Néstor Girolami

Néstor Adrián Girolami (born May 22, 1989), also known by the nickname "Bebu",^[1] is an Argentine racing driver.

Néstor Girolami
Girolami in 2024
Nationality	Argentine
Born	(1989-05-22) 22 May 1989 (age 35) Isla Verde, Cordoba Province, Argentina
Related to	Franco Girolami (brother)
World Touring Car Championship, World Touring Car Cup & TCR World Tour career
Debut season	2015
Current team	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	129
Former teams	Münnich Motorsport Polestar Cyan Racing Nika International ALM Motorsport Squadra Martino Wall Racing
Starts	115
Wins	9
Podiums	22
Poles	9
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	2nd in 2022
Championship titles
2014-2015	Súper TC 2000

His brother Franco is also racing driver.

Career

He began competing in karts in 1993. He remained in this discipline until 2005. The following year he made his debut in Formula Renault Argentina and the next he was runner-up, as well as in Formula Renault Plus.^[2]

He made his debut in TC 2000 in 2007, racing in one of his participations with the official Honda Argentina team.^[2]

In 2008 it went to TC Pista and Turismo Nacional and in 2009 it returned to TC 2000 and debuted in Turismo Carretera and Top Race V6.^[2]

In the 2011 Turismo Carretera season, Girolami achieved his first victory and qualified for the play-off. But in the penultimate race, he was involved in Guido Falaschi's fatal accident.^[3] Another serious accident in 2013 caused his suspension and subsequent separation from this series.^[4]

After competing with the official teams of the national subsidiaries of Honda and Renault in TC 2000, he joined the Peugeot team in the 2012 season of the series. That year he achieved two victories and in 2014 and 2015 he would win the championships with a total of seven victories.^[5] After this, he left the championship to carry out the full season of Stock Car Brasil.^[2][6]

He made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the Race of Slovakia in 2015 in a Honda Civic WTCC run by NIKA International, scoring points on his debut with a 10th-place finish. He competed in the 2017 World Touring Car Championship for Polestar Cyan Racing and took his first win in China. The team left the series after the season and Girolami returned to Súper TC 2000 and Top Race V6 in 2018. In TRV6 he finished third in the championship, behind his brother Franco and Agustín Canapino.^[2]

For 2019 he moved to the World Touring Car Cup to compete in a Honda Civic Type R TCR run by Münnich Motorsport.^[7] The 2019 season saw him take three wins, including two in a row in Hungary.^[8]

Racing record

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Pts.
2015	Eurofarma RC	Chevrolet Sonic	GOI 1 1	RBP 1	RBP 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	GOI 1	CAS 1	CAS 2	MOU 1	MOU 2	CUR 1	CUR 2	TAR 1	TAR 2		NC‡	0‡
	Schin Racing Team	Peugeot 408																					INT 1 12
2016	Eisenbahn Racing Team	Peugeot 408	CUR 1 Ret	VEL 1 21	VEL 2 15	GOI 1 Ret	GOI 2 10	SCZ 1 Ret	SCZ 2 DNS	TAR 1 Ret	TAR 2 Ret	CAS 1 11	CAS 2 Ret	INT 1 16	LON 1 10	LON 2 Ret	CUR 1 16	CUR 2 8	GOI 1 8	GOI 2 23†	CRI 1 Ret	CRI 2 9	INT 1 Ret	22nd	77
2018	Bardahl Hot Car	Chevrolet Cruze	INT 1	CUR 1	CUR 2	VEL 1	VEL 2	LON 1	LON 2	SCZ 1	SCZ 2	GOI 1	MOU 1 18	MOU 2 14	CAS 1 Ret	CAS 2 Ret	VCA 1	VCA 2	TAR 1	TAR 2	GOI 1	GOI 2	INT 1	NC	0

^‡ Ineligible for championship points. ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2015	Nika International	Honda Civic WTCC	ARG 1	ARG 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	GER 1	GER 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	SVK 1 10	SVK 2 11	FRA 1	FRA 2	POR 1 DSQ	POR 2 8	JPN 1	JPN 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	THA 1	THA 2	QAT 1	QAT 2	19th	5
2016	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	FRA 1	FRA 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	GER 1	GER 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	POR 1	POR 2	ARG 1	ARG 2	JPN 1 9	JPN 2 5	CHN 1	CHN 2	QAT 1	QAT 2			15th	12
2017	Polestar Cyan Racing	Volvo S60 Polestar TC1	MAR 1 9	MAR 2 3	ITA 1 NC	ITA 2 5	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 Ret	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 DNS	POR 1 8	POR 2 9	ARG 1 16	ARG 2 6	CHN 1 Ret	CHN 2 1‡	JPN 1 11	JPN 2 3	MAC 1 13	MAC 2 9	QAT 1	QAT 2					9th	112

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2019	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	MAR 1 3	MAR 2 10	MAR 3 6	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 1	HUN 3 6	SVK 1 Ret	SVK 2 1	SVK 3 24	NED 1 14	NED 2 10	NED 3 14	GER 1 3	GER 2 24	GER 3 18	POR 1 10	POR 2 9	POR 3 6	CHN 1 15	CHN 2 Ret	CHN 3 8	JPN 1 18	JPN 2 11	JPN 3 12	MAC 1 14	MAC 2 19	MAC 3 17	MAL 1 22	MAL 2 4	MAL 3 5	7th	225
2020	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	BEL 1 1	BEL 2 5	GER 1 6	GER 2 11	SVK 1 5	SVK 2 18†	SVK 3 DNS	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 3	ESP 1 10	ESP 2 11	ESP 3 Ret	ARA 1 2	ARA 2 Ret	ARA 3 DNS															10th	137
2021	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	GER 1 9	GER 2 3	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 13	ESP 1 18	ESP 2 12	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 5	CZE 1 1	CZE 2 16	FRA 1 5	FRA 2 Ret	ITA 1 8	ITA 2 NC	RUS 1 11	RUS 2 7															11th	131
2022	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	FRA 1 1	FRA 2 7	GER 1 C	GER 2 C	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 3	ESP 1 12	ESP 2 12	POR 1 3	POR 2 9	ITA 1 1	ITA 2 5	ALS 1 2	ALS 2 7	BHR 1 4	BHR 2 9	SAU 1 10	SAU 2 8													2nd	254

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2020	PSS Racing Team	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	JAR 1	JAR 2			17th	66
2023	ALM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	ALG 1 5	ALG 2 Ret	PAU 1	PAU 2	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 7	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 5	LEC 1	LEC 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	NC‡	0‡

^‡ Driver was a World Tour full-time entry and was ineligible for points.

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2021	Team Castrol Honda Racing	Dominik Fugel Tiago Monteiro Cedrik Totz	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	TCR	53	43rd	3rd

Complete TCR World Tour results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2023	ALM Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	ALG 1 5	ALG 2 Ret	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 7	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 8	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 5													6th	340
	Squadra Martino Racing										ELP 1 4	ELP 2 8	VIL 1 Ret	VIL 2 1
	Wall Racing														SYD 1 10	SYD 2 Ret	SYD 3 8	BAT 1 2	BAT 2 9	BAT 3 6
	MacPro Racing																				MAC 1 2	MAC 2 6
2024	BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 1	MRK 1 4	MRK 2 5	MDO 1 4	MDO 2 8	SAP 1 13	SAP 2 11	ELP 1 5	ELP 2 8	ZHZ 1 8	ZHZ 2 2	MAC 1	MAC 2							7th*	202*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Néstor Girolami". FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
2. "Néstor Girolami | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
3. "Guido Falaschi killed in Turismo Carretera crash". TouringCarTimes. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
4. "El TC, Girolami y una sanción que arrastra otros golpes". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 25 July 2013. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
5. "Néstor Girolami ganó en San Luis y se consagró bicampeón del Súper TC2000". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
6. "CONFIRMADO: GIROLAMI AL STOCK CAR BRASILEÑO". Ultima Vuelta - Fox Sports. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
7. "Race-winning drivers confirmed for Honda Civic Type R TCR in WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup". Honda Racing WTCR. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
8. "Néstor Girolami extends points lead with his third win of the year at the Slovakiaring". TouringCarTimes. 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

External links

• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mariano Werner Esteban Guerrieri	Winner of the 200 km de Buenos Aires 2014 With: Mauro Giallombardo	Succeeded by Matías Rossi Gabriel Ponce de León
Preceded by Matías Rossi	Súper TC 2000 Champion 2014–2015	Succeeded by Agustín Canapino