Gabriel Chaves

Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves (born July 7, 1993) is a Colombian-American racing driver who was born in Bogotá, Colombia. Chaves' father is an American airline pilot and Chaves has raced under both the American and Colombian flags.[1]

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.[2] In 2010 he brought his career to Europe 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.

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 TUR
FEA

10
TUR
SPR

12
ESP
FEA

13
ESP
SPR

6
VAL
FEA

4
VAL
SPR

5
GBR
FEA

Ret
GBR
SPR

14
GER
FEA

27†
GER
SPR

17
HUN
FEA

23
HUN
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

16
BEL
SPR

16
ITA
FEA

17
ITA
SPR

7
19th 8

* Season in Progress

References

  1. ^ Biograph, Gabby Chaves, Retrieved 2011-09-20
  2. ^ Gabriel Chaves - career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-12-6
  3. ^ EFCN One-on-One: Eurointernational's Gabby Chaves, eFormulaCarNews, December 6, 2010, Retrieved 2010-12-6
  4. ^ Addax to run Chaves in GP3, Racer, March 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-30

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