- Geki (driver)
Former F1 driver
Name = "Geki"
Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
Years = F1|1964 - F1|1966
Team(s) =Rob Walker Racing Team ,Team Lotus
Races = 3 (2 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1964 Italian Grand Prix
Last race =1966 Italian Grand Prix "Geki" was the racing
pseudonym of Giacomo Russo (October 23, 1937 inMilan – June 18, 1967 atCaserta ), who was a racing driver fromItaly . A talented driver in the Italian lower formulae, he also participated in 3Formula One Italian Grands Prix from 1964-66, failing to qualify for the 1964 race, driving aBrabham for Rob Walker. For his two Grand Prix starts, he drove forTeam Lotus . He scored no championship points.However, he was a four-time Italian F3 series champion, winning consecutive championships from 1961 to 1964. [cite web | url = http://www.motorsportsetc.com/champs/ita_f3.htm | title = Italian F3 Champions / Formula 3 / Formula Junior | accessdate = 2008-10-05 | publisher = MotorSports Etc.]
He was killed in a horrific accident in an Italian
Formula 3 race atCaserta in 1967. After a multiple accident involvingErnesto Brambilla ,Clay Regazzoni , Jurg Dubler, Romano "Tiger" Perdomi and Corrado Manfredini; another driver,Beat Fehr , stopped his car, got out and ran down the track to warn the oncoming racers of the damaged cars on the track ahead. The next group of cars included Geki, who was unable to avoid colliding with and killing Fehr. Geki'sMatra then crashed into a wall and he died in the subsequent fire. Perdomi was also killed.Complete Formula One results
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