Edoardo Mortara thriving for ROKiT Venturi Racing in Season 8 of Formula E

RIYADH: It took Edoardo Mortara 54 races to get his first Formula E pole position.

And then he got two in two days, helping him secure a win and second place for ROKiT Venturi Racing in the Berlin E-Prix double-header last month.

Ahead of the first ever Jakarta E-Prix on Saturday, Mortara sits in second position in Season 8 of the all-electric series, on 99 points, behind leader Stoffel Vandoorne of Mercedes-EQ on 111.

Mortara described his weekend in Berlin as “fantastic.”

He said: “It’s not often that you have these kinds of weekends as a driver and obviously I’m very pleased and very happy with what happened.

“I can only tell you that I think that we managed to squeeze pretty much all the performance out of the car.

“We had a strategy in the qualifiers, and we executed the plan very well. And I think my laps were also quite good, without big mistakes. I was very happy, very pleased with the results,” the Swiss driver added.

Going into the Berlin E-Prix, Mortara, 35, was fifth in the overall standings and 32 points behind Vandoorne. The cars of both teams — with ROKiT Venturi Racing also having a Mercedes engine — ended up completing a successful weekend.

He said: “Sunday was I think a strong showing from both Mercedes teams, so obviously we can say that the powertrain worked very well in Berlin. But we should not underestimate the amount of work that has also been done by the two teams on the setups, on the drivability, on all these things.

“I think that for sure, the powertrain was a big key to our success. But it was also all the work that was done by the team. So, I would say 50-50.”

Following the success in Germany, did Mortara believe he was finally getting as much consistency out of the car as