Gabby Chaves

Gabby Chaves
Chaves at Portland in 2018
Nationality Colombia Colombian
Born Gabriel Chaves
(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993
Bogotá, Colombia
Achievements 2014 Indy Lights Champion
Awards 2015 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series career
31 races run over 4 years
Team(s) No. 88 (Harding Racing)
2016 position 22nd
Best finish 15th (2015)
First race 2015 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race 2018 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama (Alabama)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of April 23, 2018.

Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves (born 7 July 1993) is a Colombian-American racing driver.

Racing career

Early career

After winning numerous karting titles, Chaves began racing cars in 2007 in various 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.[1]

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.[2] In 2011 he signed to race with the Addax Team in the GP3 Series.[3] Chaves finished 19th in points with a best finish of fourth at the Valencia Street Circuit.

American open-wheel racing

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] The team would confirm former Caterham and Manor Racing driver Alexander Rossi to drive the No. 98 for the season.[7]

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.[8][9]

Sports car racing

Chaves 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.

Personal life

Chaves' father is a Colombian JetBlue airline pilot and Chaves has raced under both the American and Colombian flags.[10]

Racing record

Complete GP3 Series results

(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

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

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

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2015 Bryan Herta Autosport 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		 MDO
12		 POC
11		 SNM
14		 15th 281
2016 Dale Coyne Racing 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
2017 Harding Racing Chevrolet STP LBH ALA PHX IMS INDY
9		 DET DET TXS
5		 RDA IOW TOR MDO POC
15		 GTW WGL SNM 23rd 98
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

* Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500

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

United SportsCar Championship

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona

References

  1. ↑ Gabriel Chaves - career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 6 December 2010
  2. ↑ EFCN One-on-One: Eurointernational's Gabby Chaves, eFormulaCarNews, 6 December 2010, Retrieved 6 December 2010
  3. ↑ Addax to run Chaves in GP3, Racer, 28 March 2011, Retrieved 30 March 2011
  4. ↑ Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team" - IndyCar, 14 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Glendenning, Mark (3 February 2015). "Indy Lights champion Gabby Chaves gets 2015 BHA IndyCar seat". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Pruett, Marshall (February 18, 2016). "INDYCAR: Chaves vows to rebound after losing BHA seat". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  7. ↑ Reiman, Samuel (February 23, 2016). "IndyCar: Alexander Rossi confirmed at Andretti". Foxsports.com. Fox Sports Digital Media. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ New Team Harding Racing Enters Chaves for 101st Indianapolis 500, IndyCar, April 10, 2017, Retrieved 2017-04-10
  9. ↑ Glendenning, Mark (May 20, 2017). "Harding Racing to add Texas, Pocono to schedule". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ Gabby Chaves Biography, Website of Broward County, Florida, Retrieved 30 May 2016
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Alexander Rossi		 Formula BMW Americas
Champion
2009		 Succeeded by
Championship disbanded
Preceded by
Sage Karam		 Indy Lights Champion
2014		 Succeeded by
Spencer Pigot
Preceded by
Carlos Muñoz		 IndyCar Series
Rookie of the Year
2015		 Succeeded by
Alexander Rossi
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