The Tightest Super Trofeo Season in Years Returns to the Eifel
Lamborghini’s Super Trofeo Europe championship resumes after its summer break this weekend at the Nürburgring, and the timing could not be more dramatic. Round four marks the start of the season’s second half, with more than 30 Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2 cars expected on the grid for the series’ 14th visit to Germany’s Eifel region. The venue alone would make for a compelling weekend, but the real story is the arithmetic: entering the midpoint, all four class championships remain separated by margins so slim that a single poor qualifying session or first-lap incident could rewrite the standings entirely.
Fewer than 10 points separate the top three in Pro. Sixteen points cover the leading four in Pro-Am. Two crews sit tied atop the Am class. Five Lamborghini Cup entries are blanketed by just nine points. That kind of compression across every category is unusual even by one-make series standards, where identical machinery is supposed to produce close racing but often stratifies quickly as a handful of teams find setup advantages or driver pairings click. When the gaps stay this small through six races, it signals genuine parity, and it means the Nürburgring weekend could function as the season’s inflection point, the moment when one strong or disastrous result reshapes the championship picture for good.
Pro Class: Oregon Team’s Consistency Versus DL Racing’s Hunger
Silas Lovén Rytter and Patrik Fraboni, driving for Oregon Team, lead the Pro class with 70 points. They are the only crew to finish every race inside the top five this season, a record of consistency that matters enormously in a championship where a single retirement can cost 25 points in one afternoon. Their third consecutive race-one victory at Spa-Francorchamps, followed by a fourth-place finish in race two, underlines a pairing that knows how to manage risk without sacrificing pace.
Seven points back, Kevin Gilardoni and Simone Iaquinta of DL Racing carry a different kind of momentum. The Italo-Swiss duo held the championship lead before contact in Spa’s second race forced a retirement, costing them the top spot. Drivers who lose a lead through bad luck rather than bad pace tend to come back with urgency, and the Nürburgring rewards precision and commitment in equal measure. Nicholas Pujatti and Benedetto Strignano of Rexal Villorba Corse sit just two points further back after claiming their fourth podium of the year at Spa, making this a genuine three-way fight.
Further down the order, Leipert Motorsport’s Finnish pairing of Henri Tuomaala and Matias Salonen remain winless in 2026 but occupy fourth on 45 points through sheer consistency. Teammates Axel Bengtsson and Månz Thalin broke through with a maiden victory at Spa and trail by only two points. For the Nürburgring round, Leipert is expected to field a third Pro car, pairing Super Trofeo Asia regular Barrett Wolfe from the United States with Colombian Brazilian rookie João Paulo Diaz Balesteiro. That cross-regional entry is one of the series’ quieter strengths: the Super Trofeo’s continental championships function as interconnected talent pools, and a strong Nürburgring debut from Wolfe could open doors for the World Finals later in the year.
A pink, yellow, and green Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 leads on a wide racetrack turn. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
Pro-Am, Am, and Lamborghini Cup: Where the Real Drama Hides
Championship narratives in one-make series tend to fixate on the Pro class, but this season’s most compelling storylines live elsewhere. In Pro-Am, Bronislav Formánek and Anthony Pretorius of Mičánek Motorsport hold an 11-point advantage after pulling off an overall race win at Spa, the kind of result that reshapes a Pro-Am crew’s confidence. Paolo Biglieri and Marzio Moretti of ASR sit second, just two points ahead of Josef Knopp and Pietro Perolini (Oregon Team), with both crews looking to reclaim podium positions after missing out in Belgium. Miguel Cristóvão and Paul Levet round out the contenders, entering the second half on the back of their first double-podium weekend of 2026.
The Am class picture is even starker: GT3 Poland’s Grzegorz Moczulski and Mičánek Motorsport’s Jakub Knoll with Renaud Kuppens are dead level on 57 points apiece. Rodrigue Gillion and Stéphane Lémeret of CMR trail by 11 points. All three crews broke podium droughts at Spa, and with several part-season entries reportedly absent from the Nürburgring grid, the class could come down to a straight fight between these three.
Lamborghini Cup, though, remains the most competitive category of the entire championship. Adalberto Baptista of Oregon Team leads by six points over ASR’s Umar Abdullah Basalamah, who took his first 2026 victory in Spa’s second race. A single point separates Basalamah from Spa race-one winner Francesco Turzo of DL Racing, who in turn leads DC Motorsport’s all-Danish crew of Peder Demant Møller and Nina Østergaard by one point. Holger Harmsen of GT3 Poland, racing on home soil this weekend, sits another point back. Five crews within nine points heading into the second half. The experienced Claude-Yves Gosselin of Rexal Villorba Corse, despite three podiums in the opening three races, lies sixth and 21 points adrift after failing to start either race at Spa, a weekend that effectively ended his realistic title hopes unless the Nürburgring delivers a perfect double.
A red, white, and blue Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 corners sharply on a sunny racetrack. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
Why the Nürburgring Sorts Pretenders from Contenders
The Nürburgring Grand Prix circuit (not to be confused with the Nordschleife, which the Super Trofeo does not use) presents a specific set of challenges that tend to expose weaknesses in car setup and driver confidence. Elevation changes, high-speed compressions, and a mix of technical and flowing corners reward teams that extract the most from the Huracán Super Trofeo Evo2‘s rear-wheel-drive chassis. That RWD layout, deliberately chosen by Lamborghini Squadra Corse despite the road car’s standard all-wheel-drive architecture, forces drivers to manage traction out of slower corners while trusting the car’s aerodynamic package at speed. By design, it is a car that teaches racecraft rather than flatters it.
The Evo2 is purpose-built for this series and is not street-legal. According to Autoblog, an earlier generation Super Trofeo weighed 335 pounds less than its road-going counterpart, giving a sense of the engineering commitment Squadra Corse applies to stripping the Huracán down to a racing tool. The current car carries a naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10, and in a one-make series where every car produces identical power, the differentiators become setup philosophy, tire management, and driver skill. The Nürburgring amplifies all three.
For teams that found their rhythm at Spa’s flowing, high-speed layout, the transition to the Nürburgring’s tighter sections and heavier braking zones will demand recalibration. Crews that adapted well to Spa may struggle here, and vice versa. That volatility is precisely what keeps a championship this close, and precisely why this weekend could crack it open.
An orange and black Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 races intensely around a track corner. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
Super Trofeo’s Quiet Role in Lamborghini’s Racing Future
Viewed in isolation, the Super Trofeo is a well-run customer series that fills grids and sells race cars. Its strategic value to Lamborghini, though, extends well beyond weekend entertainment. The series functions as a driver development pipeline, giving gentleman racers and aspiring professionals seat time in competitive machinery before they graduate to GT3 or GT4 categories. Several current GT World Challenge regulars cut their teeth in Super Trofeo, and the four-class structure allows drivers at very different experience levels to race competitively without being thrown into the deep end.
That pipeline matters more now than it did five years ago. Lamborghini’s Temerario GT3, the company’s first competition car fully designed and built in-house according to Autoblog, represents a major escalation of Squadra Corse’s ambitions. When that car enters customer hands, Lamborghini will need a bench of capable, brand-loyal drivers ready to race it. The Super Trofeo is where that bench gets built. A driver like Barrett Wolfe, crossing from the Asia series to race at the Nürburgring, is exactly the kind of talent movement the program is designed to encourage.
For Lamborghini enthusiasts watching from the outside, the practical takeaway is straightforward: the health and competitiveness of the Super Trofeo directly influences the quality of Lamborghini’s presence in higher-tier GT racing. A packed, closely contested grid is not just good television. It is evidence that the customer racing business model works, that teams keep investing, and that the Huracán platform, even in its final competitive years, continues to deliver compelling wheel-to-wheel action. The transition to whatever replaces it in the Super Trofeo role will be one of the more interesting decisions Squadra Corse makes in the next few years.
Weekend Schedule and How to Watch
The Nürburgring weekend follows the series’ standard format. Free Practice sessions run on Friday, August 28. Qualifying and Race 1 take place on Saturday, August 29, with Race 1 scheduled for 3:10 PM local time. Race 2 closes the weekend on Sunday, August 30, starting at 12:45 PM.
Both races will be livestreamed on the official Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel, which remains the most accessible way to follow the action if you are not trackside. For a series where the championship margins are this thin, watching qualifying could prove as revealing as the races themselves: grid position at the Nürburgring carries significant weight, and the crews that nail their Saturday laps will set the tone for the entire weekend.
A brightly liveried Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 race car takes the lead around a curve on the track. Image: Automobili Lamborghini.
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