Luca Filippi | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born |
Savigliano, Italy |
9 August 1985
IndyCar Series career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | Dale Coyne Racing |
Car no. | 19 |
Former teams | Barracuda Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, CFH Racing, Dale Coyne Racing |
Starts | 22 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 21st in 2015 |
Previous series | |
2008–2011 2008 2006 2005, 2007–08 2004–10 2003–04 2003–04 2003 2003 |
GP2 Asia Series International GT Open Renault Eurocup Formula One testing Euro/Italian F3000/Auto GP FR2000 Eurocup Formula Renault 2000 Italia Formula Renault 2000 UK FR2000 UK Winter Series |
Championship titles | |
2005 | Italian F3000 |
Luca Filippi (born 9 August 1985 in Savigliano, Italy) is an Italian racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series.
Filippi made the step out of karting in 2003, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 Italia, where he finished third in 2004 behind Pastor Maldonado and Kohei Hirate.
Filippi stepped up to the Italian Formula 3000 series in 2005, driving for Giancarlo Fisichella's Fisichella Motorsport team. He also made his Formula One test debut in 2005 with Minardi in the team's last ever test.
Fisichella joined forces with the Coloni Motorsport GP2 Series team in 2006, and Filippi was selected as a driver for the team. However, he switched to the BCN Competición team mid-way through the season.
In 2007, he continued in GP2 with Super Nova Racing and emerged as one of the series' top performers, finishing the season in fourth position.
On 14 November 2007 Filippi tested for Honda Racing F1. On 6 December Filippi tested for Super Aguri F1, being even faster than regular race driver Takuma Sato.
For the inaugural GP2 Asia Series season in early 2008, Filippi raced for Team Meritus, a Malaysian team who entered the series due to regular series team Racing Engineering not competing in the winter series. He only managed to score four points in ten races, finishing in 17th place.