Jaime Melo

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2004, 2007 - 2012
Teams	JMB Racing, Risi Competizione, Luxury Racing
Best finish	18th (2009, 2012)
Class wins	2 (2008, 2009)

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.

Melo at the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours.

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

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2000	Petrobras Junior Team	IMO 4	SIL 16	CAT 14	NÜR 6	MON DNQ	MAG 17	A1R 5	HOC 8	HUN DNQ	SPA 18			14th	6
2001	Durango Formula	INT 2	IMO Ret	CAT 21	A1R 5	MON 11	NÜR 13	MAG 14	SIL 12	HOC 12	HUN	SPA	MNZ	12th	8

Complete Euro Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
2002	Great Wall Racing Team	VLL 11	PER 4	MOZ 9	SPA 2	DON 3	BRN 1	DIJ 1	JER 1	CAG 2	1st	49
2003	Uboldi Corse	NÜR	MAG	PER	MOZ	SPA 5	DON	BRN			6th	14
2003	ADM Motorsport								JER 5	CAG 1	6th	14

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External links

Jaime Melo official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Felipe Massa	Euro Formula 3000 champion 2002	Succeeded by Augusto Farfus

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