'Gimax' (Carlo Franchi)
#51
Posted 23 April 2008 - 14:46
Advertisement
#52
Posted 12 July 2008 - 19:08
#54
Posted 27 April 2013 - 15:33
I'm pleased to share some photos of this litte-known driver and even less-known man.
~
Are these 'Senior' or 'Junior' ?
#55
Posted 27 April 2013 - 15:34
Are these 'Senior' or 'Junior' ?
All of them are of Gimax Senior.
#56
Posted 09 May 2014 - 20:33
Ernesto Brambilla had a great 80th birthday party with some prominent guests: http://www.automotoc...ni-di-tino.html
Among them were Alberto Colombo, Carlo Facetti and a familiar face with a less dark wig than when we last saw him:
#57
Posted 10 May 2014 - 01:49
Alberto Colombo never had to use a wig, he still got a good head of hair.I remember Gimax trying to qualify that sad weekend, when we lots Ronnie.
#58
Posted 10 May 2014 - 08:32
Alberto Colombo never had to use a wig, he still got a good head of hair.I remember Gimax trying to qualify that sad weekend, when we lots Ronnie.
I'm not talking about Colombo
#59
Posted 06 February 2016 - 22:55
Great interview - albeit in Italian - with Gimax and Tino Brambilla - http://www.duemotori...o_con_Gimax.php
Gimax (like Tino) has had a recent stroke and is now wheelchair bound and wigless, but from the interview text still seems sprightly as possible. It also clears up - although I think this has been done already in his thread about the Gimax's - but apparently there are three of them! Carlo, Gigi (Gimax Jr) and Massimo (Max), who recently also raced as Max Gimax.
Advertisement
#60
Posted 07 February 2016 - 02:35
Gimax Jnr how old is he now? When he drove for Basile's F3000 team in the early 90s he was pretty tricky to track down.........
There a story to be told but some facts need to be established first.
#61
Posted 07 February 2016 - 09:16
Great find, thanks Richard!
@Thundersports: he seems active on FB so you can ask him if you wish.
#62
Posted 07 February 2016 - 21:23
What we need now is an interview with the mighty Tino ( & Pino if he's still about ) !
#63
Posted 07 February 2016 - 22:15
Great interview - albeit in Italian - with Gimax and Tino Brambilla - http://www.duemotori...o_con_Gimax.php
Gimax (like Tino) has had a recent stroke and is now wheelchair bound and wigless, but from the interview text still seems sprightly as possible. It also clears up - although I think this has been done already in his thread about the Gimax's - but apparently there are three of them! Carlo, Gigi (Gimax Jr) and Massimo (Max), who recently also raced as Max Gimax.
Interesting interview, Richard, thanks for sharing. It also confirms that Gimax Sr. was born in 1938, that he was the one entered in the 1978 Italian Grand Prix and that his son Gimax Jr is not Carlo Franchi Jr. but Gigi (Luigi?) Franchi, clarifying once and for all some of the doubts previously raised in this thread.
#64
Posted 14 January 2021 - 14:53
#65
Posted 15 January 2021 - 22:49
I am really sad to learn about his passing, although I had known from Gigi for a week or so that he was unwell and in the last few years he had been in a wheelchair. A thoroughly nice, friendly and likeable family who just love racing and a life very well lived.
A quote from Di Spiers' book 'I just made the tea' (this part is freely available in Google Books) which I think does a great job of getting the atmosphere across: