Lamborghini has unveiled the brand new tremendous sportscar on which its next-generation GT3 racer shall be primarily based.
The Lamborghini Temerario, launched on Friday in Monterey California, is the alternative within the Italian producer’s vary for the Huracan highway and race vehicles.
Racing variations will supersede the Huracan GT3 EVO2 in 2026 and the one-make Tremendous Trofeo EVO2 automobile the 12 months after.
They are going to be developed on the Lamborghini Squadra Corse in-house competitors division additionally accountable for the Huracan racers and the SC63 LMDh prototype that began racing within the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship this season.
The Temerario is a hybrid with a powertrain rated at simply over 900bhp, however the GT3 racer won’t incorporate the three electrical motors of the highway automobile and shall be two- somewhat than four-wheel-drive as per the class’s laws.
Lamborghini chief technical officer Rouven Mohr, who can be appearing motorsport boss after the departure of Giorgio Sanna, has additionally confirmed that there aren’t any plans for the one-make Temerario Tremendous Trofeo to include hybrid know-how.
“So long as you embrace high-voltage [systems] you exclude a variety of clients,” he mentioned.
“Buyer racing is the baseline and we now have to do a automobile that the groups can function.”
The Temerario, just like the Lamborghini LMDh, is powered by a twin-turbo V8, however Mohr burdened that they weren’t the identical powerplant.
“We’re super-proud of the road V8, however the LMDh engine is a stand-alone unit produced by Lamborghini just for that automobile,” he mentioned.
“The GT3 in addition to the Tremendous Trofeo can have as a base the road engine with all of the sophisticated stuff we put in.”
The four-litre avenue engine rated at peak energy of 790bhp revs to 10,000rpm, however Mohr revealed that this wouldn’t essentially be the the case within the GT3.
“It must be modified, so let’s see if the high-revving is smart or not,” he defined.
“If you need to restrict the ability output of the automobile to 520-530bhp [the baseline figure in GT3] we should see what’s the finest compromise between driveability and effectivity.”
The Temerario GT3 will start testing subsequent 12 months forward of its launch to clients for the 2026 season.
Mohr defined that the amount of vehicles that should be constructed for the Tremendous Trofeo defined the one-year offset between the introduction of the 2 race variations of the Temerario.
The Huracan GT3 was the primary racer to be developed at Lamborghini Squadra Corse following its institution in 2013.
It was launched to clients in 2015, with the EVO and EV02 variations arriving in 2019 and ’23 respectively.
