Pedro Chaves

Pedro António Matos Chaves (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu ˈmatuʃ ˈʃavɨʃ]; born 27 February 1965) is a Portuguese racing driver.

Pedro Matos Chaves
Born (1965-02-27) 27 February 1965
Porto, Portugal
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityPortugal Portuguese
Active years1991
TeamsColoni
Entries13 (0 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1991 United States Grand Prix
Last entry1991 Portuguese Grand Prix

Chaves was the second Portuguese Formula Ford Champion, in 1986, starting an international career in 1987 in the British Formula Ford Championship. In 1990 he won the British F3000 Championship with the Madgwick Motorsport outfit, also racing in a few rounds of the FIA F3000 series.

In 1991, he suffered a disastrous season in Formula One, failing to pre-qualify for 13 Grands Prix with an under-financed and uncompetitive Coloni. After failing to pre-qualify for the Portuguese Grand Prix, Chaves left the team, taking the remainder of his sponsorship money with him.

At the end of that year Chaves had an agreement with Leyton House (which would be renamed to March F1) to compete in 1992, however the sponsorship money came too late, and Karl Wendlinger took the place.[1]

In 1992, Chaves returned to F3000, first with GJ Racing and later in the season moving to the more competitive Il Barone Rampante, with no results. Chaves then spent three years in the American Indy Lights series with Brian Stewart Racing, winning one race, in Vancouver in 1995. Chaves and Robbie Buhl were the only drivers to win that season other than Greg Moore, who won the rest of the events. In 1996, he moved to touring car racing and was second in the Spanish Touring Car Championship in a BMW, before racing a Porsche in the FIA GT Championship.

Chaves moved to the Portuguese Rally Championship in 1998, winning the title in 1999 and 2000, with his co-driver Sérgio Paiva, in a works-supported Toyota Corolla WRC. In 2001, he took the Spanish GT Championship title, in a Saleen S7-R co-driven by Miguel Ramos. He has also gone back to drive in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA GT Championship, for Graham Nash Motorsport.

In 2005 and 2006, he returned to the Portuguese Rally Championship to drive a works Renault Clio S1600.

Chaves has since retired from racing and in 2006 became driver coach to A1 Team Lebanon. In 2008 he took over managerial duties in A1 Team Portugal. He is also managing the career of his son David.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1989 Cobra Motorsports Reynard 88D Cosworth SIL
15
VAL
DNQ
PAU
DNQ
JER
Ret
PER
Ret
BRH
11
BIR
Ret
SPA
DNQ
BUG
17
DIJ
DNQ
NC 0
1990 Madgwick Motorsport GB Reynard 90D Cosworth DON SIL PAU JER MNZ PER HOC BRH
4
BIR
Ret
BUG
DNQ
NOG
14
16th 3
1992 GJ Motorsports Lola T92/50 Mugen Honda SIL
Ret
PAU
9
CAT
Ret
PER
7
HOC
13
NÜR
13
NC 0
Il Barone Rampante Reynard 92D Cosworth SPA
DNQ
ALB
11
NOG
10
MAG
Ret

Complete Formula One results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts
1991 Coloni Racing Srl Coloni C4 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 USA
DNPQ
BRA
DNPQ
SMR
DNPQ
MON
DNPQ
CAN
DNPQ
MEX
DNPQ
FRA
DNPQ
GBR
DNPQ
GER
DNPQ
HUN
DNPQ
BEL
DNPQ
ITA
DNPQ
POR
DNPQ
ESP JPN AUS NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2002 United Kingdom Ray Mallock Ltd. Portugal Miguel Ramos
United Kingdom Gavin Pickering
Saleen S7-R GTS 312 23rd 5th
2003 United Kingdom Graham Nash Motorsport
United Kingdom Ray Mallock Ltd.
Brazil Thomas Erdos
United Kingdom Mike Newton
Saleen S7-R GTS 292 28th 6th

Complete Spanish Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC pts
1996 Teo Martín Motorsport BMW 320i JAR
1

3
JAR
2

4
ALB
1

5
ALB
2

10
BAR
1

Ret
BAR
2

Ret
EST
1

2
EST
2

1
CAL
1

Ret
CAL
2

4
JER
1

1
JER
2

Ret
JAR
1

1
JAR
2

1
BAR
1

3
BAR
2

3
2nd 160

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
1993 Pedro Matos Renault 5 GT Turbo MON
14
SWE POR
Ret
KEN FRA GRC ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR NC 0
1998 Telecel Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE KEN POR
13
ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
1999 Telecel Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE KEN POR
Ret
ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2000 Telecel Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE KEN POR
Ret
ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2001 Telecel / Vodafone Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE POR
Ret
ESP ARG CYP GRC KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC 0

References

  1. "Pedro Matos Chaves: "O Piquet fazia sempre uma balbúrdia nos drive meetings"" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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