Pedro António Matos Chaves (; born 27 February 1965) is a Portuguese racing driver.
Career 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 , Chaves 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 , 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, Chaves 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 Pts 1989 Cobra Motorsports Reynard 88D Cosworth SIL VAL PAU JER PER BRH BIR SPA BUG DIJ NC 0 1990 Madgwick Motorsport GB Reynard 90D Cosworth DON SIL PAU JER MNZ PER HOC BRH BIR BUG NOG 16th 3 1992 GJ Motorsports Lola T92/50 Mugen Honda SIL PAU CAT PER HOC NÜR NC 0 Il Barone Rampante Reynard 92D Cosworth SPA ALB NOG MAG
Complete British Formula 3000 Championship 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 Pts 1990 Madgwick Motorsport GB Reynard 90D Cosworth BHI OUL THR SNE BHI BHI OUL BGP SIL DON 1st 62
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 Coloni Racing Srl Coloni C4 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS NC 0
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Ray Mallock Ltd. Miguel Ramos Gavin Pickering Saleen S7-R GTS 312 23rd 5th Graham Nash Motorsport Ray Mallock Ltd. Thomas Erdos 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 320iJAR13JAR24ALB15ALB210BAR1RetBAR2RetEST12EST21CAL1RetCAL24JER11JER2RetJAR11JAR21BAR13BAR232nd160
Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points Pedro Matos Renault 5 GT Turbo MON SWE PORRet KEN FRA GRC ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR NC 0 Telecel Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE KEN POR13 ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR NC 0 Telecel Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE KEN PORRet ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0 Telecel Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE KEN PORRet ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0 Telecel / Vodafone Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE PORRet ESP ARG CYP GRC KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC 0
Complete FIA GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points 1997 Roock Racing GT1 Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 HOC SIL HEL NÜR SPA A1R NC 0 GT2 Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 SUZ DON MUG SEB LAG 11th 13 2003 Graham Nash Motorsport GT Saleen S7-R Ford 6.9 L V8 BAR MAG PER BRN DON SPA AND OSC EST MNZ 17th 15.5
References
External links Profile at F1 Rejects Pedro Matos Chaves at Giant Bomb