Mirko Bortolotti
Bortolotti in 2024
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1990-01-10)10 January 1990 (age 35) Trento, Italy
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	63
Starts	17 (17 entries)
Wins	4
Podiums	7
Poles	1
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	16th (GTD Pro) in2023
Previous series
2012,2015–21 2014–16 2014 2013 2009,11 2010 2009 2007–08 2006 2006 2005–07 2005	ADAC GT Masters Italian GT Championship Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Eurocup Mégane Trophy 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
2024 2017 2013 2011 2008	DTM Blancpain Endurance Cup Eurocup Mégane Trophy FIA Formula Two Championship Italian Formula Three

Mirko Bortolotti (born 10 January 1990) is an Italianracing driver fromTrento. He won the Italian Formula 3 Championship in 2008, theFIA Formula 2 Championship in 2011, theEurocup Megane Trophy in 2013 and theBlancpain GT Series Endurance and Overall Championship in 2017. He competed as a factory driver forLamborghini between 2016 and 2019, before moving toAudi for 2020 and rejoining Lamborghini in 2021.^[1] He competed in the2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters withGRT Grasser Racing Team, a factory-backed Lamborghini team based in Austria,^[2] and has since been competing withIron Lynx in theWEC, piloting theirLamborghini SC63 prototype starting in2024. In 2025, Bortolotti won theSpa 24 Hours, giving Lamborghini its first win at the event.

After karting for several years, Bortolotti began hisformula racing career in 2005 by competing in the ItalianFormula 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 ItalianFormula 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 toItalian 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 sixpole positions from the sixteen races.

Bortolotti obtained backing fromRed Bull following his championship win; the company opted to place him in the relaunchedFIA Formula Two Championship in2009.^[3] 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 forCarlin Motorsport in theFormula 3 Euro Series season finale atHockenheim,^[4] finishing on the podium in the second race.

Bortolotti's next move was to the newly createdGP3 Series.^[5] He drove in the2010 season forAddax Team alongside teammatesFelipe Guimarães andPablo Sánchez López and managed some good results, finishing 11th and getting a podium in his final race.

Bortolotti decided to return to FIA Formula Two Championship for2011.^[6] His season began well as he took the lead in the championship after the first round. He lost it toChristopher Zanella, later regaining the lead at the third round. He dominated the fourth round of the season at theNürburgring, 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.

As a reward for their performances in the 2008 Italian F3 championship, Bortolotti,Edoardo Piscopo and Salvatore Cicatelli were all given a test of theFerrari team'sF2008 chassis at theFiorano 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.^[7]

In2009, among several other drivers, Bortolotti was linked to a drive withFerrari as a replacement for injuredFelipe Massa, after poor performances byLuca Badoer.^[8]

In2011, Bortolotti was selected byWilliams to appear in their car at the 2011 young drivers test inAbu Dhabi.

Bortolotti has competed in various GT formats such as theBlancpain 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 won the Endurance Cup of the Blancpain GT Series withGRT Grasser Racing Team and won the overall driver championship with his teammate Christian Engelhart.

In 2020, Bortolotti moved from Lamborghini to Audi. Now, he is racing R8 LMS GT3 EVO in the GT World Challenge Europe Series (formerly Blancpain GT Series) Endurance Cup and ADAC GT Masters with WRT (Belgian Club W Racing Team ). In the 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 the ADAC GT Masters, respectively.

2023 saw Bortolotti joinAndrea Caldarelli andJordan Pepper inIron Lynx's Pro class effort in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.^[9]

In September 2021, Bortolotti made his debut in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters as a guest driver for T3 Motorsport as the German team fielded a third Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo car in the sixth round of the2021 DTM season atAssen.^[10] There, he finished second in the first race on Saturday and seventh in the second race on Sunday.^[11] In February 2022, Bortolotti earned a full-time seat for the2022 DTM season withGRT Grasser Racing Team as the Austrian team joined the series by fielding four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo cars with factory-backing from the Italian manufacturer.^[2]

In thefirst round of the 2022 DTM season atPortimão, Bortolotti finished third in both races. He qualified on pole position for the first race of the weekend and led 19 laps, but his car suffered a sudden loss of power after a safety-car period and he fell to sixth position with 10 laps to go, before recovering to fourth and eventually overtaking the Mercedes ofMaro Engel on the final lap for third, with Mercedes driversLucas Auer andLuca Stolz finishing in front of him.^[12][13] In the first race of thethird round atImola, Bortolotti scored his third podium finish of the season, recovering to third after starting from 16th due to a 10-place grid penalty for using a wrong set of tyres.^[14] After experiencing his first retirement of the season in the first race of the fourth round at theNorisring, he finished second in the second race of the weekend and moved to the top of the drivers' standings with half the season completed.^[15]

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

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† As Bortolotti was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† Bortolotti did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

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
Source:[18]

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

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† As Bortolotti was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Team WRT	Rolf Ineichen Dries Vanthoor	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	366	15th	11th
2023	Prema Racing	Daniil Kvyat Doriane Pin	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	113	DNF	DNF
2024	LamborghiniIron Lynx	Daniil Kvyat Edoardo Mortara	Lamborghini SC63	Hypercar	309	10th	10th
Sources:[18][34]

• Official website
• Mirko Bortolotti career summary at DriverDB.com

• 1990 births
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