Writes about grand tourers, luxury flagships, and the finer side of automotive life. Believes a great GT should be as comfortable crossing continents as it is crossing the speed limit.
In late 2015, Automobili Lamborghini and OMP Racing signed a three-year exclusive licensing agreement to produce co-branded racing apparel and lifestyle gear. OMP would develop a “Special Edition Automobili Lamborghini” collection of FIA-approved race wear modeled on the equipment worn by drivers in
A record 66 cars and more than 100 drivers from three continental championships descended on Florida’s Sebring International Raceway for the November 20 to 22 weekend in 2015, producing the largest Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo World Final the series had ever staged. The event doubled as the se
Lamborghini’s 2016 model year update for the Huracán LP 610-4 is a study in quiet reinforcement: cylinder deactivation now standard on both the coupé and the newly launched Spyder, a recalibrated all-wheel-drive system tuned for more neutral behavior in STRADA mode, expanded leather trim inside, and
When Paul Miller Racing confirmed it would campaign the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class, the announcement carried more weight than a typical customer team deal. Lamborghini was staking its factory credibility on North American GT3 racing for the
Lamborghini staged its Super Trofeo race at China Speed Weekend not merely as another round of single-make competition, but as a deliberate anniversary marker: ten years of operations in a market the company considers essential to its global ambitions. The race itself ran a clean fifty minutes under
When Lamborghini brought the Blancpain Super Trofeo back to the Shanghai International Circuit for its final Asian stop of the season, the timing was anything but coincidental. This was the centerpiece of the brand’s 10th-anniversary celebration in China, an event designed to fold competitive motors
The second Shanghai stop of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia series carried more weight than a typical mid-season round. Staged as part of the inaugural China Speed Weekend, a Volkswagen Group initiative that also featured the Formula Masters China Series and Boss GP, the fifth round of t
A podium on debut, at 19, alongside an established factory professional. That is the kind of result that justifies 13 years of investment in young talent, and it is exactly what Lamborghini Squadra Corse’s junior program delivered when Patrick Kujala partnered with Mirko Bortolotti to finish third i
On October 5, 2015, the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 finished third overall in its Blancpain Sprint Series debut at Misano. The result alone would have been noteworthy for any new GT3 platform, but the identity of the drivers who delivered it told a deeper story about Lamborghini’s motorsport ambitions.
Lamborghini could have filled every Grasser Racing Team seat with proven professionals and optimized for points. Instead, Squadra Corse is treating the Blancpain Endurance Series as a finishing school, pairing two factory drivers with two 19-year-old graduates of its own Super Trofeo one-make series
