Filippi signs with Fisichella
Fisichella Motorsport have confirmed Italian Luca Filippi as their first GP2 driver for this season
The 20 year-old won the Italian Formula 3000 championship last year with Fisichella's squad and has now signed a two-year deal with the GP2 team.
Fisichella has linked up with his manager, Enrico Zanarini, and Coloni Motorsport to build an Italian superteam in this year's GP2 series after his Italian Formula 3000 championship team were so successful last season.
Fisichella said: "It has been a long negotiation because we wanted Luca to stay with our GP2 team for two years and we had to agree on all points of a long term contract."
Filippi, despite a rumoured move to Durango, is happy to stay loyal to FMS.
He said: "I have always said that I wanted to race with FMS International, because the greatest achievements of my career have come whilst driving for Fisichella Motor Sport in F3000.
"They've always kept me updated: from the arrival of the two F1 engineers to the latest news on sponsors, all of them very important elements for me to consider when joining a team for two consecutive years."
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