NÜR
SPR
17 		HUN
FEA
23 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
16 		SPA
SPR
16 		MNZ
FEA
17 		MNZ
SPR
7 		19th 8
Sources:[14][15]

Star Mazda Championship

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2012 JDC MotorSports STP
3 		STP
4 		BAR
3 		BAR
5 		IND
9 		IOW
5 		TOR
3 		TOR
4 		EDM
3 		EDM
3 		TRO
5 		TRO
2 		BAL
3 		BAL
8 		LAG
2 		LAG
1 		ATL
1 		2nd 360
Source:[16]

Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref
2013 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP
8 		ALA
3 		LBH
2 		INDY
2 		MIL
4 		IOW
2 		POC
3 		TOR
3 		MOH
1* 		BAL
3 		HOU
2 		FON
2 		2nd 449 [17]
2014 Belardi Auto Racing STP
2 		LBH
1 		ALA
6 		ALA
1 		IND
11 		IND
8 		INDY
1 		POC
1 		TOR
2 		MOH
2 		MOH
3 		MIL
3 		SNM
2 		SNM
2 		1st 547 [18]

IndyCar Series

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(key)

Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
2015 Bryan Herta Autosport 98 Dallara DW12 Honda STP
17 		NLA
15 		LBH
16 		ALA
16 		IMS
15 		INDY
16 		DET
18 		DET
9 		TXS
10 		TOR
15 		FON
20 		MIL
11 		IOW
16 		MOH
12 		POC
11 		SNM
14 		15th 281 [19]
2016 Dale Coyne Racing 19 STP PHX LBH ALA IMS
17 		INDY
20 		DET
12 		DET
13 		RDA
19 		IOW
17 		TOR MOH POC TXS
14 		WGL SNM 22nd 121 [20]
2017 Harding Racing 88 Chevrolet STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY
9 		DET DET TXS
5 		RDA IOW TOR MOH POC
15 		GTW WGL SNM 23rd 98 [21]
2018 STP
14 		PHX
15 		LBH
19 		ALA
17 		IMS
17 		INDY
14 		DET
18 		DET
19 		TXS
15 		ROA
19 		IOW
21 		TOR MOH POC GTW
18 		POR
13 		SNM 21st 187 [22]

* Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500

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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2015 Dallara Honda 26 16 Bryan Herta Autosport
2016 Dallara Honda 21 20 Dale Coyne Racing
2017 Dallara Chevrolet 25 9 Harding Racing
2018 Dallara Chevrolet 22 14 Harding Racing
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IMSA SportsCar Championship

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 DeltaWing Racing Cars P DeltaWing DWC13 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo DAY
16 		SEB
15 		LBH LGA DET WGL
12 		MOS IMS ELK COA PET
4 		25th 82
2015 DeltaWing Racing Cars
with Claro/TracFone 		P DeltaWing DWC13 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo DAY
15 		SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 34th 17
2016 Panoz DeltaWing Racing P DeltaWing DWC13 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL
7 		MOS ELK COA PET 30th 25
2018 Mustang Sampling Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH MOH DET WGL
6 		MOS ELK LGA 37th 48
Whelen Engineering Racing PET
8
2020 Whelen Engineering Racing DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY DAY
5 		SEB ELK ATL MOH PET LGA SEB
6 		21st 51
2021 Forty7 Motorsports LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY
7† 		SEB MOH WGL WGL ELK PET NC† 0†
2022 Andretti Autosport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY
4† 		SEB
10 		MOH
3 		WGL
11 		MOS
2 		ELK
8 		PET
1 		5th 1764
2023 Andretti Autosport LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 DAY
7† 		SEB
9 		WGL
4 		MOS PET
7 		18th 810
GTD Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 LBH LGA
16 		LIM
15 		ELK VIR IMS
12 		41st 555
2024 Andretti Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY
9 		SEB
8 		LBH
9 		LGA
10 		WGL
10 		MOS ELK VIR IMS
14 		PET 23rd 1357
Source:[14]

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

References

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  2. ^ Gabriel Chaves - career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 6 December 2010
  3. ^ EFCN One-on-One: Eurointernational's Gabby Chaves Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, 6 December 2010, Retrieved 6 December 2010
  4. ^ Addax to run Chaves in GP3, Racer, 28 March 2011, Retrieved 30 March 2011
  5. ^ Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team" - IndyCar, 14 February 2013.
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  9. ^ New Team Harding Racing Enters Chaves for 101st Indianapolis 500, IndyCar, April 10, 2017, Retrieved 2017-04-10
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  13. ^ Gabby Chaves Biography Archived 29 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Website of Broward County, Florida, Retrieved 30 May 2016
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  • Gabby Chaves official website
  • Gabby Chaves career summary at DriverDB.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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