Edoardo Mortara

Mortara began racing in karts, winning the 2002 South Garda Winter Cup and the 2005 Andrea Margutti Trophy. In 2006, he transitioned to formula racing with Prema Powerteam, competing in both the Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 Italia series, securing three podiums in the latter.

In 2007, Mortara joined Signature-Plus in the Formula 3 Euro Series, taking his first car racing victory at Brands Hatch and another win at Barcelona. He finished eighth in the standings and won the rookie classification. In 2008, he returned to Signature with a strong start — a victory at Pau and six podiums in the first eight races — but tailed off to finish second behind Nico Hülkenberg. He also won the qualification race at the 2008 Macau Grand Prix before finishing second in the main race.

In 2009, Mortara contested four events in the GP2 Asia Series, earning a podium on debut in Bahrain, then joined Arden International in the GP2 Series, winning the first sprint race at Barcelona but finishing 14th overall. At the end-of-season Macau Grand Prix with Signature, he won the main race after passing Jean-Karl Vernay in the closing laps.

Mortara dominated the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series with Signature, winning seven Saturday races and claiming the championship. He concluded his junior career by winning the 2010 Macau Grand Prix — qualifying first, dominating the qualification race, and winning the main race after overtaking Laurens Vanthoor — becoming the first driver to win the event in successive years during the Formula Three era.

For 2011, Mortara joined Audi Team Rosberg in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, driving an older Audi A4 DTM 2008 chassis. He scored his first points at Zandvoort and his first podium at Brands Hatch, finishing ninth in the standings.

In 2012 with Team Rosberg, Mortara took pole at the Red Bull Ring and won his first DTM race, holding off the Mercedes of Gary Paffett. He won a second race at Zandvoort in wet conditions, passing teammate Mike Rockenfeller, but a lap 1 crash with Ralf Schumacher at Oschersleben — caused by Mortara — ended one of his final three races. He finished fifth in the championship. His 2013 season was difficult, yielding only three points in 21st place.

Moving to Audi Sport Team Abt for 2014, Mortara returned to the podium with a third at Oschersleben and finished fifth overall. In 2015, six podiums including a pole and win in race 1 at the Red Bull Ring brought him fourth in the standings. His 2016 title campaign with Team Abt was his most compelling: wins at Hockenheim, the Norisring, the Nürburgring, and a dominant pole-to-flag victory at the Hungaroring put him top of the standings. A collision with title rival Marco Wittmann in race 2 at the Hungaroring cost him dearly; entering the Hockenheim finale 14 points down, he won race 2 but Wittmann's fourth place was enough to deny him the title by the margin, and Mortara finished second overall.

Mortara joined the HWA-run Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT team for 2017, finishing 14th in the championship with a podium at the Norisring. In 2018, he won race 1 at the Lausitzring — his first DTM victory for Mercedes — then won again from pole in race 1 at the Norisring. He finished sixth in the standings. Across his DTM career, Mortara won ten races, scored 26 podiums, five poles, and six fastest laps.

Mortara's Macau GT record mirrors his Formula Three dominance. In 2011, he won the Macau GT Cup in an Audi R8 LMS GT3. He won again in 2012, passing Lucas di Grassi on lap 4, and in 2013 passed Alexandre Imperatori on the penultimate lap on the Guia Circuit. At the 2014 race he took pole but finished third. In 2015 (rebranded as the FIA GT World Cup) he was classified second in the qualifying race but was demoted to sixth in the main race for a jump start. The 2016 GT World Cup saw him set a GT3 track record in qualifying but crash in the qualification race.

The 2017 FIA GT World Cup was the apex of his GT career at Macau. Driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3, he took pole, won a chaotic qualification race after Maro Engel's battery failure forced a red flag restart from first, and despite lightly hitting the wall on lap 1 of the main race, went unchallenged to a sixth Macau win. This gave him the record of ten wins (seven overall victories) in Macau from 2008 to 2017 across F3 and GT races — the most by any driver or rider — earning the moniker "Mr Macau."

In 2018, driving for Team GruppeM Racing at the FIA GT World Cup, he finished third. In 2019 he retired from the qualification race after contact with Engel, recovering to sixth in the final race. The 2020 and 2021 editions were closed to foreign drivers due to COVID-19 restrictions. At the 2022 Macau GT Cup with Audi Sport Asia Team Absolute, Mortara qualified on pole but started the qualification race from the pit lane after a formation lap jump start, recovering to fourth, then second in the main race. In 2023, again with Absolute Racing, he qualified second and finished second in the main race after a failure on Engel's car.

For 2024, Mortara joined Lamborghini's LMDh roster, piloting the new SC63 in the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Mirko Bortolotti and Daniil Kvyat. The team's only points came at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing tenth. Mortara also drove one round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Iron Lynx, finishing 18th at Monza, and drove for SJM Theodore Vincenzo Sospiri Racing at the FIA GT World Cup, finishing seventh.

In 2025, Lamborghini moved the SC63 programme to IMSA, where Mortara drove in three events. He and Romain Grosjean finished tenth at Indianapolis after contact with a Porsche forced an unscheduled stop. He, Grosjean, and Kvyat finished fourth at Petit Le Mans. He also competed in two rounds of GT World Challenge Asia, best result fifth at the Mandalika Street Circuit, and ended the year at Macau in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 before crashing out of the qualification race after "an apparent failure."

Mortara joined Venturi Racing for the 2017–18 season. His debut weekend in Hong Kong saw him climb from 19th to seventh in race 1, and he qualified second for race 2, leading until lap 43 when a regenerative braking issue caused a spin; he was ultimately classified second after Daniel Abt's disqualification. He finished 13th in the standings, missing two rounds due to DTM commitments.

In 2018–19, Mortara achieved his first Formula E victory at the Hong Kong ePrix, initially awarded to Sam Bird but given to Mortara after Bird received a penalty for a collision with André Lotterer. He finished 14th in the standings.

The 2019–20 season yielded a fourth place at Diriyah and fifth at Marrakesh as highlights, with Mortara finishing 14th in the championship — outscoring teammate Felipe Massa — across a season curtailed to six races in Berlin due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020–21 season brought Mortara's first serious championship challenge. He won race 2 at Puebla, taking the championship lead, and was still in contention heading into the Berlin finale. In race 1 there, he lost the victory to Lucas di Grassi by just over a tenth; in race 2, a collision with Mitch Evans, who had stalled on the grid — a 26 g impact — left Mortara with a fractured vertebra. He nonetheless finished second overall in the championship behind Nyck de Vries.

The 2021–22 season was a second near-miss. Mortara won at Diriyah race 2, Berlin race 1 (his maiden Formula E pole), and the Marrakesh ePrix; he also won the Seoul round's race 2. He led the championship at points but London races and a puncture-induced retirement in Seoul race 1 ended his title bid; he finished third overall. During the season, a confrontation with teammate Lucas di Grassi after a collision in Monaco led Mortara to call di Grassi "the butcher of Formula E."

Mortara remained at the team as it rebranded to Maserati MSG Racing for the Gen3-era 2022–23 season. He endured a difficult year of incidents and mechanical failures, managing a best result of fourth in race 2 at Rome. He was classified 14th in the standings and left the team after six seasons.

Mortara joined Mahindra Racing on a multi-year deal for 2023–24. His debut season was difficult — a disqualification at Tokyo for energy overuse, frequent non-scores, and ending as the full-time driver with the fewest completed race laps. His best result was fourth in Portland's race 1; a pole position at Berlin race 1 yielded only eighth in the race. He finished 16th in the championship.

The 2024–25 season was markedly stronger. Mortara scored a fifth in São Paulo, four successive points finishes including fifth in Miami and fourth at Monaco race 1, then broke his podium drought at the Jakarta ePrix with second after the leading pair encountered misfortune. Third place in Berlin race 1 from 11th on the grid followed. He finished eighth in the championship, helping Mahindra rise to fourth in the teams' standings. He remained at the team for the 2025–26 season, the final season of the Gen3 era.

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