Luca Filippi

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Luca Filippi
Nationality Flag of Italy Italian
Date of Birth August 9, 1985 (1985-08-09) (age 22)
2008 GP2 Series
Debut season 2006
Current team ART Grand Prix
Car No. 3
Former teams FMS International
BCN Competicion
Starts 45
Wins 1
Poles 2
Best finish 4th in 2007
Previous series
2005 Italian Formula Three Championship
Championship titles
2005 Italian Formula Three Champion

Luca Filippi (born August 9, 1985 in Italy) is a racing driver who competes in single seaters in Europe.

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[edit] Career

In 2006, Filippi participated in the GP2 Series with FMS International, with which he won the Italian Formula Three Championship in the previous season. In 2007, he continued in GP2 with Super Nova Racing and emerged has one of the series' top performers.

On Wednesday 14th November 2007, Filippi tested for Honda Racing F1.[1] On Thursday 6th December 2007, Filippi tested for Super Aguri F1, being even faster than regular race driver Takuma Sato.

Filippi will drive for the ART Grand Prix team in the 2008 GP2 Series season, alongside Romain Grosjean.[2] However, he is driving for the débutante Qi-Meritus Mahana team in the preceding 2008 GP2 Asia Series.

[edit] Career history

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Podiums Final Placing
2005 Italian Formula 3000 Fisichella Motor Sport 8 4 4 6 1st


[edit] GP2 Series record

 Year  Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21  Pos.   Points 
2006 FMS International VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

Ret
SAN
FEA

11
SAN
SPR

5
EUR
FEA

Ret
EUR
SPR

Ret
19th 7
BCN Competicion GBR
FEA

Ret
GBR
SPR

9
FRA
FEA

Ret
FRA
SPR

Ret
GER
FEA

21
GER
SPR

16
HUN
FEA

12
HUN
SPR

Ret
TUR
FEA

10
TUR
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

4
ITA
SPR

7
2007 Super Nova Racing BRN
FEA

1
BRN
SPR

3
ESP
FEA

Ret
ESP
SPR

11
MON
FEA

4
FRA
FEA

4
FRA
SPR

2
GBR
FEA

5
GBR
SPR

7
GER
FEA

Ret
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

16
TUR
FEA

Ret
TUR
SPR

7
ITA
FEA

2
ITA
SPR

2
BEL
FEA

2
BEL
SPR

7
VAL
FEA

18
VAL
SPR

6
4th 59
2008
Asia
Qi-Meritus Mahara UAE
FEA

5
UAE
SPR

Ret
IND
FEA

DSQ
IND
SPR

21
MAL
SPR

Ret
MAL
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

Ret
BHR
FEA

11
UAE
FEA

13
UAE
SPR

Ret
17th 4
2008 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA

11
ESP
SPR

Ret
TUR
FEA

16
TUR
SPR

14
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

12
FRA
FEA

*
FRA
SPR

*
GBR
FEA

*
GBR
SPR

*
GER
FEA

*
GER
SPR

*
HUN
FEA

*
HUN
SPR

*
EUR
FEA

*
EUR
SPR

*
BEL
FEA

*
BEL
SPR

*
ITA
FEA

*
ITA
SPR

*
25th* 0*

* Season in progress.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Schumi still on top", ITV-F1.com, 2007-11-14. 
  2. ^ "Filippi confirmed at ART for 2008", autosport.com, 2007-12-17. Retrieved on 2007-12-17. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nicky Pastorelli
Italian Formula 3000 champion
2005
Succeeded by
Giacomo Ricci
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