Geki (racing driver)

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Template:Short description Template:Sources needed Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "Geki" was the racing pseudonym of Giacomo Russo (23 October 1937 – 18 June 1967), who was a racing driver from Italy. An experienced driver in the Italian lower formulae, he also participated in three Formula One Italian Grands Prix from 1964 to 1966, failing to qualify for the 1964 race, driving a Brabham for Rob Walker. For his two Grand Prix starts, he drove for Team Lotus. He scored no championship points.

File:Alfa Romeo TZ 2 (Foto Spu 23.05.1965).jpg
Alfa Romeo TZ 2, Andrea de Adamich and Giacomo Russo in Hatzenbach section 1000km Nürburgring 1965; 17th overall, winner of the GT class up to 1.6 liters, 40 laps in 7: 00: 53.400 hours

However, he was a four-time Italian Formula Three series champion, winning consecutive championships from 1961 to 1964.[1]

He was killed in a horrific accident in an Italian Formula Three race at Caserta in 1967. After an accident involving Beat Fehr, Andrea Saltari and Franco Foresti, Fehr ran down the track to warn the oncoming racers of the damaged cars and oil on the track ahead. The next group of cars included Geki, Massimo Natili, Jürg Dubler, Romano "Tiger" Perdomi and Corrado Manfredini who were unable to avoid colliding with the wreckage on the track. Geki's Matra then crashed into a wall and he was killed instantly. Fehr was struck by one of the cars and was also killed, and Perdomi died in hospital eight days later.[2]

Complete Formula One results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WDC Points
1964 Rob Walker Racing Team Brabham BT11 BRM V8 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA
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1965 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax V8 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA MEX NC 0
1966 Team Lotus Lotus 33 Climax V8 MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA MEX NC 0
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References

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Sporting positions
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Champion
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