Gustavo Menezes

Gustavo Menezes
Gustavo Menezes
	Menezes in 2019
Nationality	American
Born	19 September 1994 (age 27); Los Angeles, California, United States
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Peugeot Sport
Car number	94
Former teams	Signatech Alpine; Glickenhaus Racing
Starts	34
Championships	1 (LMP2)
Wins	8
Poles	9
Fastest laps	2
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, currently racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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	Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team	6	0	0	0	0	68	18th
2012	Star Mazda Championship	Team Pelfrey	17	0	0	0	0	208	9th
2012	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
2013	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	Van Amersfoort Racing	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	Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	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
2016	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Signatech-Alpine	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	Signatech Alpine Matmut	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	8	1	0	0	4	114	3rd
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans	Rebellion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship	Rebellion Racing	7	2	4	1	6	145	3rd
2020	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	1	0	26	23rd
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans	Rebellion Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship	Glickenhaus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	8th
	European Le Mans Series	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	0	0	10.5	23rd
	European Le Mans Series	G-Drive Racing	2	0	0	0	0	10.5	23rd

^† As Menezes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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
2017	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
2020	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB 5	ELK	ATL	PET	LGA	SEB						23rd	26

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 7	SPA 2	LMS 5		3rd	114
2019–20	Rebellion Racing	LMP1	Rebellion R13	Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8	SIL 9	FUJ 3	SHA 1	BHR 3	COA 1	SPA 3	LMS 2	BHR		3rd	145
2021	Glickenhaus Racing	LMH	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ Ret	LMS	BHR	BHR				8th	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Signatech Alpine	Nicolas Lapierre Stéphane Richelmi	Alpine A460	LMP2	357	5th	1st
2017	Signatech Alpine Matmut	Romain Dumas Matt Rao	Alpine A470-Gibson	LMP2	351	10th	8th
2018	Rebellion Racing	Mathias Beche Thomas Laurent	Rebellion R13-Gibson	LMP1	376	3rd	3rd
2019	Rebellion Racing	Nathanaël Berthon Thomas Laurent	Rebellion R13-Gibson	LMP1	370	5th	5th
2020	Rebellion Racing	Norman Nato Bruno Senna	Rebellion R13-Gibson	LMP1	382	2nd	2nd

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
2021	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	RBR 12	LEC WD	MNZ			23rd	10.5
2021	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Aurus 01	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8					SPA 7	ALG 8	23rd	10.5

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

References[]

^ "FIA Formula 3 European Championship - #2 - Gustavo Menezes (Rebellion Racing Carlin)". fiaf3europe.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
^ "CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship - KF3 2008 standings - Driver Database". driverdb.com.
^ "Gustavo Menezes secures victory for the first time". Formel3.de. June 15, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^ "Menezes wins with top speed". Formel3.de. September 28, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
^ "Official Race Report of the Rolex 24 at Daytona" (PDF). imsa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-21.
^ "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.
^ "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

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

[1] "FIA Formula 3 European Championship - #2 - Gustavo Menezes (Rebellion Racing Carlin)". fiaf3europe.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

[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.

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