Henrique Chaves

Henrique Chaves
Chaves at Le Mans in 2022
Nationality	Portuguese
Born	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 27) Torres Vedras, Lisbon
International GT Open career
Debut season	2019
Current team	Teo Martín Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	59
Starts	26
Wins	3
Poles	1
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	1st in 2020
Previous series
2018 2017 2015-15 2015-17	European Le Mans Series World Series Formula V8 3.5 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Championship titles
2021 2020	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Pro-Am Cup International GT Open

Henrique Chaves (born 21 March 1997) is a Portuguese racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Torres Vedras, Chaves entered karting in 2006, when he took the title in the Portuguese Championship and Portuguese Cup in the Cadets Class. ^[1] Chaves raced in karting until the 2015, collecting further titles in the Rotax Mini Class, Kf3, X30 and X30 Shifter classes of the Portuguese Championship, double title in the X30 class of the Spanish Championship, while his most notable karting achievement was the second place in the KZ2 category of the Spanish championship as well as the second place in the Iame X30 Finals in 2015. ^[2]

Formula Renault

Chaves driving at Monza during the 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.

Chaves made his single seaters debut on the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup full-time with AVF. ^[3] He had twelve point-scoring finishes, while his highest-finishing position was the final race of the season at Hockenheim, where he finished fifth. He had a thirteenth place in the championship. He also has competed in the three round of the 2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.

Chaves stayed for another season with AVF for double full-time campaign in both Eurocup and NEC. ^[4] He had seven point-scoring finishes in Eurocup and finished the season eleventh. While in the NEC he failed to improve his championship position, having just one finish in the top-five in the first race at Spa.

Chaves competing at Barcelona during the 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup finale.

In 2017 Chaves concentrated on Eurocup, continuing with AVF. ^[5] Henrique managed to score his first podium in the Formula Renault category, when he finished second in the first race at Silverstone. But he wasn't able to keep the momentum and after a couple of difficult races in Monaco and Pau he went on to score eight more point-scoring finishes, which led him to the twelfth place in the drivers' standings.

World Series Formula V8 3.5

Chaves expanded his collaboration with AVF into the World Series Formula V8 3.5, joining them for the finale at Bahrain International Circuit. ^[6] He won his debut race, starting from the front row of the grid. ^[7] He was the seventh driver to achieve a debut win in this series since it started in 1998. In the second race of the weekend he again started from the front row, however this time he got collected by Alfonso Celis Jr. who dived from far beck on his inside, costing Chaves another highly probable podium result. ^[8]

European Le Mans Series

Chaves decided to switch to sports car racing, joining the LMP2 class with AVF in the 2018 European Le Mans Series. ^[9] On his first season in this championship, Chaves showed good race craft and maturity for someone his age, although the results don't demonstrate his true performance on track. Chaves started the season by setting the fastest overall lap during the European Le Mans Series Prologue. He went on to put his LMP2 car in the podium positions for the first half of the race in Monza before the team withdraw with electrical issues. He continued to show his pace in Silverstone with a comeback from tenth on the grid to second place over a triple stint effort and in Portimão he was able to pass the car over in third place, just before his teammate run into LMP3 cars and forced the team to withdraw the car with irreparable damage.

International GT Open

2019 saw Chaves make the switch into GT racing. He switched to Teo Martín Motorsport, another Spanish team that has been racing GT3 machinery for several years. Chaves teamed up with the Croatian Martin Kodrić in the debutant McLaren 720S GT3 for the season. Chaves started the season well with a second place in Paul Ricard on his first ever race with GT3 cars. The season continued and he managed to score five more podiums, two fastest laps and a win at the season finale where the car number 59 still was in contention for the title. They end up finishing third place overall tied with the second, while registering the best championship result of any McLaren 720s GT3 worldwide in the year 2019.

The partnership with Teo Martin Motorsport carried on while Miguel Ramos joined Chaves in an attempt for the overall championship win in 2020. Chaves left no doubt about his capabilities in 2020 and clinched the title after a dramatic season finale where their most direct competitor has thrown the McLaren number 59 off track, leaving the car stranded on the gravel on the last lap of the last race of the championship. He won two times, stood on the podium six times and was seven times the fastest on track. Once again his car was the best representative of all the McLaren GT3 cars racing around the world by winning the International GT Open Title.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	AVF	16	0	0	0	0	101	13th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		7	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2016	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	AVF by Adrián Vallés	16	0	0	0	0	39	11th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		14	0	0	0	0	106	15th
2017	Formula Renault Eurocup	AVF	23	0	0	0	1	53	12th
	Formula Renault NEC		3	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
	World Series Formula V8 3.5		2	1	0	1	1	35	13th
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	AVF by Adrián Vallés	6	0	0	0	0	6	23rd
2019	International GT Open	Teo Martín Motorsport	14	1	0	2	6	116	3rd
	FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup	Team Portugal	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2020	International GT Open	Teo Martín Motorsport	12	2	1	6	6	114	1st
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Barwell Motorsport	9	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Pro-Am		9	5	4	4	8	125	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		5	0	0	0	3	78	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	TF Sport	5	2	2	0	3	113	3rd
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT		4	0	2	0	0	12.5	11th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Oman Racing with TF Sport	6	0	0	1	1	37	13th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	TF Sport	4	0	0	0	0	10	14th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59	5	0	0	0	0	5	23rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze Cup			1	2	0	1	75	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Bronze Cup			2	1	0	3	60.5	2nd
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Racing
	GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am	Flying Lizard Motorsports

^† As Chaves was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Points
2015	AVF	ALC 1 26	ALC 2 19	ALC 3 16	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 24	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 30	LMS 1	LMS 2	JER 1	JER 2	JER 3							NC†	0
2016	AVF by Adrián Vallés	ALC 1 7	ALC 2 9	ALC 3 16	MON 1 6	MNZ 1 16	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 1 10	RBR 1 15	RBR 2 5	LEC 1 12	LEC 2 18	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 8	EST 1 17	EST 2 5									11th	41
2017	AVF by Adrián Vallés	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 Ret	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 Ret	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 Ret	MON 1 17	MON 2 Ret	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 17	HUN 3 16	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 Ret	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 10	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 Ret	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 9	SPA 3 14	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 12	CAT 3 16	12th	53

^† As Chaves was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	AVF by Adrián Vallés	LMP2	Dallara P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 11	MNZ Ret	RBR 14	SIL 8	SPA 9‡	ALG Ret	23rd	6
2022	Oman Racing with TF Sport	LMGTE	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	LEC 6	IMO 2	MNZ 11	CAT 7	SPA 8	ALG 10	13th	37

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Pro-Am	MAG 1 23	MAG 2 16	ZAN 1 18	ZAN 2 DNS	MIS 1 18	MIS 2 23	BRH 1 21	BRH 2 21	VAL 1 20	VAL 2 22	1st	125
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Bronze	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1 13	MIS 2 20	HOC 1 29	HOC 2 23	VAL 1 22	VAL 2 25	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	2nd	60.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2022	TF Sport	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB	SPA 2	LMS 1	MNZ Ret	FUJ 1	BHR 4	3rd	113

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	TF Sport	Ben Keating Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	343	34th	1st

References

1. "Portuguese Cup Cadets 2006 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
2. "Spanish Championship - KZ2 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
3. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (3 March 2015). "AVF announce Eurocup, NEC lineups". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
4. Allen, Peter (16 December 2015). "Seven Eurocup teams named for 2016, plus more drivers". formulascout.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
5. "Already more than 20 drivers entered for the 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup !". 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
6. Waring, Bethonie (16 November 2017). "Egor Orudzhev to miss Formula V8 3.5 title decider". formulascout.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017. AVF will also run an additional third car for its Formula Renault graduate Henrique Chaves.
7. Waring, Bethonie (17 November 2017). "Fittipaldi wins FV8 3.5 title in Bahrain, Chaves victorious on debut". formulascout.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
8. Woollard, Craig (18 November 2017). "World Series FV8 3.5 ends in Bahrain with a Rene Binder victory". formulascout.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
9. "AVF signs Henrique Chaves for 2018 ELMS season". endurance-info.com. Endurance-Info. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

External links

• Henrique Chaves on Facebook
• Henrique Chaves career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Giacomo Altoè Albert Costa	International GT Open Champion 2020 With: Miguel Ramos	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Eddie Cheever III Chris Froggatt	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Pro-Am Champion 2021 With: Miguel Ramos	Succeeded by Miguel Ramos Dean Macdonald