What a race for Edoardo Mortara: The Italian from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline advanced from grid position 17 to sixth place in the second race at the Moscow Raceway on Sunday.
The man of the race on Sunday was Edoardo Mortara. The Italian made up five positions right on lap one and subsequently continued to thrill the spectators with spectacular overtaking maneuvers. On the penultimate lap, he bumped Mercedes-Benz driver Daniel Juncadella from position six. In the last turn, Mortara still attacked Saturday’s winner Robert Wickens as well and saw the checkered flag in a photo finish alongside the Mercedes-Benz. On the finish line, Mortara was short merely 67 thousandths of a second from position five.
“It was a good race for me. I gave my best,” said Mortara following his comeback. “Initially, I was struggling quite a bit with the new set of tires. But then grip came and I was able to close the gap to the guys in front of me. I tried to put pressure on them and that worked out pretty well. Obviously, having had a number of Audi cars around me helped today too. That was good teamwork and a nice feeling.”
Behind Mortara three other Audi drivers, Nico Müller, Adrien Tambay and Mattias Ekström, who drove a similarly strong race as the Italian, finished in the points. Miguel Molina in position eleven missed scoring a point in the thrilling finale by only 0.107 seconds.