Comotti first appeared at the 1928 Italian Grand Prix, driving one of Scuderia Materassi's Talbots. After that debut he largely withdrew from racing, also withdrawing a planned entry for the 1929 Indianapolis 500. He returned in 1931, winning the cyclecar race at the Circuito di Alessandria in a Salmson.
His connection with Ferrari developed naturally: he brought an Alfa Romeo Monza sports car to Scuderia Ferrari in Modena for servicing and was recruited as an official driver for the team in 1932. In 1934 Comotti won the Grand Prix du Comminges for Ferrari — one of the era's non-championship Grand Prix events — and later that year shared a car with Carlo Felice Trossi to finish third at the 1934 Italian Grand Prix. He continued driving for Ferrari through the end of 1935.
In 1937 Comotti moved to France and joined Talbot, working as a test driver who evaluated cars for clients while serving as a reserve for the race team. That same year he won the RAC Tourist Trophy at Donington Park, one of the most prestigious sports car events in the British calendar. At the close of the season he moved to Ecurie Bleue — the team run by Laurie and Lucy Schell — for 1938, driving a Delahaye 145 powered by a 4.5-litre V12 engine.
He made his first Grand Prix start at the 1938 German Grand Prix that year. That season he also competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the only time in his career, co-driving the Delahaye 145 with Albert Divo under the Ecurie Bleue banner; both outings ended in retirement. The 1938 European Championship was another campaign front where Comotti entered at the German Grand Prix, completing the outing but retiring. After the war, Comotti became a test driver for the new Talbot-Lago T26C and made several Grand Prix starts with that car, finishing sixth at the 1947 French Grand Prix and fourth at the 1948 French Grand Prix, though these were non-championship events.
When the Formula One World Championship was inaugurated in 1950, Comotti joined Scuderia Milano as a test driver and made his first World Championship appearance at the 1950 Italian Grand Prix, driving a Maserati 4CLT/50. He retired from the race and scored no championship points, finishing the 1950 season 32nd in the standings.
His second and final World Championship start came at the 1952 French Grand Prix, driving a Ferrari 166 entered by Scuderia Marzotto. Starting from 16th position on the grid, he completed 63 laps to finish 12th — his best classified result in a championship event. He scored no World Championship points across his two entries and finished 43rd in the 1952 standings.
In 1962 Comotti was one of nine founders of the Club international des anciens pilotes de Grand Prix F1, an organisation dedicated to preserving the heritage of Grand Prix racing and connecting its former participants.
Away from racing, Comotti worked in the oil business throughout his life and after retiring from competition moved to North Africa to work for BP. In 1932 he married Anna Maria Peduzzi, herself considered one of Italy's finest female racing drivers of the era and whose competitive career outlasted her husband's. Comotti died in Bergamo on 10 May 1963, aged 56.
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