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Originally Posted by Trophy
Saturday for Fillipi was a fairy tail and Sunday a horror story. No doubting that two days of GP2 tyre testing in Barcelona helped his quest for the Monza weekend and you would be foolish to believe this was not going to help him. He is however a driver who first entered GP2 in 2006 and although he did not drive this season has five full seasons under his belt. This is the most of any GP2 driver surely? Ironically in his first year he drove for Coloni and they split half way through the season after some kind of disagreement. Fillipi is a good driver but to say the rest of the field is weak compared to him is not very fair on the others.
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Got to agree, Fillipi did a good job, vast experience, Italian, Italian team and in Italy, he was always going to do well. To say the rest of the grid is weak is obviously just ignorance, in particular some of the rookies. I was there at Monza, it seemed to be a weekend of difficulties for most of the top drivers so unfortunately, Fillipi didnt really get a true challenge. maybe we should look back to Fillipi's first year performances with no prior tyre testing and see how he performed. 0 wins, 0 poles, 0 fastest laps, championship position 19th, 2006. I think he is an excellent driver now but quite honestly, if he was that good, surely those that know would have snatched him up.