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Henrique Chaves

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Henrique Chaves
Chaves at Le Mans in 2022
NationalityPortugal Portuguese
Born (1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 27)
Torres Vedras, Lisbon
International GT Open career
Debut season2019
Current teamTeo Martín Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Platinum
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.

Career

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Karting

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Career summary

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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 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
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

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(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 World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
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 		13th 35

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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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

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(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

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(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

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

References

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  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.
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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

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