Henrique Chaves


Henrique Chaves Jr. is a Portuguese racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Torres Vedras, Chaves entered karting in 2006, when he took the title in the Portuguese Cup Cadets. Chaves raced in karting until the 2015, collecting titles in the junior and X30 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.

Formula Renault

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 Hockenhein, where he finished fifth. He had a thirteenth place in the championship. He also have 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.
In 2017 Chaves concentrated on Eurocup, continuing with AVF. For the first time he had podium in the Formula Renault category, when he finished second in the first race at Silverstone. But he wasn't consistent and had just eight 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 just the seventh driver to have this achievement since the start of the series in 1998. In the second race of the weekend he again started from the front row, but he had a clash with Alfonso Celis Jr., which cost Chaves a position on the podium.

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.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Chaves was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.