Zachary Claman DeMelo

Claman DeMelo at the Indy 500 2018

Zachary Claman DeMelo (born April 20, 1998 ) is a Canadian racing driver . He won the Canadian Kart Championship in 2013 and 2014 . In 2018 he started in the IndyCar Series .

Career

DeMelo began his motorsport career in karting in 2009 , where he remained active until 2015. In 2010 he won the Canadian kart championship in the Rotax Mini Max category of the Juniors . In 2013 and 2014 he was Canadian karting champion among adults; In 2015 he finished second in the Canadian Kart Championship.

In 2015 DeMelo made his debut in formula racing . He contested four races of the northern European Formula Renault for Fortec Motorsport . He also made several guest starts in the Alpine Formula Renault , in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and in the MSV Formula 3 . In 2016 DeMelo competed for Juncos Racing in the Indy Lights in North America. With a fourth place as the best result, he ended his debut season in ninth place in the drivers' standings. In 2017 he started for Carlin and finished the season with a win in fifth place. In the same year he made his debut in the IndyCar Series. In the last race of the season he drove for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and finished the race in 17th place. In 2018 , he was one of three drivers who shared Dale Coyne's # 19 vehicle. With nine starts in 17 races, he finished 23rd in the overall standings. Without a cockpit for the 2019 season, he returned to the Indy Lights series. He won the first race in St. Petersburg with the Belardi Auto Racing team . After three of the ten weekends, however, he had to end the season early due to financial problems.

Personal

DeMelo grew up in Westmount , Québec .

In 2013 he and his sister Zoe Claman DeMelo founded the shoe brand ZCD Montreal. Wearers of the shoes were u. a. already Gigi Hadid and Jennifer Lopez .

statistics

Career stations

2009–2015: karting 2015: Northern European Formula Renault (30th place) 2016 : Indy Lights (9th place) 2017: Indy Lights (5th place)

2017: WSCC , GTD (70th place) 2017 : IndyCar Series (31st place) 2018 : IndyCar Series (23rd place) 2019: Indy Lights (10th place)

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	Juncos Racing	STP		PHO	BAR		INDY			ROA		IOW	GOAL		MDO		WGL	LAG		199	9.
		11	16	11	5	7th	13	14th	13	5	4th	8th	13	13	7th	7th	9	12	7th

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2017	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM	26th	31.
																		17th
2018	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM	122	23.
		17th		23	19th	12	19 ° 13			17th	21st	18th	14th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Allen: Zach Claman DeMelo heads to Indy Lights from MSV F3 Cup. paddockscout.com, December 15, 2015, accessed October 14, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Tony DiZinno: Carlin adds Claman De Melo to Indy Lights lineup. nbcsports.com, February 17, 2017, accessed June 6, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Elliot Wood: Zachary Claman DeMelo to miss rest of Indy Lights season. formulascout.com, May 20, 2019, accessed June 6, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Introducing: Zachary Claman De Melo. indycar.com, January 28, 2016, accessed October 14, 2016 . 
5. ↑ About. zcdmontreal.com, accessed June 6, 2020 . 

Web links

• Career statistics of Zachary Claman Demelo (English)