Moving from one place to another at a leisurely pace is not Edoardo Mortara’s style. He’s got to move fast. “I love anything that’s extreme,” says the Italian-French racer who lives in Switzerland, making no secret of the fact that he’s a speed junkie. Whether he’s snowboarding or kite surfing, it’s always about trying to be yet a bit faster – plus having plenty of action, of course. “I’ve just done my first somersaults on a snowboard,” Mortara cheerfully announced on Facebook before the start of the season. Naturally, he has even more fun when engines enter the picture. 26-year-old Mortara, who has a private pilot’s license himself, derives maximum pleasure, for instance, from flying over the Alps in a fighter jet as a co-pilot to his father who is a professional pilot. Great fun … More…
Forget the fact that English isn’t his first language… and maybe even his second or third. Filipe Albuquerque speaks it both fluently and quickly. When asked whether there’s any confusion jumping from the R8 LMS with its refined aero package to the less-optimized R8 GRAND-AM, he didn’t even seem concerned. The 27-year old Portuguese Audi factory driver pointed out that he has always found himself to be a quick study. You put him in a car, and he learns the nuance and the limits very fast. That adaptability probably explains why Filipe came out of seemingly nowhere at the 2010 Race of Champions and bested the likes of Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher and Tom Kristensen in an upset victory for the ‘new guy’. More…
All Drivers Test at Barcelona From Tuesday on, the Audi RS 5 DTM will be continually out on track. All eight Audi drivers are traveling to Barcelona (Spain) for the first joint tests with the competition from BMW and Mercedes-Benz this year. Filipe Albuquerque, Mattias Ekström, Jamie Green, Miguel Molina, Edoardo Mortara, Mike Rockenfeller, Timo [...] More…
Now that the eight Audi DTM drivers have been allocated among the race teams, the start numbers of the Audi RS 5 DTM cars for the 2013 season are also fixed. More…
You’ve just returned from a brief visit to Moscow to promote Audi and the DTM race there on August 4. What was your impression? This was my first visit to Russia. It was really exciting to be standing on Red Square with the Audi A5 DTM. I was particularly surprised about the high interest of [...] More…
On August 4, the DTM will be entering new territory to contest a race in Russia for the first time in its near 30-year history. Audi is the only brand to have visited Moscow half a year before the DTM round: Mattias Ekström and Edoardo Mortara today presented themselves together with an Audi A5 DTM to a large number of fans and journalists. More…
Audi will start into the 2013 DTM season with a mix of experienced campaigners and ambitious youngsters. The eight drivers have four titles, 478 races, 39 pole positions and 34 victories to their credit between them – marking top tallies in the series. The only change compared to last year’s squad: Rahel Frey is switching to GT racing within AUDI AG. The vacant cockpit will be occupied by new signing Jamie Green. More…
At the Daytona 24 Hours, the Audi R8 GRAND-AM has made its best showing to date: Filipe Albuquerque/Oliver Jarvis/Edoardo Mortara/Dion von Moltke won the GT category in a dramatic finale. The runners-up trailing the winners by 1.4 seconds were Ian Baas/Marc Basseng/René Rast/Frank Stippler. Despite 65 percent of each lap having been driven at full throttle the R8 GRAND-AM that is powered by a production-derived 5.2-liter V10 FSI engine was running flawlessly on the notorious oval track for a whole day and night. With the class victory at Daytona Audi, under factory commitments or in cooperation with its customers, has now won the world’s most important 24-hour races. More…
TAVARES, Fla. (Jan. 22, 2013) - Coming off a promising Roar Before the 24 Testearly in the month the No. 24 WeatherTech Audi R8 GRAND-AM team is poised for a strong 51st running of the GRAND-AM Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona, Jan. 26-27. Audi factory drivers, Edoardo Mortara (Italy), Filipe Alburquerque (Portugal), Oliver Jarvis (England) and American [...] More…
For 2013, Audi has raised its level of commitment to the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. No less than four Audi R8 GRAND-AMs will be on the grid when the flag drops, fielded by teams like APR Motorsport, Alex Job Racing and Rum Bum Racing. These cars will be piloted by known GRAND-AM aces and [...] More…
Alex Job Racing has teamed up with Audi Sport customer racing to field the No. 24 WeatherTech Audi R8 GRAND-AM for the 51st running of the GRAND-AM Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona, Jan. 26-27. More…
Audi DTM ace Edoardo Mortara took his fourth straight victory at the 59th Macau Grand Prix, defending his Macau GT Cup crown with a masterful manoeuvre to stand atop the podium. Known as ‘Mr Macau’ for his successful dominance of the 6.2km Guia street circuit, Mortara competed with team Audi R8 LMS Cup in an Audi R8 LMS ultra, along with newly crowned Audi R8 LMS Cup Amateur Cup champion Jeffrey Lee. More…
