Pedro Chaves
Pedro António Matos Chaves is a Portuguese racing driver.
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, 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 to compete in, however the sponsorship money came too late, and Karl Wendlinger took the place.
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
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | | 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 |
| 1992 | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Cosworth | | | | | | | SPA
DNQ | ALB
11 | NOG
10 | MAG
Ret | | NC | 0 |
Complete Formula One results
| 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 |
