Franco Girolami

Franco Girolami
Born	(1992-02-14) February 14, 1992 Argentina
Occupation	Racing driver
Known for	Winning titles in Formula Renault Plus, TC2000, Top Race V6, TCR Europe, and TCR Italy

Franco Girolami (born on February 14, 1992) is a professional racing driver from Argentina. Throughout his career, he has secured titles in various series including Formula Renault Plus, TC2000, Top Race V6, TCR Europe, and TCR Italy.

He is also the sibling of Néstor Girolami, who competes in the WTCR championship.

Racing career

Starting his racing journey in 2008, Girolami initially concentrated on open-wheel competitions. He clinched the Formula Renault Plus championship in 2011 and finished as runner-up in Formula Renault Argentina the same year. The following year, 2012, he won the TC2000 championship by achieving six victories across ten events.

In 2013, Girolami made his debut in Súper TC2000 with Chevrolet Argentina and began competing in Top Race V6 in 2014. Between 2015 and 2019, he drove Mitsubishi vehicles for Gabriel Furlán’s team in TRV6. His efforts culminated in winning the 2018 title with three victories, narrowly surpassing seven-time champion Agustín Canapino. Subsequent seasons saw him finish second in 2019 and third in 2020.

Girolami’s first foray into international competition was in Stock Car Brasil during 2018. By 2020, he was participating in selected rounds of TCR Italy and TCR Europe. At the start of the 2021 TCR Italy season at Misano, he won from pole position. Shortly thereafter, he earned his inaugural TCR Europe win at Zandvoort, briefly holding the championship lead. Although he added another victory at Monza that year, he ultimately placed second behind Mikel Azcona.

In 2022, Girolami joined Audi Sport Team Comtoyou PSS and dominated the TCR Europe championship with four wins and consistent podium finishes at every event. He concluded the season more than 100 points ahead of runner-up Tom Coronel. The following year, he captured the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship title driving for Aikoa Racing.

Career summary

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Full TCR Europe Touring Car Series Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics signify fastest lap)

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles		Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Fórmula Metropolitana	N/A	3	0	0	0	0	13	16th
	Fórmula Renault Argentina	Litoral Group	2	0	0	0	0	2	35th
2009	Fórmula Renault Argentina	Damiano FB MS	12	0	0	0	0	25	14th
	Top Race Junior	Crespi Competición	1	0	0	0	0	5	36th
2010	Fórmula Renault Argentina	Gastón Dammiano Motorsport	11	2	1	0	5	117	4th
2011
	TC Mouras	Savino Sport	2	0	0	0	0	15	35th
	Top Race Series	Fiat Linea Competición	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Fórmula Renault Plus	HRC Pro Team	9	4	6	2	6	163	1st
Fórmula Renault Argentina	12		2	2	2	5	145	2nd
2012
	TC2000	Pro Rally / Pro Racing	10	6	7	4	8	219	1st
TC Mouras	MG Racing	2	0	0	1	0	17	35th
rowspan=1 2013
rowspan=3 2014

Season	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Total Points
2020	PSS Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	JAR 1 Retired	JAR 2 14th			31st	3
2021	PSS Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	SVK 1 12th	SVK 2 3rd	LEC 1 7th	LEC 2 5th	ZAN 1 5th	ZAN 2 1st	SPA 1 5th	SPA 2 7th	NÜR 1 2nd	NÜR 2 2nd	MNZ 1 1st	MNZ 2 19th	CAT 1 17th	CAT 2 5th	2nd Overall	353 Points

Full World Touring Car Cup Results

(key) (Entries in bold indicate pole position) (Entries in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Standing	Total Points
2022	Comtoyou Racing	Audi RS 3 LMS TCR	FRA 1	FRA 2	GER 1	GER 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	POR 1	POR 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	ALS 1	ALS 2	BHR 1 14‡	BHR 2 7‡			18th Place	16 Points
	Comtoyou Team Audi Sport																	style="background:#DFFFDF;" |SAU 1 4th style="background:#EFCFFF;" |SAU 2 Retired

^‡ Due to Girolami's status as a Wildcard competitor, he was not eligible to earn championship points.

Stock Car Brasil performance

Season	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Final Position	Total Points
2022	Lubrax Podium	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 1 21	GOI 1	GOI 2	VCA 1	VCA 2												NC†	0†

^† Girolami participated as a guest competitor and thus was not eligible to accumulate points.