The 2017 FIA GT World Cup was a non-championship Grand Touring (GT) sports car race held on the streets of the Macau autonomous territory on 19 November 2017. It was the event's third edition, and the tenth Macau GT3-specification cars race. The Automobile General Association Macau-China appointed the motorsports organiser Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) to form a grid for the race. The race itself consisted of an 11-lap qualifying race that set the starting order for the 18-lap main race.
Edoardo Mortara (pictured in 2014) took his second successive pole position in Macau and he went on to win the Qualifying Race and the Main Race.
Raffaele Marciello (pictured in 2017) avoided a 16-car multi-car accident that stopped the Qualification Race for more than an hour.
Edoardo "Edo" Mortara is a Swiss-Italian-French professional racing driver currently competing for Mahindra Racing in Formula E. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he holds triple nationality from all three countries. He is a former Formula Three Euroseries champion and he almost claimed the DTM title with Audi in 2016. In 2021 and 2022, he finished in 2nd and then 3rd overall in the FIA Formula E World Companionship. He is a street circuit specialist and renowned as "Mr Macau". He last raced in the Formula E championship for the Maserati MSG Team.
Mortara in 2018
Mortara in DTM in 2014.
Mortara in Macau.
Mortara claimed his first FE victory for himself and Venturi team in Hong Kong