Nationality Canadian Former teams Juncos Racing Fastest laps 2 Car no 13 | Debut season 2016 Indy Lights Starts 18 Current team Carlin Motorsport Start 18 | |
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Born April 20, 1998 (age 18)
Montreal, Canada ( 1998-04-20 ) | ||
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Zachary Claman De Melo (born April 20, 1998) is a professional Canadian race car driver from Montreal.
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Zachary claman demelo
Karting and lower formula
DeMelo began competing in various regional and national karting events in 2008. In 2010, at the age of 12, he clinched his first Canadian National Karting Championship as well as his first Eastern Canadian Karting Championship. By the age of 16, he had won 3 Canadian National Karting Championships, 5 consecutive Eastern Canadian National Championships, and earned a 3rd place finish at the Rotax Karting World Championships. Demelo made his car racing debut in the 2014–15 Formula Skip Barber winter series, where he won two of the four races. In 2015 DeMelo participated in a handful of races in several Formula Renault 2.0 series including Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps. From there, he moved on to the Invitational class of the MSV F3 Cup, where he claimed a win in all 8 races he drove in.
Indy lights
In 2016 he entered Indy Lights as the youngest driver on the grid (17 years old) with defending championship team Juncos Racing. In his rookie campaign, DeMelo put up 9 finishes in the top 10 and 3 finishes in the top 5. In 2017, Demelo will race for the 2016 defending championship team, Carlin Motorsport.
Indycar series
In July 2016, DeMelo participated in a Verizon Indycar Series test with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.
Personal life
ZCD Montreal Shoes
In 2016, DeMelo and his sister launched a shoe brand called ZCD Montreal. Currently focused on it's women's division, ZCD Montreal shoes have been featured in People Magazine, Vogue and The Wall Street Journal. Celebrities such as Victoria's Secret model Devon Windsor and Actresses Margot Robbie and Elisha Cuthbert have also been seen wearing ZCD shoes.
Indy Lights
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