John Filippi
| John Filippi | |
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Filippi at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.
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| Nationality |
 French |
| Born |
February 27, 1995 Bastia, France |
| World Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Sébastien Loeb Racing |
| Car no. | 27 |
| Former teams | Campos Racing |
| Starts | 69 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 18th in 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| Previous series | |
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2013 2012-2013 2007-2012 |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Single-seater V de V Challenge Karting |
| Championship titles | |
| 2013 | Single-seater V de V Challenge |
John Filippi (born 27 February 1995) is a French auto racing driver who competes in the World Touring Car Championship for Campos Racing.
Filippi started his karting career in 2007 in the Cadet class. He made his first international appearance in 2009. In 2009 Filippi competed in the European KF3 championship where he finished 40th in a Vortex powered Tony Kart. He also competed in the French Grand Prix Open Karting. The following two years the driver from Corsica competed in the KF2 class. He ended the 2011 season with two top ten classifications in the French and Grand Prix Open championships.
After six years of karting John Filippi made is autoracing debut in 2007 at Circuit Paul Armagnac. The Corsican was entered by Equipe Palmyr in the amateur Single-seater V de V Challenge driving a Tatuus FR2000. Driving against other old Formula Renault and Formula Master cars he finished twelfth in his first race. He raced six races in his inaugural racing season and finished 25th in the standings.
The following season Filippi switched to the Bossy Racing team racing a Tatuus N.T07 Formula Master chassis. This decision made the young driver highly successful. He won the first three races of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He went on to win eleven of the eighteen races in the season. Beside the three races he won in Barcelona Filippi won two races in Motorland Aragón, three races at Lédenon and three races at Magny-Cours. Towards the end of the racing season he made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with RC Formula. At Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya he finished 22nd in the first and 27th in the second race.
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