Gustavo Menezes

Gustavo Menezes
Menezes in 2019
Nationality	American
Born	19 September 1994 (age 28)
Curent series	FIA World Endurance Championship
First year	2016
Current team	Peugeot TotalEnergies
Former teams	Signatech Alpine Rebellion Racing Glickenhaus Racing
Starts	36
Wins	8
Poles	9
Podiums	22
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st in (2016)
Previous series
Previous series years	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

Gustavo Menezes
Years	2016-2020
Teams	Signatech Rebellion Racing
Best finish	2nd (2020)
Class wins	1 (2016)

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. 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. 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, and the 12 Hours of Sebring, where he finished 31st overall and 6th in class.

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.

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 - LMP2	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
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype	Rebellion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	23	35th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	3GT Racing	1	0	0	0	0	4	85th
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	APR - Rebellion Racing	6	0	0	0	0	23.25	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype	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	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	1	0	26	23rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Rebellion Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Glickenhaus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	8th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	0	0	10.5	23rd
		G-Drive Racing	2	0	0	0	0
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar	Peugeot TotalEnergies	3	0	0	0	0	40	7th

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

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	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	DC	Points
2013	Van Amersfoort Racing	OSC1 1 3	OSC1 2 6	OSC1 2 6	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 4	SPA 3 7	NÜR1 1 7	NÜR1 2 C	NÜR1 3 7	SAC 1 15†	SAC 2 7	SAC 3 3	LAU1 1 5	LAU1 2 1	LAU1 3 4	NÜR2 1 4	NÜR2 2 8	NÜR2 3 3	LAU2 1 4	LAU2 2 4	LAU2 3 4	OSC2 1 3	OSC2 2 7	OSC2 3 2	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 1	HOC 3 4	4th	241

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 IMSA 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
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	Hypercar	Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH	Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ Ret	LMS	BHR	BHR				8th	0
2022	Peugeot TotalEnergies	Hypercar	Peugeot 9X8	Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6	SEB	SPA	LMS	MNZ 4	FUJ 5	BHR 4				7th	40

^* Season still in progress.

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
	G-Drive Racing		Aurus 01						SPA 7	ALG 8

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

References

Sporting positions Preceded by: Sam Bird Julien Canal Roman Rusinov FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2016 Succeeded by: Bruno Senna Julien Canal This page uses some content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Gustavo Menezes. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Autopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.