A New Car, a New Calendar, and Lamborghini’s 14th Year of One-Make Racing
Lamborghini Squadra Corse confirmed the full 2022 Super Trofeo Europe calendar: six rounds, 12 races, and 600 minutes of competition spread across five countries. The season opens at Monza in April and runs through to a final round whose venue will be announced at the 2021 World Finals in Misano. But the calendar is secondary to the car filling the grid. Every entry will run the new Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, replacing the EVO that debuted in 2018 and delivering the most substantial hardware refresh the series has seen in four years.
The EVO2 is slated for deployment across all three continental Super Trofeo championships, covering Europe, North America, and Asia, beginning in 2022, according to IMSA. That global rollout makes the European opener at Monza effectively the worldwide competitive debut for a car Lamborghini says previews styling elements destined for future road models. For anyone tracking how Sant’Agata translates racing development into showroom metal, this season matters more than most.
Inside the EVO2: Countach Echoes and Carbon Fiber Everywhere
According to IMSA, the EVO2 carries what the organization calls “radical aerodynamic refinements” shaped by Lamborghini Centro Stile. Up front, hexagonal full-LED light clusters and a pronounced “omega” lip reshape the car’s face, while new air curtain intakes channel airflow along the flanks. A large carbon-fiber wing dominates the rear, but the detail that drew the most attention at the car’s unveiling is the LED light cluster design: a deliberate homage to the Lamborghini Countach.
That Countach reference is more than nostalgia. Maurizio Reggiani, Lamborghini’s Chief Technical Officer at the time, described the Super Trofeo as the optimal testing ground for technical and aerodynamic solutions applicable to both road cars and GTs. The EVO2’s design language, in other words, is a controlled preview of where the brand is heading. Side member paneling and rear aerodynamic appendages are now carbon fiber rather than plastic, and the rear fenders have been redesigned as a single element for cleaner surface continuity. The Squadra Corse-developed braking system features steel front discs that increased in size from the previous 380mm specification, paired with Brembo Racing calipers.
Under the bodywork, the fundamentals remain familiar: a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 producing 620 CV at 8,250 rpm, channeled through a sequential six-speed X-Trac gearbox to the rear wheels. Öhlins TTX 36 two-way dampers handle suspension duties. At a dry weight of 1,270 kg, the EVO2 keeps the razor-sharp power-to-weight ratio that defines the Super Trofeo experience. The engine stays untouched because the point of this update is aerodynamic and structural refinement, not brute force.
A 'Mad-Croc' liveried Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 ignites the night with exhaust flames on the race track.
From Track to Road: Why the EVO2’s Design Language Matters Beyond Racing
One-make series cars occupy a peculiar space in the automotive world. They exist to race, obviously, but for manufacturers like Lamborghini they also function as rolling design laboratories where stylistic ideas can be tested in a high-visibility environment before committing to road-car production tooling. Reggiani’s comment about the EVO2 anticipating styling elements for future road cars deserves attention. The Huracán STO borrowed liberally from earlier Super Trofeo generations, and the Performante before it reflected lessons learned on one-make grids across three continents.
The Countach-inspired rear lighting, the hexagonal LED motifs, and the emphasis on single-piece bodywork panels all hint at a design direction Lamborghini was exploring for its next generation. For LamboCars readers who follow the brand’s design evolution closely, the EVO2 offered a tangible preview at a time when the successor to the Huracán road car was still under wraps. Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, reinforced the connection by noting that the Huracán is one of the brand’s biggest bestsellers and that Super Trofeo directly contributes to its commercial success.
The strategic calculus is straightforward. Every weekend that an EVO2 grid fills television screens and social feeds, Lamborghini reinforces the idea that its road cars descend from genuine racing machinery. Ferrari Challenge and Porsche’s various one-make cups serve a similar brand function, but Lamborghini’s approach with the Super Trofeo has always leaned harder on visual drama and design storytelling. The EVO2, with its explicit heritage references, pushes that tendency further than any previous generation.
The 2022 Circuits: From Monza’s Slipstreams to Misano Under Lights
The calendar reads like a greatest-hits tour of European motorsport. Monza opens the season on April 8 to 10, a fitting home round for a Sant’Agata-based constructor. Paul Ricard in southern France follows on June 2 to 4, its long straights and technical chicanes offering a very different aerodynamic challenge.
Misano, scheduled for July 1 to 3, brings something genuinely unusual: Lamborghini says one race will run under night-time lights and the other in daylight. For a one-make series built around spectacle, a night race is a smart move. Anyone who has watched a Super Trofeo car spit flames on overrun can imagine what a full grid looks like after dark.
Spa-Francorchamps hosts the fourth round on July 28 to 30, supporting the 24 Hours of Spa. The Belgian circuit holds a unique distinction: it is the only venue to appear in every Super Trofeo season since the series launched in 2009. Barcelona rounds out the confirmed schedule on September 30 to October 2, returning after a gap that followed its initial three-year stint from 2009 to 2011. The sixth round and World Finals venue remained unannounced at the time of the calendar’s release.
| Round | Circuit | Country | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monza | Italy | April 8-10 |
| 2 | Paul Ricard | France | June 2-4 |
| 3 | Misano | Italy | July 1-3 |
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | Belgium | July 28-30 |
| 5 | Barcelona | Spain | Sept 30 – Oct 2 |
| 6 + World Finals | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2s race into the golden hour at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Super Trofeo as Lamborghini’s Motorsport Ladder
Since its inaugural season in 2009, the Super Trofeo series has fielded 950 drivers across its three continental championships. Lamborghini celebrated the production of its 400th Huracán racing car in April 2021, and the stated ambition with the EVO2 is to push that total toward 500 within a few years. Those numbers represent a genuine ecosystem: amateur drivers, gentleman racers, and aspiring professionals who buy, maintain, and campaign these cars season after season.
The series also functions as a talent pipeline. Drivers who prove themselves in Super Trofeo grids have historically moved into GT3 competition, and Lamborghini’s broader Squadra Corse programs, including the track-only Essenza SCV12 and the forthcoming Temerario GT3, which Autoblog reports is the first Lamborghini competition car fully designed, developed, and built in-house, all benefit from the data and driver development that Super Trofeo generates.
What the official material confirms is a tightly controlled formula: identical Hankook-shod Huracán EVO2 cars, Brembo braking hardware, Öhlins dampers, and X-Trac gearboxes. That standardization keeps competition close and prevents the spending arms race that plagues open-regulation GT categories. The partnership with SRO Motorsports Group and the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe gives the series exposure alongside top-tier GT3 racing, valuable both for driver visibility and for teams seeking sponsors.
A colorful pack of Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2s cornering on a bright race day.
What This Season Signals for Lamborghini Buyers and Fans
The 2022 Super Trofeo Europe season marks the final chapter of Lamborghini’s naturally aspirated V10 era in customer racing. The 5.2-liter engine that powers the EVO2 will eventually give way to the twin-turbo V8 hybrid architecture underpinning the Temerario and its GT3 derivative. That transition makes every EVO2 season a collector’s item of sorts, both for the drivers competing and for enthusiasts who value the visceral, high-revving character of the current powertrain.
For teams and drivers who built their programs around the Huracán’s characteristics, the practical takeaway is clear: the EVO2 represents the most refined version of a platform they already know. Aerodynamic and structural upgrades improve the car without fundamentally changing its behavior, which means existing setup knowledge and driving habits carry over. That continuity is worth real money and real lap time in a competitive one-make environment.
Fourteen seasons of continuous operation, a global three-continent structure, and an unbroken relationship with SRO represent an institutional commitment that few manufacturers match in customer racing. Whether the next chapter involves a Temerario-based successor or something entirely different, the infrastructure Squadra Corse built around the Super Trofeo will remain Lamborghini’s primary tool for turning paying customers into brand ambassadors on track.
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