46 Facts About Edoardo Mortara

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Edoardo "Edo" Mortara was born on 12 January 1987 and is a Swiss-Italian-French professional racing driver for Maserati MSG Racing.

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Edoardo Mortara is a former Formula Three Euroseries champion and he almost claimed the DTM title with Audi in 2016.

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Edoardo Mortara is a street circuit specialist and renowned as "Mr Macau".

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Edoardo Mortara is renowned as "Mr Macau" as he has amassed ten wins in Macau from 2008 to 2017 in F3 and GT races.

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Edoardo Mortara was ranked 38th and 15th by the famous "Autosport" magazine as one of the top 50 drivers in the world in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

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Edoardo Mortara's best result was a 4th place in Diriyah.

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Edoardo Mortara finished the season strongly as the Vice-Champion with 92 points.

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Edoardo Mortara won the Macau Grand Prix qualifying race and finished a close second place in the main race that year.

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Edoardo Mortara went on to win the event easily ahead of team-mate Jean Karl Vernay.

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Edoardo Mortara won the championship and then signed for Audi to drive for their DTM cars from 2011.

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Edoardo Mortara became the first-ever driver to have won this famous event 2 times.

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For 2011, Edoardo Mortara made a switch to the DTM series driving for Audi Team Rosberg.

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Edoardo Mortara is renowned as "Mr Macau" as he has won 10 times in Macau from 2008 to 2017 in F3 and GT races.

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Edoardo Mortara then claimed pole and victory on 23 June 2018 at Norisring.

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However, Edoardo Mortara still finished in points in 3 of these races.

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Edoardo Mortara started off the season with a strong second place in race one in Diriyah.

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Edoardo Mortara was released from the hospital but opted not to partake in race 2.

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Edoardo Mortara charged his way up to 9th position until the second last corner only to be hit from behind, and thus narrowly missed out on points.

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Edoardo Mortara got past both BMWs in the race and finished on the podium for the second time in the season.

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Edoardo Mortara managed to get pas 9 car and eventually finished 14th.

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Edoardo Mortara charged his way to finish 9th and claimed 2 points.

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Edoardo Mortara was able to get past both DS techeetah in the race and threatened di Grassi's lead all the way until the chequered flag, with di Grassi just edging Mortara by 0.141s at the finish.

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Edoardo Mortara thus entered the season finale second in the drivers' table with just a three-point deficit to Nyck de Vries.

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However, at the start of the race, a stalled Evans saw Edoardo Mortara left nowhere to go and he smashed into Evan's car heavily.

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In season 8 of the Formula E season, Edoardo Mortara bounced back and finished a strong sixth in the first race after his crash in the qualifying session in the Diriyah ePrix.

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Edoardo Mortara took the lead from Pascal Wehrlein in the early stage of the race.

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Edoardo Mortara continued to lead the Formula E drivers' standings after 3 rounds.

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Edoardo Mortara was able to make a comeback to P6 - until Di Grassi forced him off the track which resulted in a puncture and he had to retire.

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Edoardo Mortara led the race from start to finish and took his second win of the season.

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Edoardo Mortara went on to finish another strong second place in the race and took an extra point by clocking the fastest lap in the race.

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Edoardo Mortara was able to overtake Da Costa and was chasing Evans and Vergne for the win.

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Edoardo Mortara kept his cool as both DS Techeetah drivers, Da Costa and Vergne, couldn't pass him in the later stage of the race.

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Edoardo Mortara won his 3rd race of the season and hit the top of the Drivers' World Championship with this victory.

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Edoardo Mortara enjoyed a strong drive to finish fifth and claimed the fastest lap award but a five-second penalty was given to him after the race.

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Edoardo Mortara had to repair the damaged front nose and his race was actually over because of this accident.

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Edoardo Mortara eventually finished in 13th place after another five-second penalty.

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On Sunday, Edoardo Mortara bounced back strongly as he qualified on the front row.

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Edoardo Mortara got past Da Costa on lap 2 and never looked back.

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Edoardo Mortara led comfortably to win his 4th race of the season.

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Edoardo Mortara was able to make good progress through the field before an unfortunate puncture that forced him to retire.

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In race 2, Edoardo Mortara bounced back strongly and qualified in a respectable 7th position.

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Edoardo Mortara ran as high as 5th in the early stages and finished in ninth.

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Edoardo Mortara charged his way from the back of the field after his pitstop and finished in 10th at the end of the race.

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Edoardo Mortara's car was repaired on time for the race but he was forced to retire after 1 lap after another mechanical failure.

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Edoardo Mortara was then forced to retire on lap 21 after being spun into the barriers by Abt's Nico Muller.

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Edoardo Mortara finished in 9th in the first race but suffered another DNF on Sunday's race.