"Gimax",

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of Carlo Franchi (1 January 1938 – 13 January 2021) was an Italian racing driver. He never raced under his real name, and his son has also raced using the name "Gimax". He entered one World Championship

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Grand Prix with

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, the

1978 Italian Grand Prix The 1978 Italian Grand Prix was the 14th motor race of the 1978 Formula One season. It was held on 10 September 1978 at Monza. It was marred by the death of Ronnie Peterson following an accident at the start of the race. With three races remaini ...

, but failed to qualify. He also participated in one non-Championship Formula One race, the

1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix The 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola on 16 September 1979. The event was held in order for the Imola circuit to qualify for World Championship status from the ...

Sportscars

"Gimax" was a regular entrant in Italian sportscar racing during the 1970s and in 1978, he also competed in

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, a series set up for that season in order to allow Group 6 prototypes to continue to compete in Europe for their own championship after the cancellation of the ''World Sports Car Championship''. The series was separated into two categories, one for the 2-Litre cars and the other for the larger capacity cars: "Gimax" won the 2-litre drivers' championship in an

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, while Porsche driver

Reinhold Joest Reinhold Joest (also spelt Reinhold Jöst; born 24 April 1937) is a former German race car driver and current team owner. During the last 25 years, Joest Racing has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans fifteen times. Driving career Joest's driving career ...

won the Drivers' Championship for the larger capacity cars.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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References

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