Edoardo Mortara

On 27 September, it was announced that Edo would end his partnership with Maserati early and he opted to sign for Mahindra Racing on a multi-year deal.

After his win in Hong Kong, a string of bad luck and poor reliability had put Edo out of the championship contention.

In Sanya, he was almost taken out by a three-car shunt between Buemi, Frijns and di Grassi and thrown out of points after receiving a 16-second time penalty for failing to activate the attack mode.

In Paris, he crashed from 7th position in the rain and eventually collided with Alex Lynn (which gave him a 3-place grid penalty in the next round).

In Monaco, an overtaking incident with Jérôme D’Ambrosio, damaged his front suspension and resulted in the untimely end to his race.

Then, in Bern, a brake failure issue caused yet another retirement for him and in turn gave him another 5-place grid penalty for the New York round.

In the first race in New York, he overtook more than 10 cars after his grid penalty and was fighting for 9th position before being taken out by Max Gunther.

In Santiago, bad luck hit Mortara in his qualifying lap as Robin Frijns spun in front of him that costed him his chance of superpole.

After doing the practice start procedure, his car lost brake pressure, causing him to go straight into the barriers at turn 18.

Mercedes, who supplied the Mercedes-Benz EQ powertrains to the team, were forced to sit out qualifying along with Mortara's own ROKiT Venturi Racing car.

They later stated that an incorrect software parameter meant the rear brake system didn't activate as intended and the fail-safe did not kick in.

[5] In Rome, his car refused to power up in qualifying and he was forced to start at the back of the grid in race one.

Things didn't improve for the race and he was an early retirement with damage after hitting a slowing Sérgio Sette Câmara as the Dragon / Penske dived for the pitlane.

On Sunday, however, he qualified seventh and scored a solid fourth place after battling hard with Maximilian Günther's BMW.

In the race, he held off Wehrlein to earn his second Formula E victory as he moved top of the standings in the drivers' championship.

As the championship leader in New York, bad luck stroke Mortara as he was unable to set a full-power qualifying lap after a switch on his steering wheel locked into place, and he had to start at the back of the grid as a result.

In London's first race, despite setting the fastest time in qualifying group 1, Mortara could only manage to start from 16th on the grid.

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

In the first race in Berlin, Mortara performed strongly and he took his first-ever pole position in Formula E by beating Alexander Sims in the final.

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

He 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.

This relegated the Swiss driver to ninth, meaning he earned just three points from the opening race of the Brooklyn double-header.

Mortara was retained by Venturi, as it becomes Maserati MSG Racing from the 2022–23 season onwards alongside a new teammate, Maximilian Günther.

In the Diriyah E-Prix double header, the Maserati team continued to struggle as both cars crashed in the qualifying of race 1.

However, his hard work was ruined at the start of the race as he sustained front wing damage immediately after running into the back of Mitch Evans amidst a bunch up in Turn One.

With just 2 laps remaining, his teammate Max Günther hit him and he was forced to retire after sustaining a puncture in his tyre.

Unfortunately, Stoffel Vandoorne and E took him out at Turn 1 having run deep into the corner while passing Nissan driver Norman Nato.

But the wet weather and shorter race distance heavily reduced the need to save energy, thus it was difficult to climb up the order.

Whilst Venturi’s transition into Maserati for 2023 didn’t work to Mortara’s strengths, he’s still massively responsible for so much of what the Monte-Carlo-based team have achieved.

Mahindra Racing announced that Mortara would team up with 2020–21 Formula E champion Nyck De Vries for the 2023–24 season.

Mortara in DTM in 2014.
Mortara in Macau.
Mortara claimed his first FE victory for himself and Venturi team in Hong Kong
Mortara during testing for the 2021–22 Formula E World Championship . He finished the season third.
Mortara at the 2023 Berlin ePrix .