Gabby Chaves

Gabby Chaves
Nationality Colombia Colombian
Born Gabriel Chaves
(1993-07-03) July 3, 1993
Bogotá, Colombia
Achievements 2014 Indy Lights Champion
Awards 2015 Rookie of the Year
IndyCar Series career
16 races run over 1 year
Team(s) No. 98 (Bryan Herta Autosport)
First race 2015 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of September 3, 2015.

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

He signed on with Belardi Auto Racing to return to Indy Lights in 2014 Indy Lights season and won the championship, capturing four wins 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.

Sports car racing

The driver joined the DeltaWing entry at the first two endurance races of the United SportsCar Championship in 2014.

Personal life

Chaves' father is a Colombian JetBlue airline pilot and Chaves has raced under both the American and Colombian flags.[6]

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 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

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 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

* Season still in progress.

United SportsCar Championship

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona

References

  1. ↑ Gabriel Chaves - career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-12-6
  2. ↑ EFCN One-on-One: Eurointernational's Gabby Chaves, eFormulaCarNews, December 6, 2010, Retrieved 2010-12-6
  3. ↑ Addax to run Chaves in GP3, Racer, March 28, 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-30
  4. ↑ Chaves graduates for '13 to championship team" - IndyCar, 14 February 2013.
  5. ↑ Glendenning, Mark (February 3, 2015). "Indy Lights champion Gabby Chaves gets 2015 BHA IndyCar seat". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Biograph, Gabby Chaves, Retrieved 2011-09-20

External links

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
incumbent
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