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Luca Filippi
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Filippi at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
Nationality Italy Italian
Born (1985-08-09) 9 August 1985 (age 39)
Savigliano, Italy
IndyCar Series career
Debut season 2013
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Former teams Barracuda Racing, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, CFH Racing, Dale Coyne Racing
Starts 22
Wins 0
Podiums 1
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 21st in 2015
Previous series
2008–2011
2008
2006
2005, 200708
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
Championship titles
2005 Italian F3000

Luca Filippi (born 9 August 1985 in Savigliano, Italy) is an Italian auto racing driver. He competed in GP2 Series from 2006 to 2012, and the IndyCar Series from 2013 to 2016. In 2008 he was the official Honda Racing F1 test driver.

Career

Formula Renault

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.

Formula 3000

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 test.

GP2 Series

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.

Luca Filippi 2008 GP2 Silverstone
Filippi driving for ART Grand Prix at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season
Luca Filippi 2008 GP2 Valencia
Filippi driving for Arden International at the Valencia round of the 2008 GP2 Series season
Luca Filippi 2009 GP2 Catalunya
Filippi driving for Super Nova at the Catalunya round of the 2009 GP2 Series season

Filippi drove for the ART Grand Prix team in the first half of the 2008 GP2 Series season, alongside Romain Grosjean. Following a disappointing first half of the season, Luca left the team in favour of Sakon Yamamoto after ten races. Filippi was confirmed as a driver at the Arden International team two days later, where he replaced Yelmer Buurman. His results failed to improve and he finished nineteenth in the championship.

Filippi returned to BCN Competición for the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season, but was replaced by Fabrizio Crestani as a result of the team's purchase after the first round of the season.

For the 2009 GP2 Series season, he returned to the Super Nova team, and took the final win of the season at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. His result promoted him up to fifth overall in the championship standings.

Filippi returned to Team Meritus for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, and finished as runner-up in the championship standings, taking Meritus' first victory in the series in Bahrain.

Filippi began the 2010 GP2 Series season without a drive, but returned to Super Nova mid-season to replace the injured Josef Král. He took five points from ten races, before Král returned for the season finale, finishing twentieth in the championship. During this period, Filippi became the most experienced GP2 driver in the series' history, beating Javier Villa's record of 82 race entries.

Filippi was drafted into the Scuderia Coloni team for the second round of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series season after regular driver James Jakes opted to move to the United States in order to pursue a career in the IndyCar Series. He returned once again to Super Nova for the main series, alongside Fairuz Fauzy. After five rounds of the championship, he switched back to Coloni, replacing Kevin Ceccon. He immediately registered an improvement in form, winning his first race for the team at the Nürburgring, which also marked his 100th race in the series. He also won the Spa-Francorchamps sprint race and the Monza feature race, propelling him to a career-best second place in the drivers' championship.

After almost a year away from GP2, Filippi was again called up by Coloni as a replacement for Stefano Coletti for his home race of the 2012 championship at Monza. Despite his absence from the series, he won the feature race. He also secured pole position for the following (and final) round of the championship in Singapore, but crashed heavily during the feature race, damaging his car beyond immediate repair and thus non-starting the sprint race. Nevertheless, he still finished 16th in the drivers' championship despite contesting only four of the series' 24 races.

Auto GP

Filippi contested in the 2010 Auto GP season, where he finished 5th in the drivers' standings with 2 victories topping and tailing the season with the 1st race at Brno and the last race at Monza. He returned to the series the following year, taking one pole position, three fastest laps, one win and five further podiums, finishing as runner-up to Kevin Ceccon by only 3 points despite having missed two races.

IndyCar

On 6 March 2012, it was announced that Filippi would join Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar series from the Indy 500 onwards. He would have partnered ex-Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato; despite this, he did not take part in the Indy 500 nor in the following races. He competed in four races in 2013 for Bryan Herta Autosport, scoring a best finish of 15th.

CFH Racing signed Filippi for the 2015 IndyCar season to compete at the road/street races.

For the 2016 season, Filippi signed with Dale Coyne Racing to compete in the whole season, ovals included. His first race on an oval track was in Phoenix Arizona, where he finished P20. A few days before the GP of Indianapolis, Coyne excluded Filippi from both Indy events and signed Gabby Chaves in place of the Italian driver.

Formula E

2017 saw Filippi join Nio in the all-electric FIA Formula E Championship alongside Oliver Turvey, where he picked up a point in his debut race with a tenth place finish in the 2017 Hong Kong ePrix. Despite a strong debut, Filippi failed to pick up another point during the season. He missed the Paris ePrix, so that Ma Qinghua could fulfil a contract deal. He scored just one point to Turvey's 46 and was dropped by NIO for the 2018/19 season.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Podiums Points Position
2005 Italian Formula 3000 Fisichella Motor Sport 8 4 4 6 65 1st
2006 GP2 Series Petrol Ofisi FMS International 6 0 0 0 2 19th
BCN Competición 12 0 0 0 5
2007 GP2 Series Super Nova International 21 2 1 6 59 4th
2008 GP2 Asia Series Qi-Meritus Mahara 10 0 0 0 4 17th
GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 10 0 0 1 5 19th
Arden International 10 0 0 0 1
Formula One Honda Racing F1 Team Test driver
2008-09 GP2 Asia Series BCN Competición 2 0 0 0 0 NC
2009 GP2 Series Super Nova Racing 21 0 1 4 40 5th
2009-10 GP2 Asia Series MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com 8 1 1 3 39 2nd
2010 GP2 Series Super Nova Racing 10 1 0 0 5 20th
Auto GP Euronova Racing 10 2 1 3 34 5th
2011 GP2 Series Super Nova Racing 10 0 0 1 9 2nd
Scuderia Coloni 8 0 3 4 45
GP2 Asia Series 2 0 0 0 0 20th
Auto GP Super Nova Racing 12 1 1 6 127 2nd
2012 GP2 Series Scuderia Coloni 4 1 1 1 29 16th
2013 IndyCar Series Barracuda Racing 4 0 0 0 53 30th
2014 IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 4 0 0 0 46 28th
2015 IndyCar Series Carpenter Fisher Hartman Racing 10 0 0 1 182 21st
2016 IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing 5 0 0 0 61 26th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Attempto Racing 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Orange 1 Team Lazarus 2 0 0 0
Intercontinental GT Challenge Orange 1 Team Lazarus 1 0 0 0 0 NC
2017–18 Formula E Nio Formula E Team 11 0 0 0 1 21st
2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series BRC Racing Team 14 1 0 1 99 16th
2020 World Touring Car Cup Team Mulsanne 11 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020–21 Formula E Nio 333 FE Team Reserve driver
2021 Pure ETCR Championship Romeo Ferraris/M1RA 5 0 0 1 218 7th
2022 FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup Romeo Ferraris 6 0 0 0 181 12th

As Filippi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2006 Petrol Ofisi FMS International VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

Ret
IMO
FEA

11
IMO
SPR

5
NÜR
FEA

Ret
NÜR
SPR

Ret
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
19th 7
BCN Competición SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

9
MAG
FEA

Ret
MAG
SPR

Ret
HOC
FEA

21
HOC
SPR

16
HUN
FEA

12
HUN
SPR

Ret
IST
FEA

10
IST
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

4
MNZ
SPR

7
2007 Super Nova International BHR
FEA

1
BHR
SPR

3
CAT
FEA

Ret
CAT
SPR

11
MON
FEA

4
MAG
FEA

4
MAG
SPR

2
SIL
FEA

5
SIL
SPR

7
NÜR
FEA

Ret
NÜR
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

16
IST
FEA

Ret
IST
SPR

7
MNZ
FEA

2
MNZ
SPR

2
SPA
FEA

2
SPA
SPR

7
VAL
FEA

18
VAL
SPR

6
4th 59
2008 ART Grand Prix CAT
FEA

11
CAT
SPR

Ret
IST
FEA

16
IST
SPR

14
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

12
MAG
FEA

10
MAG
SPR

3
SIL
FEA

8
SIL
SPR

Ret
19th 6
Arden International HOC
FEA

Ret
HOC
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

15
HUN
SPR

NC
VAL
FEA

8
VAL
SPR

13
SPA
FEA

19
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

Ret
2009 Super Nova Racing CAT
FEA

4
CAT
SPR

7
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

NC
IST
FEA

2
IST
SPR

Ret
SIL
FEA

14
SIL
SPR

16
NÜR
FEA

Ret
NÜR
SPR

18
HUN
FEA

6
HUN
SPR

2
VAL
FEA

7
VAL
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

Ret
POR
FEA

2
POR
SPR

1
5th 40
2010 Super Nova Racing CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
IST
FEA
IST
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA

20
SIL
SPR

9
HOC
FEA

10
HOC
SPR

7
HUN
FEA

14
HUN
SPR

6
SPA
FEA

5
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

14
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
20th 5
2011 Super Nova Racing IST
FEA

Ret
IST
SPR

14
CAT
FEA

Ret
CAT
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

3
MON
SPR

4
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

15
SIL
FEA

13
SIL
SPR

12
2nd 54
Scuderia Coloni NÜR
FEA

1
NÜR
SPR

3
HUN
FEA

6
HUN
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

4
SPA
SPR

1
MNZ
FEA

1
MNZ
SPR

5
2012 Scuderia Coloni SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA

1
MNZ
SPR

22
MRN
FEA

Ret
MRN
SPR

DNS
16th 29

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2008 Qi-Meritus Mahara DUB1
FEA
5
DUB1
SPR
Ret
IDN
FEA

DSQ
SEN
SPR
21
SEP
FEA

Ret
SEP
SPR

Ret
BHR
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

11
DUB2
FEA
12
DUB2
SPR
Ret
17th 4
2008–09 BCN Competición SHI
FEA

Ret
SHI
SPR

Ret
DUB
FEA
DUB
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
LSL
FEA
LSL
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
NC 0
2009–10 MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com YMC1
FEA
2
YMC1
SPR
8
YMC2
FEA
14
YMC2
SPR
17
BHR1
FEA
2
BHR1
SPR
18
BHR2
FEA

1
BHR2
SPR
8
2nd 29
2011 Scuderia Coloni YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
IMO
FEA
20
IMO
SPR
10
20th 0

Complete Auto GP results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2010 Euronova Racing BRN
1

1
BRN
2

13
IMO
1

12
IMO
2

Ret
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

5
MAG
1

MAG
2

5th 34
Super Nova Racing NAV
1
7
NAV
2
Ret
MNZ
1

7
MNZ
2

1
2011 Super Nova Racing MNZ
1

2
MNZ
2

6
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

2
BRN
1
1
BRN
2
3
DON
1

2
DON
2

5
OSC
1
OSC
2
VAL
1

12
VAL
2

7
MUG
1
2
MUG
2
4
2nd 127

IndyCar Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
2013 Barracuda Racing Dallara DW12 98 Honda STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR TOR MDO
16
SNM BAL
22
HOU
10
HOU
19
FON 30th 53
2014 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 16 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS HOU
21
HOU
15
POC IOW TOR
22
TOR
16
MDO MIL SNM FON 28th 46
2015 CFH Racing 20 Chevrolet STP
9
NLA
10
LBH
22
ALA
11
IMS
14
INDY DET
9
DET
17
TXS TOR
2
FON MIL IOW MDO
21
POC SNM
24
21st 182
2016 Dale Coyne Racing 19 Honda STP
20
PHX
20
LBH
17
ALA
18
IMS INDY DET DET RDA IOW TOR
14
MDO POC TXS WGL SNM 26th 61

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2017–18 Nio Formula E Team Spark SRT01-e NextEV Nio Sport 003 HKG
10
HKG
Ret
MRK
16
SCL
12
MEX
14
PDE
13
RME
13
PAR BER
17
ZUR
Ret
NYC
15
NYC
Ret
21st 1

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2019 BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR HUN
1

11
HUN
2

Ret
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

12
SPA
1

15
SPA
2

8
RBR
1

2
RBR
2
21†
OSC
1
7
OSC
2
11
CAT
1
28†
CAT
2
25
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

11
16th 99

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2020 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR BEL
1
18
BEL
2
16
GER
1
GER
2
SVK
1
12
SVK
2
Ret
SVK
3
Ret
HUN
1
13
HUN
2
13
HUN
3
15
ESP
1
ESP
2
ESP
3
ARA
1
Ret
ARA
2
9
ARA
3
12
NC‡ 0‡

As Filippi was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

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