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🇮🇹 Giacomo Russo

Racing driver from Italy. Formula 1, Lotus-Climax.
Driver facts
Full name
Giacomo Russo
Born
23 October 1937(b. 1937)
Nationality
Italy
Current team
Lotus-Climax
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
2
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
3,860
Giacomo Russo
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,860
Rank 4205 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Giacomo Russo is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-Climax. Russo has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,860 ranks Russo 4205th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1966 form
Last 2 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFITAITA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1966-09-04Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFormula 1P9+58
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+58Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1966Formula 1P9
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1966▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax100000P14+583,860
1965▸Formula 1Lotus-Climax100100P13+2,4863,836
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Russo finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Jackie StewartHigher-rated, 3× champion6,66921150%
🇬🇧 Jim ClarkHigher-rated, 2× champion6,51821150%
🇺🇸 Richie GintherHigher-rated6,41321150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
4,194🇬🇧 Andrew Bentley24H Series3,862
4,196🇳🇱 Antoine GosseFIA GT Championship3,862
4,197🇺🇸 Carl ScarboroughFormula 13,862
4,198🇬🇧 Nigel TaylorFIA GT Championship3,862
4,199🇯🇵 Shunji OkumotoNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,862
4,200🇬🇧 Mark SansomGT World Challenge Europe3,861
4,201🇺🇸 Mike WeedenNASCAR Xfinity3,861
4,202🇮🇹 Ron ZitzaInternational GT3,861
4,203🇬🇧 Tim ParnellFormula 13,861
4,204🇸🇪 Andreas Bäckman24H Series3,860
4,205🇮🇹 Giacomo RussoFormula 13,860
4,206🇩🇰 Jens Reno MOLLERLe Mans Cup3,860
4,207🇲🇴 Jerónimo BadaracoWorld Touring Car Championship3,860
4,208🇬🇧 Ken DowningFormula 13,860
4,209🇩🇪 Sophia FlörschFormula 33,860
4,210🇺🇸 Brad NoffsingerNASCAR Xfinity3,859
4,211🇺🇸 Robbie ReiserNASCAR Xfinity3,859
4,212🇳🇱 Dirk SchoutenPorsche Mobil 1 Supercup3,858
4,213🇩🇪 Hubert HahneFormula 13,858
4,214🇫🇷 Hugo DelacourRoad to Le Mans3,858
4,215🇺🇸 Michael Christopher Jr.NASCAR Truck3,858
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Giacomo Russo, racing under the pseudonym Geki, was an Italian driver who competed in Formula 1 at the mid-1960s. His career on record consisted of two Grand Prix starts in 1965 and 1966, both for Team Lotus-Climax. He finished his sole classified race in twenty-first position. He scored no championship points and recorded no podium finishes in his time at the top level.[1]

Russo's rating of 4,320 places him in the professional tier; this level describes drivers capable of winning in national-championship fields or running at the sharp end of strong feeder series, drivers who beat semi-professionals comfortably. His two Grand Prix appearances represent the extent of his documented single-seater racing at the highest level. The biographical record indicates he was an experienced competitor in Italian lower formulae before his Formula 1 opportunities, suggesting a solid foundation in club and regional racing, but his Grand Prix tenure was brief and yielded no results of note. He retired after 1966.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia