1. John Filippi was born on 27 February 1995 and is a French auto racing driver who competes in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series for Sebastien Loeb Racing.
14 Facts About John Filippi
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In 2009 John Filippi competed in the European KF3 championship where he finished 40th in a Vortex powered Tony Kart.
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John Filippi competed in the French Grand Prix Open Karting.
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John Filippi ended the 2011 season with two top-ten classifications in the French and Grand Prix Open championships.
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John Filippi raced six races in his inaugural racing season and finished 25th in the standings.
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John Filippi won the first three races of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
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John Filippi went on to win eleven of the eighteen races in the season.
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Besides the three races he won in Barcelona John Filippi won two races in Motorland Aragon, three races at Ledenon and three races at Magny-Cours.
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John Filippi joined Campos Racing driving one of their TC2 SEAT Leon's.
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John Filippi became the youngest ever points scorer in a WTCC race at the Race of Morocco in Marrakech.
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For 2015 with the departure of Dusan Borkovic from Campos Racing, John Filippi was promoted to the TC1 Chevrolet Cruze for the 2015 season.
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Again John Filippi scored points to finish in Marrakech and at the Nordschleife.
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At the Race of China John Filippi set a new career-best qualifying position with P7, before suffering from an accident in Race 1 which forced him to retire.
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John Filippi is currently the youngest driver ever to have started from pole position in a WTCC race at 20 years and 331 days old.