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.
(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 |
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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
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