Gabby Enters Italian Formula 3 Championship with Eurointernational

02/25/2010

Formula BMW Americas champion will make his European debut piloting a Mygale M-10

MIAMI , FLA. (February 25, 2010) – Standout junior formula car driver Gabby Chaves will take the next step of his motorsports career in 2010 when he enters the competitive Italian Formula 3 Championship. Piloting a Eurointernational-prepared Mygale M-10 chassis, the talented American will make his European debut driving for the team that led him to a championship-winning season in 2009.

 

With the goal of ultimately racing at the pinnacle of motorsports – Formula One – Chaves has elected to make the move to European formula car competition full-time in 2010. After two very successful tests with leading F3 teams during the holiday season, Chaves and his supporters determined that the time was right to advance up to the renowned Formula Three racing ranks. As a result, the American racer has reunited with Eurointernational to contest the entire 2010 Italian Formula 3 Championship, one of the leading national F3 programs in Europe . Chaves won five races and never finished off the podium in his inaugural season with Eurointernational in 2009, capturing the final Formula BMW Americas title.

"I'm excited to be joining the Italian Formula 3 Championship with Eurointernational," stated Chaves. "The series is very difficult and all the races will be held on tracks that are new to me, but Eurointernational is a team that races only to win, and it has the technical expertise to provide me with tools to succeed. I know the engineers and the team very well, and I am confident we can win races and challenge for the series title. I would like to thank all my sponsors, my family and Antonio Ferrari for allowing me to race."

"I believe Gabby Chaves is a great talent," added Team Principal Antonio Ferrari. "Last season, we worked perfectly together, winning the Formula BMW Americas title. I am very happy to continue the work already started in the Italian Formula 3 this season, providing Gabby with everything that is needed to keep on winning. Our technical director Nicola Sgotto will have at his side Ferdinando Ravarotto, renewing a historic and winning partnership of '90s. Both have been working with Gabriel since 2008."

Chaves enters the Italian Formula 3 Championship not only as the reigning FBMW Americas champion, but having achieved a great deal of success in his young racing career. In addition to a championship-winning career in the karting ranks, the Miami-native has been at the forefront of several championships, including Colombian Formula Renault, Skip Barber Regional, Skip Barber National and Formula BMW Pacific, winning numerous races and two championship titles.

The 2010 Italian Formula 3 Championship gets underway on April 24-25, with the season-opening event being held at the Misano World Circuit in Misano, Italy. Prior to the first races of the season, Chaves and Eurointernational will take part in private testing and the official series test at Misano on April 13-14.

 

About Gabby Chaves:

Widely considered one the premier up-and-coming drivers in the junior formula car ranks, Chaves has made a name for himself by winning races and challenging for championship titles. The American first got behind the wheel of a race car at the age of 13, winning a Skip Barber Racing Shoot-out scholarship. In his first full-season of competition, the former Easy Kart, Stars of Karting and Florida Winter Tour champion captured the Colombian Grand Prix Formula Renault 2000 title and finished as the series runner-up in the Skip Barber Eastern Regional Series. Building on this success, Chaves went undefeated in the 2006-07 Skip Barber Regional Southern Series, winning all 10 races. The teenager continued his winning ways one year later, extending his Skip Barber Racing victory streak to 17 consecutive victories, leading the Skip Barber National Series before making the switch to Formula BMW Pacific competition. Last year, Chaves returned to the top of the championship charts, winning the final Formula BMW Americas title with five wins and podium finishes in every race. In 2010, Chaves will race full-time in Europe, competing in the Italian F3 Championship. The young American is also a candidate for the USF1 junior program.

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