Edoardo Mortara
Edoardo Mortara is a professional Swiss-Italian racing driver. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he holds dual nationality from Switzerland and Italy. He is a former Formula Three Euroseries champion and he almost claimed the DTM title with Audi in 2016. He is a street circuit specialist and renowned as "Mr Macau". Currently, he is racing in the Formula E championship for the Venturi Team.
He is renowned as "Mr Macau" as he has won 10 times in Macau from 2008 to 2017 in F3 and GT races. These wins include 2008 F3 Qualification Race, 2009 F3 Main Race, 2010 F3 Qualification Race and Main Race, 2011, 2012, 2013 Macau GT Races, 2013 Audi R8 LMS Race and 2017 Macau GT World Cup Qualification Race and Main Race. This is a record for any driver or rider in Macau up to date.
In 2017-2018, he drove for the Venturi Formula E team. In the first weekend of his Formula E races in Hong Kong, his performances stood out as a rookie as he finished 7th after charging from the field in the first race. And in the second race, he led most of the race until a spin which costed him the victory. However, he still finished in 2nd place and claimed the best-ever result for the Venturi team in FE season 4.
In 2018-2019 season, he claimed a podium finish in Mexico and his first ever FE victory in Hong Kong on 10 March 2019. After his win, a string of bad luck and poor reliability had put Edo out of the championship contention. Despite these problems, he still finished season 5 as the highest-placed Venturi powertrain driver with 52 points.
Career
Early career
In 2006 he stepped up to Formula racing, starting in Formula Renault, he becomes the top rookie in the Italian Formula Renault and also gaining experience in Eurocup Formula Renault. In 2008, he finished second in the F3 Euroseries championship, ahead of third place Jules Bianchi. He also won the Macau Grand Prix qualifying race and finished a close second place in the main race that year.At the end of the 2009 season, Mortara returned to Formula Three to contest the Macau Grand Prix with Signature, after driven some uncompetitive GP2 machines early in the season. He went on to win the event easily ahead of team-mate Jean Karl Vernay. In 2010, he contested 2010 campaign in the Formula Three Euroseries. He won the championship and then signed for Audi to drive for their DTM cars from 2011.
In November 2010, he won the Macau F3 Grand Prix for the second time in a row. He became the first ever driver to have won this famous event 2 times.
For 2011, Mortara made a switch to the DTM series driving for Audi Team Rosberg. He made his progress steadily season by season.
In 2016, he lost the DTM title by just 4 points. If it was not the wrong penalty given to him in the Hungarian round, then he should/would be able to win the title.
Since 2017, he switched to Mercedes Benz after having almost won the DTM title with Audi in 2016.
He is renowned as "Mr Macau" as he has won 10 times in Macau from 2008 to 2017 in F3 and GT races. These wins include 2008 F3 Qualification Race, 2009 F3 Main Race, 2010 F3 Qualification Race and Main Race, 2011, 2012, 2013 Macau GT Races, 2013 Audi R8 LMS Race and 2017 Macau GT World Cup Qualification Race and Main Race. This is a record for any driver or rider in Macau up to date.
Formula E (2017-present)
2017-2018 Season
In 2017-2018, he drove for the Venturi Formula E team. In the first weekend of his Formula E races in Hong Kong, his performances stood out as a rookie as he finished 7th after charging from the field in the first race. And in the second race, he led most of the race, but had a spin in the closing laps, causing him to finish in 2nd place behind Rosenqvist.On 19 May 2018, he won his first DTM race for the Mercedes Benz at EuroSpeedway Lausitz. He then also claimed pole and victory on 23 June 2018 at Norisring. He finished the season in 6th position. During his DTM career, he has got 10 wins, 26 podiums, 5 poles and 6 fastest laps.
2018-2019 Season
In 2018-2019, he would concentrate on the Formula E series and drive for the Venturi team again. In the fourth race of the season, he scored his first podium finish of the season in Mexico. And on 10 March 2019, he claimed his first FE victory for himself and Venturi team in Hong Kong. It was a hard-earned victory for him on a track that last year saw him throw away a victory when he was comfortably leading.After his win in Hong Kong, a string of bad luck and poor reliability had put Edo out of the championship contention. In Sanya, he was almost taken out by a three-car shunt between Buemi, Frijns and di Grassi and thrown out of points after receiving a 16-second time penalty for failing to activate the attack mode. Then, in Rome, a drive shaft failure forced him to retire when he was running a strong 6th. In Paris, he crashed from 7th position in the rain and eventually collided with Alex Lynn.
In Monaco, an overtaking incident with Jérôme D’Ambrosio, damaged his front suspension and resulted in the untimely end to his race.
In Bern, after setting competitive times and clocking the 2nd fastest time in the 2nd free practice, the team made some wrong choices in qualifying. He would finish in a frustrated 11th. just outside the points eventually. Then, in Bern, a brake failure issue caused yet another retirement for him and in turn gave him another 5-place grid penalty for the New York round.
In the first race in New York, he overtook more than 10 cars after his grid penalty and was fighting for 9th position before being taken out by Max Gunther. In the second race, he qualified well in the top 10. But a front brake caliper failure forced him to retire early yet again.
However, he still finished season 5 as the highest-placed Venturi powertrain driver with 52 points.
2019-2020 Season
In the 2019-2020 season, Mortara started the season well with a solid 7th place in the first race in Diriyah. He then narrowly missed out on the podium by finishing 4th in the second race there. In Santiago, bad luck hit Mortara in his qualifying lap as Robin Frijns spun in front of him that costed him his chance of superpole. In the race, he was forced to retire from 5th place after contact with Da Costa.In Mexico, he had another solid performance by claiming 8th place in the race. In Marrakesh, he qualified well in 5th and performed brilliantly by finishing 5th in the race after battling with Buemi and Lotterer.
Racing record
Career summary
† As Mortara was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2007 | Signature-Plus | Dallara 305/035 | Mercedes | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 8 | BRH 1 8 | BRH 2 1 | NOR 1 3 | NOR 2 Ret | MAG 1 16 | MAG 2 12 | MUG 1 9 | MUG 2 18 | ZAN 1 14 | ZAN 2 9 | NÜR 1 22 | NÜR 2 11 | CAT 1 1 | CAT 2 Ret | NOG 1 6 | NOG 2 8 | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 2 | 8th | 37 |
| 2008 | Signature-Plus | Dallara F308/073 | Volkswagen | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 3 | MUG 1 4 | MUG 2 3 | PAU 1 2 | PAU 2 1 | NOR 1 4 | NOR 2 3 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 21 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 23 | BRH 1 4 | BRH 2 4 | CAT 1 9 | CAT 2 Ret | LMS 1 9 | LMS 2 14 | HOC 1 12 | HOC 2 6 | 2nd | 49.5 |
| 2009 | Kolles & Heinz Union | Dallara F308/005 | Volkswagen | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | DIJ 1 | DIJ 2 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 Ret | NC | 0 |
| 2010 | Signature | Dallara F309/023 | Volkswagen | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 2 | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 3 | VAL 1 1 | VAL 2 6 | NOR 1 1 | NOR 2 3 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 6 | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 11 | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 Ret | OSC 1 5 | OSC 2 Ret | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 DSQ | 1st | 101 |
Complete GP2 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2009 | Arden International | CAT FEA 6 | CAT SPR 1 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 13 | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR 9 | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR Ret | NÜR FEA 17 | NÜR SPR Ret | HUN FEA 12 | HUN SPR 14 | VAL FEA 6 | VAL SPR 12 | SPA FEA 8 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 5 | MNZ SPR Ret | ALG FEA Ret | ALG SPR 8 | 14th | 19 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2008–09 | Trust Team Arden | SHI FEA | SHI SPR | ARE FEA | ARE SPR | BHR1 FEA 3 | BHR1 SPR 8 | LSL FEA 7 | LSL SPR 4 | SEP FEA Ret | SEP SPR 17 | BHR2 FEA Ret | BHR2 SPR 16 | 11th | 11 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2009 | Tech 1 Racing | CAT SPR | CAT FEA | SPA SPR | SPA FEA | MON FEA | HUN SPR 21 | HUN FEA Ret | SIL SPR | SIL FEA | 24th | 6 | ||||||||
| 2009 | KMP Group/SG Formula | BUG SPR Ret | BUG FEA 6 | ALG SPR | ALG FEA | NÜR SPR | NÜR FEA | ALC SPR | ALC FEA | 24th | 6 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Points |
| 2011 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 14 | ZAN 6 | SPL 16 | LAU Ret | NOR 5 | NÜR 7 | BRH 3 | OSC 3 | VAL 16 | HOC 13 | 9th | 21 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | Team Rosberg | Audi A5 DTM | HOC 11 | LAU 8 | BRH 9 | SPL 1 | NOR Ret | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | OSC Ret | VAL 16† | HOC 6 | 5th | 82 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC Ret | BRH 21† | SPL 15 | LAU 9 | NOR 17† | MSC Ret | NÜR 12 | OSC 10 | ZAN 14 | HOC 15 | 21st | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 22† | OSC 3 | HUN 4 | NOR 4 | MSC 9 | SPL 16 | NÜR 3 | LAU 16 | ZAN 4 | HOC 22† | 5th | 68 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 2 | LAU 1 2 | LAU 2 5 | NOR 1 11 | NOR 2 15 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 Ret | SPL 1 1 | SPL 2 3 | MSC 1 6 | MSC 2 8 | OSC 1 19† | OSC 2 Ret | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 Ret | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 3 | 4th | 143 | ||
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 11 | SPL 1 3 | SPL 2 Ret | LAU 1 8 | LAU 2 12 | NOR 1 1 | NOR 2 8 | ZAN 1 17 | ZAN 2 3 | MSC 1 8 | MSC 2 6 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 1 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 19† | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 1 | 2nd | 202 | ||
| 2017 | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 13 | LAU 1 7 | LAU 2 11 | HUN 1 9 | HUN 2 11 | NOR 1 8 | NOR 2 3 | MSC 1 13 | MSC 2 10 | ZAN 1 12 | ZAN 2 12 | NÜR 1 7 | NÜR 2 16 | SPL 1 9 | SPL 2 17 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 9 | 14th | 61 | ||
| 2018 | SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 Ret | LAU 1 1 | LAU 2 11 | HUN 1 5 | HUN 2 DSQ | NOR 1 1 | NOR 2 2 | ZAN 1 13 | ZAN 2 8 | BRH 1 8 | BRH 2 17 | MIS 1 3 | MIS 2 2 | NÜR 1 13 | NÜR 2 11 | SPL 1 16 | SPL 2 10 | HOC 1 10 | HOC 2 13 | 6th | 140 |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete Formula E results
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Points |
| 2017–18 | Venturi Formula E Team | Spark SRT01-e | Venturi VM200-FE-03 | HKG 7 | HKG 2 | MRK 17† | SCL 13 | MEX 8 | PDE 17 | RME 10 | PAR 13 | BER | ZUR Ret | NYC | NYC | 13th | 29 | |
| 2018–19 | Venturi Formula E Team | Spark SRT05e | Venturi VFE05 | ADR 19 | MRK 13 | SCL 4 | MEX 3 | HKG 1 | SYX 13 | RME Ret | PAR Ret | MCO Ret | BER 11 | BRN Ret | NYC Ret | NYC Ret | 14th | 52 |
| 2019–20 | ROKiT Venturi Racing | Spark SRT05e | Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01 | DIR 7 | DIR 4 | SCL Ret | MEX 8 | MRK 5 | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | 7th* | 32* |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.