23 Facts About Luca Filippi

Luca Filippi competed in GP2 Series from 2006 to 2012, and the IndyCar Series from 2013 to 2016.

Luca Filippi stepped up to the Italian Formula 3000 series in 2005, driving for Giancarlo Fisichella's Fisichella Motorsport team.

Luca Filippi made his Formula One test debut in 2005 with Minardi in the team's last test.

Fisichella joined forces with the Coloni Motorsport GP2 Series team in 2006, and Luca Filippi was selected as a driver for the team.

On 14 November 2007 Luca Filippi tested for Honda Racing F1.

Luca Filippi only managed to score four points in ten races, finishing in 17th place.

Luca Filippi drove for the ART Grand Prix team in the first half of the 2008 GP2 Series season, alongside Romain Grosjean.

Luca Filippi was confirmed as a driver at the Arden International team two days later, where he replaced Yelmer Buurman.

Luca Filippi's results failed to improve and he finished nineteenth in the championship.

Luca Filippi's result promoted him up to fifth overall in the championship standings.

Luca Filippi began the 2010 GP2 Series season without a drive, but returned to Super Nova mid-season to replace the injured Josef Kral.

Luca Filippi took five points from ten races, before Kral returned for the season finale, finishing twentieth in the championship.

Luca 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.

Luca Filippi returned to Super Nova for the main series, alongside Fairuz Fauzy.

Luca Filippi immediately registered an improvement in form, winning his first race for the team at the Nurburgring, which marked his 100th race in the series.

Luca Filippi won the Spa-Francorchamps sprint race and the Monza feature race, propelling him to a career-best second place in the drivers' championship.

Luca Filippi secured pole position for the following 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.

Luca 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.

Luca Filippi 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.

On 6 March 2012, it was announced that Luca Filippi would join Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the IndyCar series from the Indy 500 onwards.

Luca Filippi 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.

Luca Filippi competed in four races in 2013 for Bryan Herta Autosport, scoring a best finish of 15th.

Luca Filippi missed the Paris ePrix, so that Ma Qinghua could fulfil a contract deal.