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🇧🇷 Jaime Melo

Racing driver from Brazil. WEC, Luxury Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Jaime Melo
Born
24 April 1980(b. 1980)
Nationality
Brazil
Current team
Luxury Racing
Series
WEC
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
6
Career starts
46
Career DNFs
6
Racer Rating
5,207
Jaime Melo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,207
Rank 907 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jaime Melo is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in WEC for Luxury Racing. Melo has recorded 1 win and 6 podiums from 46 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,207 ranks Melo 907th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2012 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGER
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2012-06-16LE MANS LMGTE ProWECP2+126
2012-05-05Spa-Francorchamps LMGTE ProWECP3+33
2012-03-17Sebring International Raceway LM GTE ProWECDNF−56
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+125LE MANS 2012WECP2
+109Interlagos 2001International Formula 3000P2
+88Imola 2000International Formula 3000P4
+81A1-Ring 2001International Formula 3000P5
+79Spa-Francorchamps 2009FIA GT ChampionshipP4
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Imola4 starts+8
Struggles
Silverstone5 starts-18
Spa-Francorchamps6 starts-13
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2012▸WECLuxury Racing302100P8+1015,207
2011▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieHANKOOK - TEAM FARNBACHER100100—−1265,105
2009▸FIA GT ChampionshipAF Corse100000P21+795,232
2008▸FIA GT ChampionshipAF Corse100000P22+645,152
2007▸FIA GT ChampionshipAF Corse Motorola100100P30−1415,089
2006▸FIA GT ChampionshipAF Corse1000000P18−475,230
2005▸FIA GT ChampionshipGPC Sport601200P16−5775,276
2004▸FIA GT ChampionshipG.P.C. Giesse Squadra Corse612000P12+1155,853
2001▸International Formula 3000Durango Formula SRL901110P13−1775,737
2000▸International Formula 3000Petrobras Junior Team800000P9+4,5645,914
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Melo finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇮🇹 Andrea PicciniFIA Gold3,91737181949%
🇮🇹 Fabrizio Gollin5,72632131941%
🇧🇪 Bas LeindersFIA Silver4,39430201067%
🇩🇪 Andrea BertoliniFIA Gold3,7472652119%
🇧🇪 Bert LonginFIA Bronze5,50125111444%
🇮🇹 Fabio BabiniFIA Platinum3,7212561924%
🇩🇪 Michael Bartels5,9672481633%
🇩🇰 Philipp Peter4,99224101442%
🇫🇷 Emmanuel CollardFIA Silver3,89024141058%
🇩🇪 Christian RiedFIA Bronze4,4702218482%
🇪🇸 Fernando AlonsoFIA Platinum, 3× champion6,72176186%
🇦🇺 Mark WebberHigher-rated, 1× champion6,5371751229%
🇮🇹 Giorgio PantanoHigher-rated, 2× champion6,18995456%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
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901🇩🇰 Mikkel JensenAsian Le Mans Series5,210
902🇪🇸 Alfonso Garcia de VinuesaInternational Formula 30005,209
903🇧🇷 Rubens BarrichelloStock Car Pro Series5,209
904🇺🇸 Billy BoatIndyCar5,208
905🇺🇸 David RaganNASCAR Cup Series5,208
906🇫🇷 Dominique DelestreInternational Formula 30005,208
907🇧🇷 Jaime MeloWEC5,207
908🇬🇧 Marino FranchittiIMSA WeatherTech5,207
909🇺🇸 Ryan TruexNASCAR Xfinity5,207
910🇷🇺 Alexander Smolyar24H Series5,204
911🇺🇸 Sam ArdNASCAR Xfinity5,204
912🇧🇷 Felipe BaptistaStock Car Pro Series5,202
913🇯🇵 Jörg BergmeisterNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,202
914🇺🇸 Ed CarpenterIndyCar5,201
915🇫🇷 David VelayFIA GT Championship5,200
916🇩🇪 Jens KlingmannGT World Challenge Europe5,200
917🇨🇦 Stéphane ProulxInternational Formula 30005,196
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Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 986h ago

Jaime Melo is a semi-professional racing driver, ranked 2765 in the Elo scale at a rating of 3,989. This level describes drivers who win in professional-amateur classes and run mid-pack among full professionals; Melo's single recorded season shows him competing in endurance racing at that standard.[1]

Melo's recorded career comprises three starts in the 2012 WEC season for Luxury Racing, yielding two podium finishes and an average result of second place. Over that brief window he finished ahead of several established professionals, including FIA Platinum graded drivers Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen, each beaten once; he also outpointed Stefan Mücke, an FIA Gold graded sportscar driver, and Jordan Taylor, a Platinum graded professional and multiple IMSA WeatherTech champion. His team, Luxury Racing, fielded no race winners across its entire history in the database and was among the weaker outfits he could have joined, yet Melo's results suggest he was one of its stronger drivers.[2]

The 2012 campaign appears to be the sum of Melo's racing record on file. His biographical background indicates a far more extensive and accomplished career in grand touring and endurance racing, including the 2006 FIA GT Championship in GT2 and multiple class victories at major 24-hour races; however, none of those results appear in this database. Melo has since retired from racing.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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