Henrique Chaves

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Henrique Chaves
2022 24 Hours of Le Mans (52174515577).png
Chaves at Le Mans in 2022
Nationality Flag of Portugal.svg 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 Silver Driver.png FIA Silver (until 2022)
FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold (2023)
FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum (2024–)
Car number59
Starts26
Wins3
Poles1
Fastest laps8
Best finish1st 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
2012
2013
2021

2020
Spanish Karting Championship (X30 Senior)
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Pro-Am Cup
International GT Open

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

Contents

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. Blancpain Endurance Series - Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - F. Renault 2.0 NEC - Monza 12-04-2015 (17181182975).jpg
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. Formula Renault 2.0-Henrique Chaves.jpg
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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesFLapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC AVF 16000010113th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 70000N/ANC†
2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 AVF by Adrián Vallés 1600003911th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 14000010615th
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup AVF 2300015312th
Formula Renault NEC 30000N/ANC†
World Series Formula V8 3.5 210113513th
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 AVF by Adrián Vallés 60000623rd
2019 International GT Open Teo Martín Motorsport 1410261163rd
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Portugal10000N/A10th
2020 International GT Open Teo Martín Motorsport 1221661141st
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Barwell Motorsport900000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Pro-Am 954481251st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 500000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 50003782nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 100000NC
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am TF Sport 522031133rd
Asian Le Mans Series - GT 4020012.511th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 11001N/A1st
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE Oman Racing with TF Sport 600113713th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Garage 59500000NC
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - GT TF Sport 400001014th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Garage 5950000523rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze Cup 1201754th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 600000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Bronze Cup 210360.52nd
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Racing500001218th
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 2.0 NEC results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2015 AVF MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

15
SIL
1

11
SIL
2

17
RBR
1

14
RBR
2

12
RBR
3

10
SPA
1

23
SPA
2

17
ASS
1

14
ASS
2

Ret
NÜR
1

15
NÜR
2

Ret
HOC
1

11
HOC
2

8
HOC
3

5
13th101
2016 AVF by Adrián Vallés MNZ
1

11
MNZ
2

10
SIL
1

22
SIL
2

Ret
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

10
SPA
1

5
SPA
2

9
ASS
1

Ret
ASS
2

14
NÜR
1

16
NÜR
2

17
HOC
1

10
HOC
2

15
HOC
3

DNS
15th106
2017 AVF MNZ
1

MNZ
2

ASS
1

ASS
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

SPA
1

12
SPA
2

9
SPA
3

14
HOC
1

HOC
2

NC†0

† As Chaves was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223PosPoints
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
11th41
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
12th53

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

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Small number denotes finishing position)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2017 AVF SIL
1
SIL
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
JER
1
JER
2
ALC
1
ALC
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
COA
1
COA
2
BHR
1

1
BHR
2

5
13th35

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
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
23rd6
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
13th37

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)

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.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
1st125
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
2nd60.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456RankPoints
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
3rd113

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TF Sport Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of Denmark.svg Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Am
34334th1st

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. Archived from the original on 1 February 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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by 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