Franco Girolami (born February 14, 1992) is an Argentine motor racing driver. He won Formula Renault Plus, TC2000, Top Race V6, TCR Europe and TCR Italy championships.^[1]

Franco is the brother of the WTCR driver Néstor Girolami.^[2]

Franco started his sports career in 2008, focusing on the next years in open-wheel championships. In 2011 he won the Formula Renault Plus championship and was runner-up in Formula Renault Argentina. In the next year, he was TC2000 champion with six wins in 10 races.^[1]

In 2013 he made his debut in Súper TC2000 with the Chevrolet Argentina factory team and the next year in Top Race V6.^[3][1]

Franco returned to being a full-time Súper TC2000 driver only in 2020 with Fiat Racing Team.^[4] Between 2015 and 2019 he raced with Gabriel Furlán's team in TRV6, with Mitsubishi cars. He won the title in 2018 with three wins and one point ahead of seven-time champion Agustín Canapino.^[5] Third was his brother Néstor. In 2019 he won five races and was second in the championship, behind Matías Rossi, while in 2020 he won two races and finished third.^[1][6]

His first race in a championship outside of Argentina was in 2018, in Stock Car Brasil, invited by Denis Navarro.^[7] In 2020 he participated in rounds of TCR Italy and TCR Europe championships.^[1] He wins the first race of 2021 TCR Italy at Misano after starting in pole position.^[8] Weeks later, he also achieved his first victory in TCR Europe, at Zandvoort, and is the championship leader.^[9] Won for the second time at Monza, but lost the championship to Mikel Azcona.^[10]

In 2022, Girolami claimed the TCR Europe title in his first season with Audi Sport Team Comtoyou PSS.He had four wins and podiums at all rounds, outscoring runner-up Tom Coronel by more than 100 points.^[11][12] The following year, he won the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship with Aikoa Racing.^[13]