Gabriel "Gabby" 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]
| Gabby Chaves | |||||||
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 Chaves at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018 | |||||||
| Nationality |  Colombian | ||||||
| Born | Gabriel Chaves 7 July 1993 Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold
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| Achievements | 2014 Indy Lights Champion | ||||||
| Awards | 2015 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| IndyCar Series career | |||||||
| 31 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| 2016 position | 22nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 15th (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018 Grand Prix of Portland (Portland) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of April 23, 2018. | |||||||
Racing career
editEarly career
editAfter 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 14th 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 5 wins and 3 poles.[2]
Chaves brought his career to Europe in 2010, where he raced in the Italian Formula Three Championship with Eurointernational. He finished 10th 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 19th in points with a best finish of fourth at the Valencia Street Circuit.
American open-wheel racing
editIn 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).
He signed on with Belardi Auto Racing for the 2014 Indy Lights season and won the championship, capturing four wins (including the Freedom 100) and 11 podiums in 14 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]
The Colombian drove part-time for Dale Coyne Racing in the 2016 season, with a best result of 12th 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
editChaves joined the DeltaWing entry at the four endurance races of the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. He led 15 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
editChaves' father is a Colombian JetBlue airline pilot and Chaves has raced under both the American and Colombian flags.[13]
Racing record
editComplete GP3 Series results
edit(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 |
Star Mazda Championship
edit| 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 |
Indy Lights
edit| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | STP 8 |
ALA 3 |
LBH 2 |
INDY 2 |
MIL 4 |
IOW 2 |
POC 3 |
TOR 3 |
MDO 1* |
BAL 3 |
HOU 2 |
FON 2 |
2nd | 449 | ||
| 2014 | Belardi Auto Racing | STP 2 |
LBH 1 |
ALA 6 |
ALA 1 |
IND 11 |
IND 8 |
INDY 1 |
POC 1 |
TOR 2 |
MDO 2 |
MDO 3 |
MIL 3 |
SNM 2 |
SNM 2 |
1st | 547 |
IndyCar Series
edit(key)
| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | 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 | Dallara DW12 | 98 | 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 |
MDO 12 |
POC 11 |
SNM 14 |
15th | 281 | [14] | |
| 2016 | Dale Coyne Racing | 19 | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS 17 |
INDY 20 |
DET 12 |
DET 13 |
RDA 19 |
IOW 17 |
TOR | MDO | POC | TXS 14 |
WGL | SNM | 22nd | 121 | [15] | |||
| 2017 | Harding Racing | 88 | Chevrolet | STP | LBH | ALA | PHX | IMS | INDY 9 |
DET | DET | TXS 5 |
RDA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC 15 |
GTW | WGL | SNM | 23rd | 98 | [16] | |
| 2018 | STP 14 |
PHX 15 |
LBH 19 |
ALA 17 |
IMS 17 |
INDY 14 |
DET 18 |
DET 19 |
TXS 15 |
ROA 19 |
IOW 21 |
TOR | MDO | POC | GTW 18 |
POR 13 |
SNM | 21st | 187 | [17] |
* Season still in progress.
Indianapolis 500
edit| 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 |
IMSA SportsCar Championship
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.
References
edit- ^ "Felipe Nasr tests positive for coronavirus, misses Daytona 240 round". autosport.com. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Gabriel Chaves - career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 6 December 2010
- ^ EFCN One-on-One: Eurointernational's Gabby Chaves Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, eFormulaCarNews, 6 December 2010, Retrieved 6 December 2010
- ^ Addax to run Chaves in GP3, Racer, 28 March 2011, Retrieved 30 March 2011
- ^ Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team" - IndyCar, 14 February 2013.
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (3 February 2015). "Indy Lights champion Gabby Chaves gets 2015 BHA IndyCar seat". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ Pruett, Marshall (18 February 2016). "INDYCAR: Chaves vows to rebound after losing BHA seat". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Reiman, Samuel (23 February 2016). "IndyCar: Alexander Rossi confirmed at Andretti". Foxsports.com. Fox Sports Digital Media. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ New Team Harding Racing Enters Chaves for 101st Indianapolis 500, IndyCar, April 10, 2017, Retrieved 2017-04-10
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (20 May 2017). "Harding Racing to add Texas, Pocono to schedule". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (30 September 2021). "Andersen Promotions unveils USF Juniors series". Racer. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ Pruett, Marshall (3 January 2020). "BHA reunites with Chaves in Pilot Challenge; adds Norman". Racer. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Gabby Chaves Biography Archived 29 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Website of Broward County, Florida, Retrieved 30 May 2016
- ^ "Gabby Chaves – 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Gabby Chaves – 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Gabby Chaves – 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Gabby Chaves – 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Gabby Chaves Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
External links
edit- Gabby Chaves official website
- Gabby Chaves on Twitter
- Gabby Chaves career summary at DriverDB.com
- Gabby Chaves driver statistics at Racing-Reference
