Pedro Chaves

Former F1 driver


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Name = Pedro Matos Chaves
Nationality = flagicon|Portugal Portuguese
Years = F1|1991
Team(s) = Coloni
Races = 13 (0 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1991 United States Grand Prix
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Last race = 1991 Portuguese Grand Prix

Pedro Matos Chaves, pron. IPA2|'pe.ðɾu 'ma.tuʃ 'ʃa.vɨʃ, (born in Oporto, February 27, 1965) is a Portuguese racing driver.

Chaves won the Portuguese Formula Ford Championship in 1985 and went international in 1987, racing in British Formula Ford. 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 an utterly disastrous season in Formula One, failing to pre-qualify for 13 Grands Prix with an under-financed and very uncompetitive Coloni. After failing to pre-qualify for the Portuguese Grand Prix, Chaves quit the team, taking the remainder of his sponsorship money with him.

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 result. Chaves then spent three years in the American Indy Lights series, winning one race, in Vancouver, always with Brian Stewart Racing.

Since then, Chaves has won twice the Portuguese Rally Championship, with his co-driver Sérgio Paiva, in a Toyota Corolla WRC and the Spanish GT Championship in a Saleen S7, with Miguel Ramos. He has also driven in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the FIA GT Championship.

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 became driver coach to A1 Team Portugal. He is also managing the career of his son David.

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