Jaime Melo

Melo at the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Jaime Melo, also known as Jaime Melo, Jr. (born 24 April 1980), is a Brazilian professional racing driver best known for his success in grand tourers as Ferrari driver. In 2006 he won the FIA GT Championship in the GT2 class driving for AF Corse and the next year he did the same at the American Le Mans Series for Risi Competizione, where he currently drives. Melo has collected GT2 class wins at the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 2009 24 Hours of Spa, the 2007, 2009 and 2010 12 Hours of Sebring and the 2008 and 2009 Petit Le Mans among other endurance race wins.

For 2012, Melo competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Luxury Racing in GTE-Pro.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	JMB Racing	Jean-René de Fornoux Stéphane Daoudi	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	GT	133	DNF	DNF
2007	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Johnny Mowlem	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	223	DNF	DNF
2008	Risi Competizione	Gianmaria Bruni Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	326	19th	1st
2009	Risi Competizione	Pierre Kaffer Mika Salo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	329	18th	1st
2010	Risi Competizione	Gianmaria Bruni Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	116	DNF	DNF
2011	Luxury Racing	Stéphane Ortelli Frédéric Makowiecki	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	183	DNF	DNF
2012	Luxury Racing	Frédéric Makowiecki Dominik Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	333	18th	2nd

External links

• Jaime Melo official website