The Future of Super Trofeo: A Huracán Swan Song at Misano
Four races, 11 different winners, 29 podium finishers. The numbers from Misano tell the story before any narrative dressing is needed. When barely a quarter of the grid’s podium finishers repeated across the weekend, the message was unmistakable: the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, in what may be its final act before the Temerario era reshapes Lamborghini’s customer racing ladder, has never produced a more competitive field.
According to Lamborghini, 112 drivers representing 35 nationalities and 36 teams lined up for the season-ending World Finals on November 8-9 at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Seven champions were crowned across the European, Asian, and North American regional championships, closing the 12th edition of the event. One-make series live or die on the perception that results reflect driver ability, not budget disparity, and the depth of competition at Misano validated the EVO2 platform in its strongest possible terms. Lamborghini says the weekend drew more than 10,000 spectators, and the on-track product gave them reason to stay through Sunday’s finale.
The Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 remains the platform for now. But with the Temerario waiting in the wings, Misano felt less like a routine season closer and more like a farewell worth remembering.
2025 World Finals: Race Highlights and Champions
Danny Formal and Hampus Ericsson secured the Pro class World Finals title for Wayne Taylor Racing, returning the American outfit to the top step for the first time since 2017. The pairing’s result stood out partly because of the team’s pedigree in North American endurance racing and partly because it underscored how the Super Trofeo can serve as a proving ground for driver-team combinations that operate across multiple disciplines.
In Pro-Am, Art-Line’s Shota Abkhazava and Egor Orudzhev claimed their second World Finals victory, a pairing that brings prior Lamborghini Cup and Pro-class experience to the gentleman-driver format. Oregon Team’s Massimo Ciglia and Pietro Perolini swept both Am races at Misano and also locked up the European class championship earlier in the weekend. Karim Ojjeh rounded out the class winners by taking the LB Cup for Rexal Villorba Corse.
Lamborghini reports that the four races covered 3,588 laps across three hours and 24 minutes of total race time. Since the inaugural World Finals in 2013, cumulative race time across all editions now stands at 37 hours, one minute, and 17 seconds. That figure is a fun piece of trivia, but the real takeaway is simpler: twelve editions in, the format keeps producing close, varied racing that rewards the EVO2’s balanced chassis rather than any single team’s engineering advantage.
Beyond the Track: Immersive Lamborghini Experiences at Misano
Lamborghini Squadra Corse structured the Misano weekend as more than a pure race meeting, and that layered approach speaks directly to the ecosystem the brand will need to carry forward into whatever platform succeeds the EVO2. Track sessions were open for owners of the Essenza SCV12, the brand’s track-only V12 hypercar producing more than 830 hp. For owners who bought into that exclusive program, the World Finals provides one of the few structured environments where the car can be run with full factory support, and that access is a meaningful part of the ownership proposition.
On Sunday, a parade of 80 Lamborghini customer road cars took to the circuit, a visual reminder that the World Finals functions as much as a brand gathering as a championship decider. Lamborghini’s factory driver roster was on hand, including 2025 Spa 24 Hours winners Mirko Bortolotti, Luca Engstler, and Jordan Pepper, alongside Loris Spinelli, Franck Perera, Andrea Caldarelli, Marco Mapelli, and Sandy Mitchell. The paddock also featured Ducati test rides and Lamborghini Arena eSports activations equipped with MOZA Racing steering wheels.
For prospective Super Trofeo participants, events like this serve a dual purpose. The racing itself is the competitive core, but the surrounding program reinforces the ecosystem that justifies the investment. Multiple owners on enthusiast forums describe the running costs of a Super Trofeo car as substantial and maintenance-intensive, which makes the quality of the support infrastructure around the series a real factor in the decision to enter. If the Temerario-based successor is to inherit this community, the template Misano set will matter as much as the car’s lap time.
Lamborghini Squadra Corse: A Legacy of Global Competition
Misano’s return after a four-year absence gave the 2025 edition a familiar backdrop and a useful vantage point from which to measure how far the series has come. Lamborghini says the Italian circuit is now a two-time host, alongside Jerez de la Frontera, while Vallelunga remains the only venue to hold the event three times. Since 2013, the World Finals calendar has stretched across three continents, with past stops at Sepang, Sebring, Valencia, Imola, and Portimao.
That geographic rotation is deliberate. The Super Trofeo operates regional championships in Europe, North America, and Asia, and rotating the World Finals venue keeps the season finale accessible to different segments of the customer base over time. Lamborghini confirmed that the date and location for the 2026 edition will be announced later, leaving teams and fans to speculate on whether the series will head back to a non-European venue.
Whatever circuit hosts the next World Finals, the 2025 results suggest the field is as deep and unpredictable as it has been in years. The practical question now is whether that competitive depth, built over a decade of Huracan-based racing, can survive the transition to a new platform. Misano offered the strongest possible argument that the community, the infrastructure, and the competitive culture are ready for whatever comes next.
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