Mirko Bortolotti
Mirko Bortolotti | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Trento, Italy | 10 January 1990
Eurocup Mégane Trophy career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | Oregon Team |
Car number | 4 |
Starts | 11 |
Wins | 7 |
Poles | 11 |
Fastest laps | 4 |
Best finish | 1st in 2013 |
Previous series | |
2009, 11 2010 2009 2007–08 2006 2006 2005–07 2005 | FIA Formula Two Championship GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Italian Formula Three Formula Azzurra Formula Junior 1600 Italy FR 2.0 Italy Winter series Formula Gloria Italy |
Championship titles | |
2017 2013 2011 2008 | Blancpain Endurance Cup Eurocup Mégane Trophy FIA Formula Two Championship Italian Formula Three |
Mirko Bortolotti (born 10 January 1990) is an Italian racing driver from Trento. He has won the Italian Formula 3 Championship in 2008, the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2011, the Eurocup Megane Trophy in 2013 and the Blancpain GT Series Endurance and Overall Championship in 2017. For the 2021 season, he will compete as a factory driver for Lamborghini.[1]
Career[]
Italian series[]
After karting for several years, Bortolotti began his formula racing career in 2005 by competing in the Italian Formula Renault Winter Series and Formula Gloria. He competed in the Winter Series for a further two years, with a best finish of fourth in 2006. He also drove in the Italian Formula Junior 1600 championship for this year, in addition to the Formula Azzurra championship. In the latter series he finished as runner-up in the drivers' championship, behind winner Giuseppe Termine.
In 2007, Bortolotti moved up to Italian Formula Three, finishing fourth in the championship at his first attempt. He remained in the series for 2008, driving for the Lucidi Motors team, and won the championship with nine wins and six pole positions from the sixteen races.
FIA Formula Two Championship[]
Bortolotti obtained backing from Red Bull following his championship win; the company opted to place him in the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship in 2009.[2] He drove car number 14 in the series, and finished fourth. During the break between the final two rounds of the season, Bortolotti returned to Formula Three to compete for Carlin Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series season finale at Hockenheim,[3] finishing on the podium in the second race.
GP3 Series[]
Bortolotti's next move was to the newly created GP3 Series.[4] He drove in the 2010 season for Addax Team alongside teammates Felipe Guimarães and Pablo Sánchez López and managed some good results, finishing 11th and getting a podium in his final race.
Return to FIA Formula Two Championship[]
Bortolotti decided to return to FIA Formula Two Championship for 2011.[5] His season began well as he took the lead in the championship after the first round. He lost it to Christopher Zanella, later regaining the lead at the third round. He dominated the fourth round of the season at the Nürburgring, taking pole position, victory and the fastest lap in both races. He led the rest of the season, and eventually won the championship by 100 points over Zanella.
Formula One[]
As a reward for their performances in the 2008 Italian F3 championship, Bortolotti, Edoardo Piscopo and Salvatore Cicatelli were all given a test of the Ferrari team's F2008 chassis at the Fiorano Circuit in November 2008. Bortolotti impressed by setting a time of 59.111 seconds, quicker than the previous fastest lap set by the F2008 at the circuit by any driver.[6]
In 2009, among several other drivers, Bortolotti was linked to a drive with Ferrari as a replacement for injured Felipe Massa, after poor performances by Luca Badoer.[7]
In 2011, Bortolotti was selected by Williams to appear in their car at the 2011 young drivers test in Abu Dhabi.
GT Racing[]
The Italian has competed in various GT formats such as the Blancpain GT Series (Sprint and Endurance), ADAC GT Masters, Italian GT, IMSA Wheatertech Sportscar Championship (Rolex 24h at Daytona, Mobile 1 12h of Sebring), 24h of Dubai, Total 24h of Spa as well as the FIA GT World Cup Macau.
In 2017 Bortolotti has won the Endurance Cup of the Blancpain GT Series with GRT Grasser Racing Team and won the overall driver championship with his team mate Christian Engelhart.
From 2020,Bortolotti moved representative from Lamborghini to Audi.Now, he is racing R8 LMS GT3 EVO in the GT World Challenge Europe Series (former is Blancpain GT Series) Endurance Cup and ADAC GT Masters with WRT (Belgian Club W Racing Team ). In GT World Challenge Europe Series, he shares the car with Kelvin Vander Linde and Rolf Ineichen in Car #31. Car#30 with Rolf Ineichen in ADAC GT Masters respectively.
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2005 | Italian Formula Renault 2.0 – Winter Series | Auinger | 4 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 8 | 13th |
Formula Gloria Italy | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 12 | 21st | |
Italian Formula Junior 1600 | AP Motorsport | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 20 | 14th | |
2006 | Formula Azzurra | Team Italia CSAI | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 2nd |
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 – Winter Series | RP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 4th | |
Italian Formula Junior 1600 | ? | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 40 | 13th | ||
2007 | Italian Formula 3 Championship | Corbetta Competizioni | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 80 | 4th |
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 – Winter Series | Tomcat Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12th | |
2008 | Italian Formula 3 Championship | Lucidi Motors | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 150 | 1st |
2009 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 4th |
Formula 3 Euro Series | Carlin Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | |
2010 | GP3 Series | Addax Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11th |
2011 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 316 | 1st |
2012 | ADAC GT Masters | Schubert Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 29th |
2013 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | Oregon Team | 14 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 275 | 1st |
2014 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am | Bonaldi Motorsport | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 87 | 4th |
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final | N/A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | NC | |
Italian GT Championship | Imperiale Racing Srl | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 14th | |
Formula Acceleration 1 | Acceleration Team Italy | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 135 | 2nd | |
2015 | Italian GT Championship | Imperiale Racing | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 113 | 4th |
Blancpain Endurance Series | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 12th | |
Blancpain Sprint Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17th | ||
ADAC GT Masters | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NC† | ||
2016 | Italian GT Championship | Imperiale Racing | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 108 | 6th |
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17th | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 7th | ||
ADAC GT Masters | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 34th | ||
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | Paul Miller Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 58th | |
FIA GT World Cup | FFF Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | |
2017 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 67 | 4th |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 1st | ||
ADAC GT Masters | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 18th | ||
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 50th | ||
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Lamborghini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
FIA GT World Cup | FFF Racing Team by ACM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNS | |
2018 | ADAC GT Masters | Orange1 by GRT Grasser | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 7th |
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 57.5 | 5th | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31st | ||
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 45th | ||
2019 | ADAC GT Masters | Orange1 by GRT Grasser | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 146 | 2nd |
Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 75 | 4th | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 13th | ||
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 35th | ||
2020 | ADAC GT Masters | Team WRT | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 16th |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 4th | |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | WRT Speedstar Audi Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 41st | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6th | |
2021 | ADAC GT Masters | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 145 | 5th |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 74th | ||
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Orange 1 FFF Racing Team | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 4th | |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | T3 Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
† As Bortolotti was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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2009 | VAL 1 6 |
VAL 2 2 |
BRN 1 1 |
BRN 2 Ret |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 9 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 5 |
DON 1 10 |
DON 2 3 |
OSC 1 2 |
OSC 2 Ret |
IMO 1 2 |
IMO 2 Ret |
CAT 1 6 |
CAT 2 Ret |
4th | 50 |
2011 | SIL 1 1 |
SIL 2 2 |
MAG 1 6 |
MAG 2 3 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 1 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 1 |
BRH 1 5 |
BRH 2 2 |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 2 |
MON 1 2 |
MON 2 1 |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 1 |
1st | 316 |
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 |
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2009 | Carlin Motorsport | Dallara F308 | 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 17 |
HOC 2 3 |
NC† | 0† |
† As Bortolotti was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete GP3 Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
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2010 | Addax Team | CAT FEA 16 |
CAT SPR Ret |
IST FEA 25† |
IST SPR 12 |
VAL FEA 18 |
VAL SPR 10 |
SIL FEA 8 |
SIL SPR 13 |
HOC FEA 6 |
HOC SPR 4 |
HUN FEA 11 |
HUN SPR 8 |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 14 |
MNZ FEA 5 |
MNZ SPR 2 |
11th | 16 |
† Bortolotti did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Eurocup Mégane Trophy results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
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2013 | Oregon Team | ALC 1 1 |
ALC 2 1 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 1 |
MSC 1 1 |
MSC 2 2 |
RBR 1 1 |
RBR 2 1 |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 4 |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 C |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 DSQ |
CAT 3 3 |
1st | 275 |
Complete Formula Acceleration 1 results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Italy | ALG 1 1 |
ALG 2 1 |
NAV 1 2 |
NAV 2 2 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 1 |
MNZ 1 3 |
MNZ 2 11 |
ASS 1 |
ASS 2 |
2nd | 135 |
Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results[]
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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2015 | Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | NOG QR |
NOG CR |
BRH QR |
BRH CR |
ZOL QR |
ZOL CR |
MOS QR |
MOS CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
MIS QR 2 |
MIS CR 3 |
ZAN QR |
ZAN CR |
17th | 21 |
2016 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | MIS QR Ret |
MIS CR 12 |
BRH QR 7 |
BRH CR 24 |
NÜR QR Ret |
NÜR CR Ret |
HUN QR 8 |
HUN CR 14 |
CAT QR 2 |
CAT CR 5 |
17th | 16 | ||||
2017 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 8 |
MIS CR 9 |
BRH QR 1 |
BRH CR 1 |
ZOL QR Ret |
ZOL CR 15 |
HUN QR 2 |
HUN CR 3 |
NÜR QR 19 |
NÜR CR 5 |
4th | 67 | ||||
2018 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | ZOL 1 1 |
ZOL 2 7 |
BRH 1 10 |
BRH 2 5 |
MIS 1 3 |
MIS 2 18 |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 6 |
NÜR 1 DSQ |
NÜR 2 EX |
5th | 57.5 | ||||
2019 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 10 |
MIS 1 6 |
MIS 2 16 |
ZAN 1 2 |
ZAN 2 2 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 8 |
HUN 1 3 |
HUN 2 2 |
4th | 75 |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Paul Miller Racing | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 16 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 59th | 16 |
2017 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 15 |
SEB 9 |
LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 50th | 38 |
2018 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 1 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 45th | 35 | |
2019 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 1 |
SEB 1 |
MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 35th | 70 | |
2020 | WRT Speedstar Audi Sport | GTD | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Audi 5.2 L V10 | DAY 3 |
DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET | LGA | SEB | 41st | 30 | |
2021 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 18 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM |
LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 74th | 160 | |
2022 | TR3 Racing | GTP | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 12 |
LBH |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
LIM |
ELK |
VIR |
-* | 0* |
24 Hours of Daytona results[]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2016 | ![]() |
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Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GTD | 652 | 35th | 16th |
2017 | ![]() |
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Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GTD | 580 | 37th | 15th |
2018 | ![]() |
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Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GTD | 752 | 21st | 1st |
2019 | ![]() |
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Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | GTD | 561 | 17th | 1st |
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2020 | ![]() |
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Audi R8 LMS Evo | GT3 Pro | 61 | DNF | DNF |
References[]
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (18 December 2020). "Bortolotti Rejoins Lamborghini; Mitchell Promoted to Factory". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Beer, Matt (30 January 2009). "Red Bull adds Bortolotti to F2 line-up". autosport.com. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (19 October 2009). "Bortolotti joins Carlin for Hockenheim". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ "Bortolotti joins Addax Team". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Mirko Bortolotti returns to Formula Two". FIA Formula Two Championship. MotorSport Vision. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "F3 racer breaks lap record on F1 debut". crash.net. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ "F2 driver Bortolotti linked with Ferrari". GPUpdate.net. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
External links[]
- Official website
- Mirko Bortolotti career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Trento
- Italian racing drivers
- Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Italian Formula Three Championship drivers
- FIA Formula Two Championship drivers
- Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
- GP3 Series drivers from Italy
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- Eurocup Mégane Trophy drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- Carlin racing drivers