Edoardo Mortara is set to make his return to the DTM in 2025, six years after his last season in the series, according to Motorsport.com.
The Swiss driver is expected to partner reigning DTM champion Mirko Bortolotti at Abt this year, following the team’s switch from Audi to Lamborghini machinery over the winter. Lamborghini has confirmed that Mortara will “join a GT3 programme with Lamborghini in the remaining year of 2025.”
Mortara became a factory driver for Lamborghini in 2024, racing its new SC63 LMDh prototype in the World Endurance Championship. However, Lamborghini’s participation in the Hypercar class ended after just one season, leaving Mortara without a full-time seat in prototype racing.
Although Mortara was part of the lineup for last weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours, he is not included in Lamborghini’s lineup for the remainder of the IMSA SportsCar Championship endurance season.
It now appears that the GT3 programme Lamborghini referred to for Mortara will be in the DTM, where fellow factory driver Bortolotti clinched the 2024 title in a factory-supported SSR Performance entry.
Edoardo Mortara is expected to make his return to the DTM in 2025, with the 38-year-old likely to join Abt following the team’s switch from Audi to Lamborghini machinery. SSR Performance, the team with which Lamborghini’s Mirko Bortolotti claimed the 2024 title, is not expected to continue in the DTM, making Abt the favored destination for Mortara’s DTM comeback.
Mortara has a history with Abt, having raced with the Audi factory team between 2014 and 2016. He finished as the championship runner-up in his third season with the team. Another potential contender for the vacant seat at Abt is Jordan Pepper, who made his DTM debut at the Sachsenring last year as a stand-in for Christian Engelhart of Grasser Racing. However, sources suggest that Mortara, rather than Pepper, will secure the seat with the multiple championship-winning squad.
Mortara’s career in DTM spans eight seasons. He began with Audi teams Rosberg and Abt before moving to Mercedes for his final two years in the series, driving the Class One-spec C63 AMG in 2017 and 2018. Over his DTM career, Mortara claimed 10 wins, 27 podiums, and five pole positions.