Pedro Chaves

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Pedro Matos Chaves
Nationality	Portuguese
World Championship Career
Active years	1991
Team(s)	Coloni
Races	13 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1991 United States Grand Prix


Last race	1991 Portuguese Grand Prix

Pedro Matos Chaves, pron. IPA: ['pe.ðɾu 'ma.tuʃ 'ʃa.vɨʃ], (born in Bonfim, February 27, 1965) is a Portuguese professional race-car driver. He was one of the first of his countrymen to launch a racing career on the international circuit.

Chaves won the Portuguese Formula Ford Championship in 1985 and went international in 1987, racing in British Formula Ford. In 1990 he won the British F3000 Championship with the Madgwick Motorsport outfit, also racing in a few rounds of the FIA F3000 series.

In 1991, he suffered a disastrous season in F1, failing to pre-qualify for 13 Formula One Grands Prix with Coloni. After failing to pre-qualify for the Portuguese Grand Prix, Chaves quit the team, taking the remainder of his sponsorship money with him.

In 1992, Chaves returned to F3000, first with GJ Racing and later in the season moving to the more competitive Il Barone Rampante, with no result. Chaves then spent three years in the American Indy Lights series, winning one race, in Vancouver.

Since then, Chaves has won twice the Portuguese Rally Championship, with his co-driver Sérgio Paiva, in a Toyota Corolla WRC and the Spanish GT Championship in a Saleen S7. He has also driven in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA GT Championship. As of 2005 he drives a works Renault Clio S1600 in the Portuguese Rally Championship.