Mirko Bortolotti

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]

Mirko Bortolotti
Nationality Italian
Born (1990-01-10) 10 January 1990
Trento, Italy
Eurocup Mégane Trophy career
Debut season2013
Current teamOregon Team
Car number4
Starts11
Wins7
Poles11
Fastest laps4
Best finish1st in 2013
Previous series
2009, 11
2010
2009
200708
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

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
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 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD GRT Grasser Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 160 17th*

As Bortolotti was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points
* Season still in progress.

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
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
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
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
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
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
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
LBH
PET
17th* 160*

* Season still in progress.


24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 Paul Miller Racing Bryce Miller
Bryan Sellers
Madison Snow
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GTD 652 35th 16th
2017 GRT Grasser Racing Team Rolf Ineichen
Christian Engelhart
Ezequiel Pérez Companc
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GTD 580 37th 15th
2018 GRT Grasser Racing Team Rolf Ineichen
Franck Perera
Rik Breukers
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GTD 752 21st 1st
2019 GRT Grasser Racing Team Christian Engelhart
Rolf Ineichen
Rik Breukers
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo GTD 561 17th 1st

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Christopher Mies
Garth Tander
Audi R8 LMS Evo GT3 Pro 61 DNF DNF

References

  1. Lloyd, Daniel (18 December 2020). "Bortolotti Rejoins Lamborghini; Mitchell Promoted to Factory". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. Beer, Matt (30 January 2009). "Red Bull adds Bortolotti to F2 line-up". autosport.com. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  3. O'Leary, Jamie (19 October 2009). "Bortolotti joins Carlin for Hockenheim". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  4. "Bortolotti joins Addax Team". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  5. "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.
  6. "F3 racer breaks lap record on F1 debut". crash.net. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  7. "F2 driver Bortolotti linked with Ferrari". GPUpdate.net. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Paolo Maria Nocera
Italian Formula 3 Championship
Champion

2008
Succeeded by
Daniel Zampieri
Preceded by
Dean Stoneman
FIA Formula Two Championship
Champion

2011
Succeeded by
Luciano Bacheta
Preceded by
Albert Costa
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Champion

2013
Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
Preceded by
Rob Bell
Côme Ledogar
Shane van Gisbergen
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Champion

2017
With: Andrea Caldarelli & Christian Engelhart
Succeeded by
Yelmer Buurman
Maro Engel
Luca Stolz
Preceded by
Dominik Baumann
Maximilian Buhk
Blancpain GT Series
Champion

2017
With: Christian Engelhart
Succeeded by
Raffaele Marciello

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