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Filippi joins ART Grand Prix

The ART Grand Prix team has announced that Luca Filippi will join their GP2 team in 2008. Filippi will be racing alongside Renault F1's test driver Romain Grosjean in the upcoming season.

Speaking about the announcement Luca Filippi said: I'm really pleased because I tested with different teams this winter and I enjoyed the work we did together with ART Grand Prix a lot. I found a very professional team and very motivated people. Everybody is working very hard and I think this is the most important thing you need to succeed.

"I think that with my potential and the one of the team our aim has to be the title. My personal goal will be to fight for the win in every single race weekend and I think that with my experience and with the help of the team we will be able to achieve that. It will be interesting to see how the new car runs and we'll have to do the best job as soon as for the first winter test. We need to work hard before the beginning of the championship to be in good shape for the first meeting."

Team boss Nicolas Todt said: I'm extremely pleased we reached an agreement with Luca because he's a very talented driver, his approach is extremely professional and he has quite a lot of experience in the GP2 Series, which will be useful in aiming for the top step. Furthermore, to me he is the one who progressed the most in the series last year. With Luca and Romain I think we have a strong line-up that should allow us to set high ambitions for ART Grand Prix."

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