Henrique Chaves

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

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. 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.

Formula Renault 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. 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. 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. He managed to score his first podium in the Formula Renault category, when he finished second in the first race at Silverstone. However, 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. He won his debut race, starting from the front row of the grid. 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.

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. 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 † 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) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2015 AVF MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 13th 101 2016 AVF by Adrián Vallés MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 15th 106 2017 AVF MNZ1 MNZ2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 HOC1 HOC2 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) 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 ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 JER1 JER2 JER3 NC† 0 2016 AVF by Adrián Vallés ALC1 ALC2 ALC3 MON1 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ1 RBR1 RBR2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 EST1 EST2 11th 41 2017 AVF by Adrián Vallés MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 PAU1 PAU2 MON1 MON2 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 12th 53 † 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)

Complete European Le Mans Series results 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 MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 23rd 6 2022 Oman Racing with TF Sport LMGTE Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 13th 37 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 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 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 BRH1 BRH2 VAL1 VAL 2 1st 125 2023 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Bronze MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 2nd 60.5 2025 Walkenhorst Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Pro BRH1 BRH2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 NC 0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (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 LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 3rd 113

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2022 TF Sport Ben Keating Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTEAm 343 34th 1st