Gustavo Menezes

































































Gustavo Menezes
Nationality
United States American
Born
(1994-09-19) 19 September 1994 (age 24)
Los Angeles, California, United States[1]

FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2016
Current team Rebellion Racing
Car no. 4
Former teams Signatech Alpine
Starts 23
Championships 1 (LMP2)
Wins 6
Poles 5
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 1st in 2018
Previous series

2016-17
2014–15
2013
2013
2011–12
2011–12
2011
2010

Asian Le Mans Series
United SportsCar Championship
American Le Mans Series
German Formula Three
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Star Mazda Championship
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Pacific F2000
Championship titles
2016 FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers

Gustavo Menezes (born 19 September 1994) is an American racing driver.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Karting


    • 1.2 German Formula Three


    • 1.3 American Le Mans Series/United SportsCar Championship


    • 1.4 FIA European Formula 3 Championship




  • 2 Racing record


    • 2.1 Career summary


    • 2.2 Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results


    • 2.3 Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results


    • 2.4 Complete Global RallyCross Championship results


      • 2.4.1 GRC Lites




    • 2.5 Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results


    • 2.6 24 Hours of Le Mans results


    • 2.7 Complete European Le Mans Series results




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Career



Karting


Menezes began karting in 2002, but took his first championship in 2005 in the IKF Region 7 Sprint - HPV 1 Cadet. In 2008 he began karting outside the United States. In Asia he competed in the CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship becoming 5th in the championship in 2008.[2] That same year Carlos Sainz, Jr. won the championship. In Europe he competed in championship in among others Monaco, Sweden and Belgium. He competes in karting championship from time to time, but he started his single-seater career in 2010.



German Formula Three


In 2013 Menezes competed in the German Formula Three. He drove the full season with Van Amersfoort Racing and won two races.[3][4] He became 4th in the championship with 241 points.



American Le Mans Series/United SportsCar Championship




Menezes driving in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.


Menezes began his endurance racing career in 2013, driving for RSR Racing in the American Le Mans Series in the Prototype Challenge class. He only entered the Petit Le Mans with co-drivers Bruno Junqueira and Duncan Ende and finished 29th overall and 6th in class.


Both in 2014 and 2015 he competed again with RSR Racing and again in the Prototype Challenge class. In those two seasons he entered three races. In 2014 he only entered the 24 Hours of Daytona, but he and his co-drivers were unable to finish and were classified in a disappointing 63rd position. In 2015 he entered the first two races of the season: the 24 Hours of Daytona, where he finished 34th overall and 4th in class,[5] and the 12 Hours of Sebring, where he finished 31st overall and 6th in class.[6]



FIA European Formula 3 Championship


After he had finished 4th in the championship in the German Formula Three, Menezes graduated to the FIA European Formula 3 Championship in 2014 and drove again with Van Amersfoort Racing. He finished 11th in the championship and managed to take two third-place finishes at Spa-Francorchamps. In 2015 he joined Jagonya Ayam with Carlin.[7]



Racing record



Career summary



















































































































































































































































































































Season
Series
Team
Races
Wins
Poles
F/Laps
Podiums
Points
Position
2010
Pacific F2000 Championship

Unknown
2
0
0
0
0
12
14th
2011

Star Mazda Championship

Juncos Racing
11
0
0
0
1
297
8th

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team
8
0
0
0
0
0
37th

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
6
0
0
0
0
68
18th
2012

Star Mazda Championship

Team Pelfrey
17
0
0
0
0
208
9th

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Fortec Motorsports
2
0
0
0
0
0
NC†
2013

German Formula 3 Championship

Van Amersfoort Racing
17
2
0
2
8
241
4th

American Le Mans Series – PC

RSR Racing
1
0
0
0
0
0
24th
2014

FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Van Amersfoort Racing
33
0
1
0
2
91
11th

Macau Grand Prix
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
10th

United SportsCar Championship – PC

RSR Racing
1
0
0
0
0
1
59th
2015

FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Jagonya Ayam with Carlin
33
0
0
1
0
65
12th

Macau Grand Prix
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
DNF

United SportsCar Championship – PC

RSR Racing
3
0
0
0
0
53
23rd

Global RallyCross Championship – GRC Lites

Olsbergs MSE
1
0
0
0
0
11
20th
2016

FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2

Signatech-Alpine
9
4
2
1
7
199

1st

24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2
1
1
0
0
1
N/A

1st
2016-17

Asian Le Mans Series

Jackie Chan DC Racing
4
2
1
0
3
69

3rd
2017

FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2

Signatech Alpine Matmut
9
1
3
0
5
151
4th

24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
8th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Rebellion Racing
1
0
0
0
0
23
35th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD

3GT Racing
1
0
0
0
0
4
85th
2018

European Le Mans Series

APR - Rebellion Racing
6
0
0
0
0
23.25
12th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
JDC-Miller Motorsports
1
0
0
0
0
24
54th

24 Hours of Le Mans

Rebellion Racing
1
0
0
0
1
N/A

3rd
2018-19

FIA World Endurance Championship

Rebellion Racing
5
1
0
0
3
73

3rd*

As Menezes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.



Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results


(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)



























































































































Year
Entrant
Engine
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
DC
Points

2014

Van Amersfoort Racing

Volkswagen

SIL
1
16

SIL
2
13

SIL
3
18

HOC
1
Ret

HOC
2
21

HOC
3
9

PAU
1
15

PAU
2
13

PAU
3
Ret

HUN
1
17

HUN
2
7

HUN
3
8

SPA
1
6

SPA
2

3

SPA
3
3

NOR
1
Ret

NOR
2
10

NOR
3
5

MSC
1
10

MSC
2
15

MSC
3
12

RBR
1
7

RBR
2
5

RBR
3
8

NÜR
1
14

NÜR
2
13

NÜR
3
13

IMO
1
Ret

IMO
2
10

IMO
3
10

HOC
1
8

HOC
2
9

HOC
3
16
11th
91

2015

Jagonya Ayam with Carlin

Volkswagen

SIL
1
7

SIL
2
18

SIL
3
4

HOC
1
9

HOC
2
7

HOC
3
11

PAU
1
15

PAU
2
14

PAU
3
Ret

MNZ
1
13

MNZ
2
5

MNZ
3
6

SPA
1
22

SPA
2
Ret

SPA
3
DNS

NOR
1
7

NOR
2
7

NOR
3
Ret

ZAN
1
16

ZAN
2
10

ZAN
3
Ret

RBR
1

8

RBR
2
10

RBR
3
12

ALG
1
15

ALG
2
4

ALG
3
Ret

NÜR
1
14

NÜR
2
Ret

NÜR
3
14

HOC
1
20

HOC
2
12

HOC
3
13
12th
65


Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results


(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
































































































































Year
Entrant
Class
Make
Engine
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Rank
Points

2014

RSR Racing
PC

Oreca FLM09

Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8.

DAY
9

SEB

LGA

KAN

WGL

IMS

ELK

VIR

COA

PET


59th
1

2015

RSR Racing
PC

Oreca FLM09

Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8.

DAY
4

SEB
6

LGA

DET

WGL

MOS

LIM

ELK

COA

PET
6


23rd
53

2017

3GT Racing
GTD

Lexus RC F GT3

Lexus 5.0 L V8

DAY
27

SEB

LBH

COA

DET

WGL

MOS

LIM

ELK

VIR

LGA

85th
4

Rebellion Racing
P

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8












PET
8
35th
23

2018
JDC-Miller Motorsports
P

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

DAY
7

SEB

LBH

MDO

DET

WGL

MOS

ELK

LGA

PET


54th
24


Complete Global RallyCross Championship results



GRC Lites









































Year
Entrant
Car
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pos
Points

2015

Olsbergs MSE
Lites Ford Fiesta
FTA
DAY
DAY
MCAS
DET
DET
DC
LA
LA
BAR
BAR
LV
9
20th
11


Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results











































































Year
Entrant
Class
Car
Engine
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Rank
Points

2016

Signatech-Alpine
LMP2

Alpine A460

Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

SIL
4

SPA
1

LMS
1

NÜR
1

MEX
2

COA
1

FUJ
3

SHA
4

BHR
3
1st
199

2017

Signatech Alpine Matmut
LMP2

Alpine A470

Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

SIL
4

SPA
5

LMS
5

NÜR
3

MEX
2

COA
1

FUJ
2

SHA
2

BHR
4
4th
151

2018–19

Rebellion Racing
LMP1

Rebellion R13

Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8

SPA
3

LMS
3

SIL
1

FUJ
Ret

SHA
5

SEB


SPA


LMS


3rd*
73*

* Season still in progress.



24 Hours of Le Mans results











































Year
Team
Co-Drivers
Car
Class
Laps

Pos.

Class
Pos.


2016

France Signatech Alpine

France Nicolas Lapierre
Monaco Stéphane Richelmi

Alpine A460
LMP2
357
5th

1st

2017

France Signatech Alpine Matmut

France Romain Dumas
United Kingdom Matt Rao

Alpine A470-Gibson
LMP2
351
10th
8th

2018

Switzerland Rebellion Racing

Switzerland Mathias Beche
France Thomas Laurent

Rebellion R13-Gibson
LMP1
376

3rd

3rd


Complete European Le Mans Series results

































Year
Entrant
Class
Chassis
Engine
1
2
3
4
5
6
Rank
Points

2018

APR - Rebellion Racing
LMP2

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

LEC
15

MNZ
8

RBR
6

SIL
5

SPA
15‡

ALG
12
12th
23.25

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



References





  1. ^ "FIA Formula 3 European Championship - #2 - Gustavo Menezes (Rebellion Racing Carlin)". fiaf3europe.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship - KF3 2008 standings - Driver Database". driverdb.com.


  3. ^ "Gustavo Menezes secures victory for the first time". Formel3.de. June 15, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2015.


  4. ^ "Menezes wins with top speed". Formel3.de. September 28, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2015.


  5. ^ "Official Race Report of the Rolex 24 at Daytona" (PDF). imsa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-21.


  6. ^ "Official Race Report of the 63rd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida" (PDF). imsa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-18.


  7. ^ "Menezes joins Carlin for FIA Formula 3 European Championship". carlin.co.uk. December 4, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2015.




External links



  • Official website


  • Gustavo Menezes career summary at DriverDB.com


  • Gustavo Menezes on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata









Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sam Bird
Julien Canal
Roman Rusinov


FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
2016
With: Nicolas Lapierre & Stephane Richelmi
Succeeded by
Bruno Senna
Julien Canal




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