Mortara had to put a move on Venturi teammate Lucas di Grassi for the lead, after the Brazilian had previously dispatched early leader and polesitter Nyck de Vries assume take control of the race.
The 2021 championship runner-up then had to defend from both di Grassi and Robin Frijns as the field began to bunch up at the front, Mortara absorbing a hefty level of pressure before the race was neutralised for the safety car propagated by Alexander Sims' Turn 6 crash.
