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Lamborghini Ends FIA WEC Program After Horrific End to a Season
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Lamborghini Ends FIA WEC Program After Horrific End to a Season

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Lamborghini’s opening season As Le Mans Hypercar builder inside FIA World Endurance Championship It ended as ignominiously as possible with a DNF classification in the last 8 Hours race in Bahrain. During the eight-race season, Lamborghini He only managed to finish five times, averaging a 13th-place finish in the 19-car class. Lamborghini did not perform well for itself in its first run and as a result decided to withdraw from the series altogether. Part of the problem stems from the fact that the FIA ​​WEC requires all teams to field at least two cars for the 2025 season, and Lamborghini only wants to allocate enough budget for a single car.

While Lamborghini’s efforts with the Iron Lynx team were always questioned when the FIA ​​announced its new two-car team rule, what was unexpected was the announcement that Lamborghini and Iron Lynx would also withdraw from their highly successful LMGT3 class efforts. The two-car Iron Lynx/Iron Dames team managed to take a place on the podium in the Belgian round of the championship. There will be no Sant’Agata Bolognese representation on the grid in 2025, as both cars have now left the series.

Sources close to Squadra Corsa do not expect Lamborghini to give up its SC63 work. Lamborghini continued to test the SC63 this week before this announcement and announced that it would enter the IMSA Endurance Cup races (24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, The 6 Hours) with a single car. Battle on the Bricks” at Indianapolis and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta). With FIA WEC budgets removed from the vault, it is possible that he could enter a second chassis as a full-season IMSA competitor.

To be honest, I would be quite happy if Lamborghini put more effort into the IMSA program. The SC63 is among the most beautiful cars on the GTP/Hypercar grid, and selfishly I’d like to see more of it here in the US.

Racer He makes a good point in discussing this story:

With their place on the grid given up for 2025, there is no guarantee there will be room for the Huracan GT3 successor, which is expected to launch in 2026; right at the point where the new Genesis Hypercar is expected to be added. FIA WEC venue.

Lamborghini may have lost the bag when it comes to the Temerario GT3, which has a high-profile series to compete in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.