Gabriel "Gabby" Chaves is a Colombian-American racecar driver.
Education
In 2008 he made his pro debut in Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke Americas and finished 4th in Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke Pacific and finished 14th in the Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke World Finals. He finished 10th in points and captured rookie of the year honors. Chaves finished 19th in points with a best finish of fourth at the Valencia Street Circuit.
Chaves finished second in points with wins at the final two races of the season at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Road Atlanta.
Career
Early career
After winning numerous karting titles, Chaves began racing cars in 2007 in various Skip Barber series in the United States. Chaves brought his career to Europe in 2010, where he raced in the Italian Formula Three Championship with Eurointernational. In 2011 he signed to race with the Addax Team in the GP3 Series.
American open-wheel racing
In 2012, Chaves return to the United States and signed with JDC Motorsports to race in the Star Mazda Championship.
The driver climbed to the Industry Lights in 2013, having signed for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. Chaves signed with Bryan Herta Autosport to race full-time at the IndyCar Series in 2015.
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. Sports car racing
Chaves joined the DeltaWing entry at the four endurance races of the United SportsCar Championship in 2014. He led 15 laps of the 10-hour finale at Road Atlanta, the Petit Le Mans, helping the team to a season-high fourth-place finish.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
= Star Mazda Championship = Industry Lights = IndyCar Series (key)
* Season still in progress.
United SportsCar Championship
(key)
= 24 Hours of Daytona =.