Gimax

{{Infobox F1 driver

|image = Gimax GP Monza 1978.png

|caption = "Gimax" at 1978 Italian Grand Prix

|image_size =

|name = Carlo Franchi
"Gimax"

|nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian

|birth_date = {{birth date|1938|1|1|df=y}}

|birth_place = Milan, Italy

|death_date = 13 January 2021 (aged 83)

|Years = {{F1|1978}}

|Team(s) = Surtees

|Races = 1 (0 starts)

|Championships = 0

|Wins = 0

|Podiums = 0

|Points = 0

|Poles = 0

|Fastest laps = 0

|First race = 1978 Italian Grand Prix

}}

"Gimax", pseudonym of Carlo Franchi (1 January 1938 – 13 January 2021){{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Gimax |title= The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |access-date= 14 January 2021 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com}} was an Italian racing driver. He never raced under his real name, and his son has also raced using the name "Gimax".

He entered one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix with Surtees, the 1978 Italian Grand Prix, but failed to qualify. He also participated in one non-Championship Formula One race, the 1979 Dino Ferrari Grand Prix.[https://www.sempionenews.it/sport/addio-a-gimax-una-vita-vissuta-a-200-allora-intervista-alla-moglie-mirella/?cn-reloaded=1 Addio a Gimax, una vita vissuta a “200 all’ora”. Intervista alla moglie Mirella] {{in lang|it}}

Sportscars

"Gimax" was a regular entrant in Italian sportscar racing during the 1970s{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/-%22Gimax%22-I.html|title=Racing Sports Cars – Drivers – "Gimax" – All Results|publisher=www.racingsportscars.com|accessdate=15 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121957/http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/-%22Gimax%22-I.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} and in 1978, he also competed in European Sportscar Championship, a series set up for that season in order to allow Group 6 prototypes to continue to compete in Europe for their own championship after the cancellation of the World Sports Car Championship.

The series was separated into two categories, one for the 2-Litre cars and the other for the larger capacity cars: "Gimax" won the 2-litre drivers' championship in an Osella, while Porsche driver Reinhold Joest won the Drivers' Championship for the larger capacity cars.{{cite web

|url=http://wsrp.ic.cz/mesport1978.html

|title=European Sportscar Championship 1978 results

|publisher=World Sports Racing Prototypes

|accessdate=15 November 2013

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116102123/http://wsrp.ic.cz/mesport1978.html

|archivedate=16 January 2014

}}