Mirko Bortolotti

Mirko Bortolotti
Nationality	Italian
Born	10 January 1990 (1990-01-10) (age 21) Trento (Italy)
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship
Debut season	2009
Current team	MotorSport Vision
Car no.	4
Starts	32
Wins	8
Poles	7
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	1st in 2011
Previous series
2005 2005-2007 2006 2006 2007-2008 2009 2009 2010	Formula Gloria Italy FR 2.0 Italy Winter series Formula Junior 1600 Italy Formula Azzurra Italian Formula Three Formula Three Euroseries FIA Formula Two Championship GP3 Series
Championship titles
2008 2011	Italian Formula Three FIA Formula Two Championship

Mirko Bortolotti (born 10 January 1990 in Trento) is an Italian racing driver currently leading the FIA Formula Two Championship.

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.

Formula Two

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.^[1] 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 Three Euroseries season finale at Hockenheim,^[2] finishing on the podium in the second race.

GP3 Series

Bortolotti's next move was to the newly-created GP3 Series^[3]. 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 Formula Two

Bortolotti decided to return to Formula Two for 2011^[4]. 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.

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

In 2011, Bortolotti was selected by Williams to appear in their car at the 2011 young drivers test in Abu Dhabi.

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
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 Three 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 Three 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 Three Euroseries	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

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

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2009	14	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	4	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	SPL 1 2	SPL 2 2	MON 1 2	MON 2 1	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 1	1st*	316*

* Season in progress

Complete Formula Three Euroseries 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	HOC1 1	HOC1 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	HOC2 1 17	HOC2 2 3	N/A	0

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	ESP FEA 16	ESP SPR Ret	TUR FEA 25†	TUR SPR 12	VAL FEA 18	VAL SPR 10	GBR FEA 8	GBR SPR 13	GER FEA 6	GER SPR 4	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 8	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 14	ITA FEA 5	ITA SPR 2	11th	16

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

References

1. ^ Beer, Matt (2009-01-30). "Red Bull adds Bortolotti to F2 line-up". autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73078. Retrieved 2009-03-21. 
2. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-10-19). "Bortolotti joins Carlin for Hockenheim". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79629. Retrieved 2009-10-19. 
3. ^ "Bortolotti joins Addax Team". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 2010-03-11. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-pre-season/Bortolotti-signs-with-Addax/. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
4. ^ "Mirko Bortolotti returns to Formula Two". FIA Formula Two Championship (MotorSport Vision). 9 March 2011. http://www.formulatwo.com/news/mirko-bortolotti-returns.aspx. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
5. ^ "F3 racer breaks lap record on F1 debut". crash.net. 2008-11-28. http://www.crash.net/formula+one/News/64407/1/f3_racer_breaks_lap_record_on_f1_debut.html. Retrieved 2009-03-21. 
6. ^ "F2 driver Bortolotti linked with Ferrari". GPUpdate.net. 2009-08-26. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/218256/f2-driver-bortolotti-linked-with-ferrari/. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 

External links

• Official website
• Mirko Bortolotti career details at driverdb.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Paolo Maria Nocera	Italian Formula Three Champion 2008	Succeeded by Daniel Zampieri
Preceded by Dean Stoneman	FIA Formula Two champion 2011	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Bortolotti, Mirko
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Date of birth	January 10, 1990
Place of birth	Trento (Italy)
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