# Gustavo Menezes

Gustavo Soiblemann Menezes (born 19 September 1994) is an American-Brazilian racing driver, currently racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

## Early career
### Karting

Menezes began karting in 2001, and took his first championship in 2005 in the IKF Region 7 Sprint - HPV 1 Cadet. He additionally won the SKUSA SuperNationals in both the 2003 and 2004 editions. In 2007 he was the Stars of Tomorrow Juniors champion. 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 competed in the world karting championship from 2009-2010, but he started his single-seater career in 2011.

### 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 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.

## Sportscar career (2016-)

Following a test at Bahrain near the end of 2015, Menezes signed for Signatech-Alpine to compete in the LMP2 category of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Nicolas Lapierre and Stéphane Richelmi. The team experienced a dominant campaign, winning four races, including three wins in a row and a class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and ended up winning the title. As a result of his impressive debut season, Menezes was selected to drive a Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car at the post-season rookie test. The American's hot streak continued into 2017, as he took two race wins in the Asian Le Mans Series held during the winter. However, the trio of Menezes, Tung Ho-Pin, and Thomas Laurent missed out on the overall title due to accident damage sustained at the start of the season finale.
For the main 2017 campaign, ahead of which he was upgraded to gold-ranking by the FIA, Menezes returned to Signatech-Alpine for another season of the WEC, this time driving alongside a litany of other drivers throughout the year. Despite scoring three pole positions and five podiums, chief among which being a second successive triumph at the Circuit of the Americas, the team ended up third in the standings.
In 2018, Menezes would not just contest the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing alongside Harrison Newey and Ryan Cullen (where the trio finished all six races on their way to ninth in the teams' standings), but also stepped up to the LMP1 class with Rebellion Racing for the 'Super Season' in the WEC. In a truncated LMP1 field, Rebellion stood out as the best of the privateer entries, as Menezes, Thomas Laurent, and Mathias Beche helped the No. 3 squad towards third in the championship. Highlights included an overall podium at the 2018 Le Mans race as well as a win at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, where a disqualification for both Toyota entries handed the win to Menezes and his teammates.
Menezes remained at Rebellion for the 2019–20 WEC season, this time partnering Bruno Senna and LMP1 rookie Norman Nato in the team's sole full-time entry. This campaign saw more success, as the trio managed to win at both Shanghai and Austin, with a runner-up finish at the postponed 24 Hours of Le Mans to boot.
Entering the new Le Mans Hypercar era, Menezes drove for Glickenhaus Racing at the 6 Hours of Monza in 2021, one of just four events the American participated in during the year – the others being appearances in the European Le Mans Series with DragonSpeed USA and G-Drive Racing. Before the 2022 WEC campaign, it was announced that Menezes would join Peugeot Sport for their Hypercar class debut. He made appearances in all three of Peugeot's 2022 races as the team battled technical gremlins.
Menezes and Peugeot entered the WEC season full-time in 2023, as the American joined Nico Müller and Loïc Duval in the No. 94 lineup. Having struggled throughout the year, the team came to the fore at Le Mans, with Menezes taking the lead as the rain came down. Unfortunately, shortly after re-entering the car, Menezes has an incident from the P3, later on the team faced a list of mechanical issues leaving them to finish in 12th-place. At the end of the year, which Menezes ended 11th in the drivers' standings, the American ended his tenure at the French manufacturer.

## 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 |
| 2011 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th |
| 2011 | 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 |
| 2014 | Macau Grand Prix | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2015 | Macau Grand Prix | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2015 | United SportsCar Championship - PC | RSR Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 23rd |
| 2015 | 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 - 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 |
| 2017 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th |
| 2017 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Rebellion Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 35th |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2018 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | JDC-Miller MotorSports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 54th |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2020 | 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 |
| 2021 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | DragonSpeed USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 23rd |
| 2021 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | G-Drive Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 23rd |
| 2022 | FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6th |
| 2023 | FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11th |
| 2023 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar | Peugeot TotalEnergies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12th |
$^†$ As Menezes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

### Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
| 2011 | Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | IMO 1 13 | IMO 2 8 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 14 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | SPA 1 5 | SPA 2 6 | 18th | 68 |

### 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 |
| 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 | 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 | | | | 6th | 40 |
| 2023 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | Hypercar | Peugeot 9X8 | Peugeot 2.6 L Turbo V6 | SEB NC | ALG 5 | SPA 9 | LMS 9 | MNZ 11 | FUJ 7 | BHR 8 | | | 11th | 28 |

### 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 |
| 2023 | Peugeot TotalEnergies | Loïc Duval Nico Müller | Peugeot 9X8 | Hypercar | 312 | 27th | 12th |

### 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.