Néstor Adrián Girolami (born May 22, 1989 in Cordoba Province), also known by the nickname "Bebu", is an

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driver. His brother

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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

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and the next he was runner-up, as well as in Formula Renault Plus. He made his debut in TC 2000 in 2007, racing in one of his participations with the official

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Argentina team. In 2008 it went to TC Pista and

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and in 2009 it returned to TC 2000 and debuted in

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and

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. 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

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's fatal accident. Another serious accident in 2013 caused his suspension and subsequent separation from this series. After competing with the official teams of the national subsidiaries of Honda and

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in TC 2000, he joined the

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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. After this, he left the championship to carry out the full season of

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. He made his

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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

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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

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. For 2019 he moved to the

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to compete in a

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run by

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. The

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season saw him take three wins, including two in a row in Hungary.

Racing record

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

^‡ 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

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† 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

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

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

References

External links

Official website
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