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

Early career
Karting
Menezes began 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 . In he competed in the CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship becoming fifth in the championship in 2008. That same year, Carlos Sainz, Jr. won the championship. In , he competed in championship in among others , and . 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 fourth in the championship with 241 points.

American Le Mans Series/United SportsCar Championship
Menezes began his endurance racing career in 2013, driving for in the American Le Mans Series in the Prototype Challenge class. He only entered the Petit Le Mans with co-drivers and and finished 29th overall and sixth in class.

Both in 2014 and 2015, Menezes competed again with 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 fourth in class, and the 12 Hours of Sebring, where he finished 31st overall and sixth in class.

FIA European Formula 3 Championship
After he had finished fourth 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 -Alpine to compete in the LMP2 category of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering 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, , and 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 , 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 and (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 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 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 and LMP1 rookie 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 and . Before the 2022 WEC campaign, it was announced that Menezes would join 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
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team80000037th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps600006818th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Fortec Motorsports200000NC†
American Le Mans Series - PC10000024th
Macau Grand Prix10000N/A10th
United SportsCar Championship - PC10000159th
Macau Grand Prix10000N/ADNF
United SportsCar Championship - PC300005323rd
Global RallyCross Championship - GRC Lites100001120th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP211001N/A1st
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A8th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype100002335th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD3GT Racing10000485th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype100002454th
24 Hours of Le Mans10001N/A3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans10001N/A2nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP21000010.523rd
20000
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar10000N/A12th
† As Menezes was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2011 !nowrapInterwetten.com Racing Junior TeamALC
1
ALC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2


SIL
1
SIL
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
! 37th ! 0
2012 !nowrapFortec MotorsportsALC
1
ALC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2




LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
! NC† ! 0

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2011 !nowrapInterwetten.com Racing Junior TeamMNZ
1
MNZ
2




RBR
1
RBR
2


LEC
1
LEC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
! 18th ! 68

Complete German Formula Three Championship results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2013 ! Van Amersfoort RacingOSC1
1
OSC1
2
OSC1
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
NÜR1
1
NÜR1
2
NÜR1
3



LAU1
1
LAU1
2
LAU1
3
NÜR2
1
NÜR2
2
NÜR2
3
LAU2
1
LAU2
2
LAU2
3
OSC2
1
OSC2
2
OSC2
3



! 4th ! 241

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2014 ! Van Amersfoort Racing ! SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3



PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3



SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3






RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
IMO
1
IMO
2
IMO
3



! 11th ! 91
2015 ! Jagonya Ayam with Carlin ! SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3



PAU
1
PAU
2
PAU
3
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3



ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
ALG
1
ALG
2
ALG
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3



! 12th ! 65

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
()(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/ class)
2014 ! ! PC ! Oreca FLM09 ! LS3 6.2 L V8.DAY
SEBLGAKANWGLIMSELKVIRCOAPET ! 59th ! 1
2015 ! ! PC ! Oreca FLM09 ! LS3 6.2 L V8.DAY
SEB
LGADETWGLMOSLIMELKCOAPET
 ! 23rd ! 53
2017 ! 3GT Racing ! GTD ! ! 5.0 L V8DAY
SEBLBHCOADETWGLMOSLIMELKVIRLGA! 85th ! 4
2018 ! ! P ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
SEBLBHMDODETWGLMOSELKLGAPET ! 54th ! 24
2020 ! ! LMP2 ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY
ELKATLPETLGASEB
 ! 23rd ! 26

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results
GRC Lites
2015 ! !Lites FTADAYDAYMCASDETDETDCLALABARBARLV
! 20th ! 11

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
2016 ! -Alpine ! LMP2 ! Alpine A460 ! Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8SIL
SPA
LMS
NÜR
MEX
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"		1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"199
2017 ! ! LMP2 ! Alpine A470 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8SIL
SPA
LMS
NÜR
MEX
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
! 4th ! 151
2018–19 ! ! LMP1 ! Rebellion R13 ! Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8SPA
LMS
SIL
FUJ
SHA
SEB
SPA
LMS
!style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"114
2019–20 ! ! LMP1 ! Rebellion R13 ! Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8SIL
FUJ
SHA
BHR
COA
SPA
LMS
BHR!style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"145
2021 ! Glickenhaus Racing ! Hypercar ! Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH ! Glickenhaus 3.5 L Turbo V8SPAALGMNZ
LMSBHRBHR ! 8th ! 0
2022 ! ! Hypercar ! Peugeot 9X8 ! 2.6 L Turbo V6SEBSPALMSMNZ
FUJ
BHR
 ! 6th ! 40
2023 ! ! Hypercar ! Peugeot 9X8 ! 2.6 L Turbo V6SEB
ALG
SPA
LMS
MNZ
FUJ
BHR
 ! 11th ! 28

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Le Mans Series results
2018 ! APR - ! LMP2 ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LEC
MNZ
RBR
SIL
SPA
ALG
! 12th ! 23.25
2021 ! !rowspan=2LMP2 ! Oreca 07 !rowspan=2Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CATRBR
LEC
MNZ !rowspan=2 23rd !rowspan=210.5
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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