Franco Girolami

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Girolami in 2017

Franco Girolami (born February 14, 1992 in Isla Verde, Córdoba Province) is an Argentine motor racing driver. He won Formula Renault Plus, TC 2000 and Top Race V6 championships.[1] Franco is brother of Néstor Girolami, current WTCR driver.[2]

Racing career[]

Franco started his sports career in 2008, focusing on the next years in open-wheel championships. In 2011 he won the Formula Renault Plus championship and was runner-up in Formula Renault Argentina. In the next year, he was TC 2000 champion with six wins in 10 races.[1]

In 2013 he made his debut in Súper TC 2000 with the Chevrolet Argentina factory team and the next year in Top Race V6.[3][1]

Franco returned to being a full-time Súper TC 2000 driver only in 2020 with Fiat Racing Team.[4] Between 2015 and 2019 he raced with Gabriel Furlán's team in TRV6, with Mitsubishi cars. He won the title in 2018 with three wins and one point ahead of seven-time champion Agustín Canapino.[5] Third was his brother Néstor. In 2019 he won five races and was second in the championship, behind Matías Rossi, while in 2020 he won two races and finished third.[1][6]

His first race in a championship outside of Argentina was in 2018, in Stock Car Brasil, invited by Denis Navarro.[7] In 2020 he participated in rounds of TCR Italy and TCR Europe championships.[1] He wins the first race of 2021 TCR Italy at Misano after started in pole position.[8] Weeks later, he also achieved his first victory in TCR Europe, at Zandvoort, and is the championship leader.[9] Won for the second time at Monza, but lost the championship to Mikel Azcona.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Franco Girolami | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  2. ^ "Franco Girolami, un campeón que renació gracias a su hermano". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  3. ^ "Los Andes - Top Race: Las estadísticas del campeón Franco Girolami - Periodismo de verdad". www.losandes.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  4. ^ Mansilla, Mauricio (2020-01-27). "Franco Girolami será piloto Fiat en Súper TC 2000". Carburando (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  5. ^ "Los Andes - Top Race: Las estadísticas del campeón Franco Girolami - Periodismo de verdad". www.losandes.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  6. ^ Miño, Ezequiel (2019-12-08). "Top Race: Girolami se quedó con la última y Rossi es campeón del año". Primera Edición (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  7. ^ "Navarro fará dupla com Franco Girolami em Interlagos". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  8. ^ fabior (2021-06-05). "Franco Girolami converts the pole into TCR Italy's Race 1 win". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  9. ^ fabior (2021-06-20). "Franco Girolami wins Race 2 and takes the points lead". TCR HUB. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  10. ^ "Victory in Race 1 gives Mikel Azcona a second TCR Europe title - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
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