Gabby Chaves

Gabby Chaves (2018)

Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves Bejarano (born July 7, 1993 in Bogotá ) is an American - Colombian racing car driver . He only started in 2010 with an American racing license. In 2013 and 2014 he competed in the Indy Lights and achieved overall victory there in 2014. From 2015 to 2018 he drove in the IndyCar Series .

Career

Chaves began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 , where he remained active until 2009. He also made his debut in formula racing in 2006 and finished ninth in the Panam GP Series. In 2007 he competed in three skip barber championships. He was most successful in the Skip Barber Eastern Regional Series, in which he was runner-up behind Jordan Taylor with five wins from ten races . In addition, he started as a guest starter in a race in the Colombian Formula Renault, which he won. In 2008, Chaves competed in the Pacific Formula BMW . Although he didn't win a race, he finished fourth in the championship. He also won the Skip Barber Southern Regional Series championship and was 14th in the Skip Barber National Championship. He also took part as a guest starter in two races of the Skip Barber Western Regional Series, which he won both, and in three races of the American Formula BMW. In 2009 Chaves moved to EuroInternational in the American Formula BMW. He won five races and was on the podium in all races. With 235 to 187 he finally prevailed against his teammate Giancarlo Vilarinho , who had achieved the most victories, and won the championship title.

In 2010, Chaves left North America and moved to Europe for the Italian Formula 3 Championship , where he again competed for EuroInternational. He also changed his racing license for this season and competed as an American. With a fourth place as the best result, he finished the season in tenth place in the championship. In 2011 Chaves started for the Addax team in the GP3 series . With a fourth place as the best result, he finished the season in 19th place overall.

In 2012 Chaves returned to North America. He drove for JDC Motorsports in the Star Mazda Series . He finished every race in the top 10. With two wins and a total of ten podium finishes, he was runner- up behind Jack Hawksworth . He lost to his rival with 360 to 397 points. In 2013 , Chaves moved to Indy Lights at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports . After a retirement in the first race, Chaves finished all races in the top 4 and was on the podium all but one time. He won a race. With 449 to 460 points he was defeated by his team-mate Sage Karam and became runner-up. In 2014 Chaves moved to Belardi Auto Racing within Indy Lights . Chaves won four races, including the Freedom 100 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway . He was on the podium eleven times in 14 races. He decided the championship tied with Jack Harvey for himself. Since Harvey had also achieved four wins, the number of second places decided the title. Here Chaves was five to one ahead. Chaves also took part in four endurance races of the United SportsCar Championship for Delta Wing Racing Cars in 2014 .

In 2015 Chaves moved to the IndyCar Series for Bryan Herta Autosport . With a ninth place as the best result, he finished the season in 15th place overall. Chaves also drove a race in the 2015 United SportsCar Championship for Delta Wing Racing Cars . In the IndyCar Series 2016 , Chaves was only active as a part-time driver. He started seven races for Dale Coyne Racing , with a twelfth place in Detroit being his best result.

statistics

Career stations

2004–2009: karting
2006: Panam GP Series (9th place)
2007: Skip Barber Eastern Regional Series (2nd place)
2007: Skip Barber National Championship (17th place)
2007: Skip Barber Southern Regional Series (47th place)
2008: Pacific Formula BMW (4th place)
2008: Skip Barber Southern Regional Series (champions)
2008: Skip Barber National Championship (14th place)

2009: American Formula BMW (champions)
2010: Italian Formula 3 (10th place)
2011 : GP3 series (19th place)
2012: Star Mazda Series (2nd place)
2013 : Indy Lights (2nd place)
2014 : Indy Lights (Master)
2014 : USCC , Prototype (25th place)
2015 : IndyCar Series (15th place)

2015 : USCC, Prototype (34th place)
2016 : IndyCar Series (22nd place)
2016: WSCC , P (30th place)
2017 : IndyCar Series (23rd place)
2018: WSCC, P (37th place)
2018 : IndyCar Series (21st place)
2019: IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, TCR (22nd place)

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
2013	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	STP	BAR	LBH	INDY	Mil	IOW	POC	GOAL	MDO	BAL	HOU	HAIRDRYER			449	2.
2013	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	8th	3	2	2	4th	2	3	3	1*	3	2	2			449	2.
2014	Belardi Auto Racing	STP	LBH	BAR		INDY			POC	GOAL	MDO		Mil	SON		547	1.
2014	Belardi Auto Racing	2 °	1*	6th	*1 °**	11	8th	1	1*	2	2	3	3	2	2	547	1.

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2015	Bryan Herta Autosport	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	GOAL	HAIRDRYER	Mil	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM		281	15th
2015	Bryan Herta Autosport	17th	15th	16	16	15th	16	18th	9	10	15th	20th	11	16	12	11 °	14th		281	15th
2016	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM		121	22nd
2016	Dale Coyne Racing					17th	20 ²¹	12	13	19th	17th				14th				121	22nd
2017	Harding Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM	98	23.
2017	Harding Racing						9 ²⁵			5					15th				98	23.
2018	Harding Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM	187	21st
2018	Harding Racing	14th	15th	19th	17th	17th	14 ²²	18th	19th	15th	19th	21st				18th	13		187	21st

( Legend )

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2014	United States DeltaWing Racing Cars	DeltaWing DWC13	United Kingdom Andy Meyrick	United Kingdom Katherine Legge	failure	Engine failure

Individual evidence

↑ “Gabby Chaves secured Formula BMW Americas crown with Road America win” (racer.com on August 17, 2009)
↑ “Eurointernational in the Italian Formula 3 Championship with Gabriel Chaves and Mygale M-10” ( Memento from November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (eurointernationalgroup.com on February 22, 2010)
^ Mark Glendenning: "Schmidt Peterson signs Gabby Chaves for Indy Lights". autosport.com, February 14, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 .
↑ Tony DiZinno: “Gabby Chaves confirmed for full Indy Lights season with Belardi”. nbcsports.com, March 12, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 .
↑ Mark Glendenning: "Sonoma Indy Lights: Gabby Chaves takes title, Jack Harvey wins". autosport.com, August 24, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 .
↑ Chaves graduates to IndyCar with BHA. gpupdate.net, February 3, 2015, accessed March 6, 2015 .

Web links

Official Website of Gabby Chaves (English)
Career statistics of Gabby Chaves (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Chaves, Gabby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chaves Bejarano, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American-Colombian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	July 7, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bogotá , Colombia

[1] “Gabby Chaves secured Formula BMW Americas crown with Road America win” (racer.com on August 17, 2009)

[2] “Eurointernational in the Italian Formula 3 Championship with Gabriel Chaves and Mygale M-10” ( Memento from November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (eurointernationalgroup.com on February 22, 2010)

[3] Mark Glendenning: "Schmidt Peterson signs Gabby Chaves for Indy Lights". autosport.com, February 14, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 .

[4] Tony DiZinno: “Gabby Chaves confirmed for full Indy Lights season with Belardi”. nbcsports.com, March 12, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 .

[5] Mark Glendenning: "Sonoma Indy Lights: Gabby Chaves takes title, Jack Harvey wins". autosport.com, August 24, 2014, accessed August 28, 2014 .

[6] Chaves graduates to IndyCar with BHA. gpupdate.net, February 3, 2015, accessed March 6, 2015 .