DL Racing’s Pivotal Weekend at the Nürburgring
Simone Iaquinta and Kevin Gilardoni swept both races at the Nürburgring round of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, and in doing so flipped the Pro championship on its head. The DL Racing crew, piloting the #72 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, arrived in Germany trailing Oregon Team’s Silas Lovén Rytter and Patrik Fraboni. They left with a three-point advantage and the kind of momentum that reshapes a title fight.
The series features six double-header weekends across Europe’s most demanding circuits, and the Nürburgring was round four. Two rounds remain: Barcelona on October 2-4, and the season finale at Monza on October 21-23, which feeds directly into the Lamborghini World Finals on October 24-25. Three points is a razor-thin margin with four races left, and the Monza finale carries extra psychological weight because the entire Squadra Corse ecosystem converges there.
From Spa’s Shadows to Nürburgring’s Spotlight
Gilardoni was candid about what fueled the performance. He spent his summer break replaying the disappointment of Spa-Francorchamps, the previous round, and returned to the Nürburgring with what he called “a new mindset.” That kind of admission matters in a spec series where the machinery is equalized and the difference between winning and finishing fourth lives almost entirely in driver confidence, team preparation, and strategic nerve.
The weekend validated the reset. In Race 1, Gilardoni handled a tricky opening stint in intermittent rain, where conditions shifted corner by corner and made a tire call nearly impossible. He kept the car on slicks while the track oscillated between greasy and merely damp. Iaquinta then inherited a strong position and carved through Pro-Am traffic to take the overall lead with 13 minutes remaining, eventually winning by 3.935 seconds.
“Kevin did a great job today because the most important part of the race was his stint. He started the race and took a big risk on the first lap, in that first battle.”
, Simone Iaquinta
Race 2 followed a different script. Iaquinta started behind the fast-starting ASR entry of Marzio Moretti but closed the gap through the pit window. Gilardoni, taking over for the second stint, dispatched Moretti’s co-driver Paolo Biglieri quickly. A safety car intervention erased a seven-second lead with just over 10 minutes remaining, compressing the field and handing Oregon Team’s Fraboni a free shot at the back of Gilardoni’s gearbox. He never got close enough. The race was eventually red-flagged with a lap remaining, freezing the result in DL Racing’s favor.
A grey Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 race car navigates a turn on the track. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
The Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 in a Championship Battle
Every car on the Super Trofeo Europe grid is the same Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, which is precisely what makes the series compelling for enthusiasts who want to understand what separates good teams from great ones. Lamborghini says the car produces up to 620 horsepower from its 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10, a powerplant that rewards precision throttle inputs and punishes sloppy technique, especially in mixed conditions like those at the Nürburgring.
The spec-series format strips away the engineering arms race that dominates GT3 competition and puts the focus on setup, driver skill, and pit-stop strategy. That context is essential when reading the Nürburgring results. Fraboni’s Race 1 gravel trap excursion at turn eight dropped the Oregon Team entry to 25th, and Rytter’s remarkable recovery drive to fourth showed raw talent. But DL Racing’s consistency across both stints, both races, and both weather conditions tells a more complete story about preparation.
For followers of Lamborghini’s broader motorsport trajectory, the Super Trofeo series serves a dual purpose. It gives privateer teams and gentleman drivers a structured, well-supported racing environment, and it functions as a proving ground for Squadra Corse’s operational capabilities. Autoblog reported that the Temerario GT3, Lamborghini’s first fully in-house competition car, debuted at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The operational lessons learned from running three continental Super Trofeo championships feed directly into that next chapter of factory GT racing.
A pack of multi-colored Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 race cars speeds down the track. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
The Supporting Classes Delivered Their Own Drama
The Pro battle commanded the headlines, but the supporting categories produced the kind of unpredictable racing that keeps the Super Trofeo paddock lively. Paul Levet and Miguel Cristóvão claimed their maiden Pro-Am victory for VSR in Race 1, with Levet converting his pole position into a convincing class lead before Cristóvão managed the gap in the second stint. ASR’s Moretti and Biglieri answered with the Race 2 Pro-Am win.
The Am class was chaotic in the best possible way. OP Motorsport’s Ole Petersen lost a Race 1 victory to a 50-second penalty for a short pit stop, handing the win and the class points lead to Mičánek Motorsport’s Renaud Kuppens and Jakub Knoll. Race 2 saw Rexal Villorba Corse’s Karim Ojjeh gain two positions in three corners after the safety car restart, only for the red flag to reverse the final order and award the win to CMR’s Stéphane Lémeret and Rodrigue Gillion. That regulation, which reverts the classification to the previous lap when a red flag falls, produced a result no driver on track could have anticipated.
Claude-Yves Gosselin of Rexal Villorba Corse doubled up in the Lamborghini Cup, taking both wins. His Race 2 victory survived a similar red-flag reversal after DC Motorsport’s Nina Østergaard had overtaken him on the final lap, only to be classified second when the order rolled back. These are the kinds of results that generate heated post-race discussion and keep the championship standings volatile heading into Barcelona.
Six race car drivers in black suits celebrate on the podium with their trophies at the Nürburgring. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
What the Nürburgring Results Mean for the Title Fight
A three-point lead sounds comfortable until you consider the format. Two double-header rounds mean four races remain. A single bad pit stop, a gravel trap visit like Fraboni’s in Race 1, or a penalty like Petersen’s can erase that margin in 50 minutes. Oregon Team’s Rytter and Fraboni proved at the Nürburgring that they can recover from adversity and finish on the podium, so DL Racing cannot afford to manage a points cushion that barely exists.
Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, the next venue, rewards different characteristics than the Nürburgring. It is a circuit that punishes rear tire degradation and rewards clean aerodynamic efficiency through its long, high-speed corners. For teams that built their setup philosophy around the Nürburgring’s stop-start rhythm, the transition will require genuine recalibration.
The real pressure point is Monza. The season finale shares a weekend with the Lamborghini World Finals, where continental champions from Europe, Asia, and North America converge. Arriving at Monza as the points leader, in front of the entire Squadra Corse operation, carries a weight that goes beyond mathematics. For Iaquinta and Gilardoni, the Nürburgring double was the statement. Barcelona and Monza will determine whether it becomes the turning point of the season or merely a highlight reel.
A multi-colored Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 leads another race car on the track. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
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