Twelve Points Separate Four Crews as Super Trofeo Europe Hits Valencia’s Pressure Cooker

Valencia: The Pivotal Fourth Round of Super Trofeo Europe

Forty-six Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2s will flood the 14-turn, 4.005km Circuit Ricardo Tormo this weekend, and the championship picture across all four classes looks tighter than anyone could have predicted after three rounds. Lamborghini says this marks the series’ first return to Valencia since 2016, a seven-year absence that adds a genuine element of the unknown: few current drivers carry meaningful setup data from the Spanish venue.

The timing amplifies the stakes. Valencia is the final event before a Vallelunga double-header and the season-closing World Finals in November. The championship calendar comprises six double-header rounds, placing this weekend right at the hinge point of the season, the moment where consistency starts to separate contenders from pretenders. Points scored here will either consolidate leads or blow the championship wide open, and the margins heading in are small enough that a single bad qualifying session could reshuffle the order entirely.

The Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2: Equalizer on Wheels

Every car on the grid is a Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, powered by a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 producing 620 horsepower through a hybrid carbon and aluminum chassis. No team can buy a performance advantage through clever engineering loopholes. The car is the constant; the driver is the variable.

That strict one-make philosophy gives the series a purity other customer racing categories struggle to replicate. When Brendon Leitch leads Mattia Michelotto by 10.5 points, or when half a point separates two Am crews, those gaps reflect talent, racecraft, and team strategy rather than aerodynamic interpretations or engine mapping tricks. For a brand built on the visceral experience of naturally aspirated power, the Super Trofeo format is the clearest possible demonstration that Lamborghini’s V10 rewards skill. The series also functions as a development ladder, positioned as a pathway for both aspiring professionals and gentleman racers, with Squadra Corse watching closely for future GT3 candidates.

Pro Class: Leitch’s Lead Under Siege

Leipert Motorsport’s Brendon Leitch sits atop the Pro standings with 65 points after claiming his maiden overall Super Trofeo victory at the Nürburgring. A 10.5-point cushion over VS Racing’s Michelotto and Stadsbader looks comfortable on paper, but the numbers underneath tell a different story. Michelotto and Stadsbader won the first race in Germany before slumping to 10th in the second, a volatility that keeps them dangerous but inconsistent.

Oregon Team’s Sebastian Balthasar and Marzio Moretti hold third, with BDR Competition’s Amaury Bonduel only four points behind them after back-to-back podiums in Germany. The Iron Lynx pairing of Ugo de Wilde and Rodrigo Testa de Sousa, fifth in the standings, are locked in a scrap with three other crews where a mere 12 points separate the lot. Oregon Team’s Guillem Pujeu Beya and Pedro Ebrahim add local flavor, competing on home soil after recording their best results of the year at the Nürburgring. Calendar clashes for both Frederik Schandorff and Loris Spinelli this weekend have forced driver swaps that could disrupt the established pecking order in unpredictable ways.

Pro-Am: A Former Champion Returns to the Grid

Alex Au’s 19-point Pro-Am lead looks commanding until you consider the context. His Target Racing teammate Schandorff is unavailable this weekend, and Au’s substitute co-driver is 2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe champion Patrick Kujala. That pairing could prove explosive: Kujala brings experience that few stand-ins can match, potentially turning a defensive weekend into a points haul. VS Racing, meanwhile, has drafted in Lamborghini GT3 Junior driver Artem Petrov alongside Andrzej Lewandowski, a move that signals Squadra Corse’s willingness to use the Super Trofeo as a proving ground for its next generation of factory-program talent.

Iron Lynx’s Yelmer Buurman and Nigel Schoonderwoerd sit 28 points off the lead in third, with Micanek Motorsport’s Karol Basz and Bronislav Formanek 6.5 points further back. The class remains one of the most competitive title fights in recent Super Trofeo memory.

Am and Lamborghini Cup: History-Makers and Razor-Thin Margins

Leipert Motorsport’s Gabriel Rindone leads the Am class by 7.5 points over Boutsen VDS’s Pierre Feligioni and Renaud Kuppens, but the standout narrative belongs to Ibrahim Badawy. The teenager, racing with Lamborghini Roma by DL Racing in his first season, became the first Egyptian driver to win a Super Trofeo race at the Nürburgring, a result made more impressive by the fact that he bounced back from a heavy crash in race two to remain just 10 points off the lead. Fourth-placed Elie Dubelly and Karim Ojjeh hold a margin of half a point over Claude-Yves Gosselin and Marc Rostan. Half a point. In a one-hour race, that is the difference between a clean overtake and a slightly slow pit stop.

The Lamborghini Cup class mirrors that intensity. Bonaldi Motorsport’s Paolo Biglieri and Petar Matić lead Iron Lynx’s Donovan and Luciano Privitelio by 6.5 points despite both crews recording three victories apiece. The gap exists because Privitelio’s Spa-Francorchamps win only counted for half points, and because Biglieri and Matić have finished off the podium just once in six races. Multiple class champion Gerard van der Horst lurks in third with 49 points, two clear of Jürgen Krebs, both with enough races remaining to mount a serious challenge.

Circuit Ricardo Tormo: What Valencia Demands from the EVO2

Valencia’s layout is a different animal from the Nürburgring’s long straights and elevation changes. The 4.005km circuit packs 14 turns into a compact footprint, placing a premium on traction out of slow corners and braking stability into tight sequences. For a rear-wheel-drive race car with 620 horsepower and no traction control safety net worth mentioning, that combination punishes mistakes instantly. Rain affected the opening day of the previous Super Trofeo visit, with qualifying running in damp conditions and being cut short by a red flag, a reminder that Valencia’s microclimate can throw curveballs.

For teams arriving without recent data from this circuit, Friday’s two one-hour practice sessions carry unusual weight. Setup choices made on Friday morning will echo through Saturday qualifying and both races. Japanese-British driver Dougie Bolger, continuing as a solo entry in the #15 Lamborghini Stuttgart by Target Racing car, faces an especially demanding weekend: managing tire degradation and fuel strategy alone across two races at an unfamiliar track is a task that separates committed racers from casual participants.

Beyond the Track: Super Trofeo’s Role in Lamborghini’s Racing Pipeline

Petrov’s appearance in a Super Trofeo seat this weekend illustrates something that often gets lost in race previews: this series is not just entertainment. It is Squadra Corse’s talent identification system. Drivers who prove themselves here earn consideration for factory-backed GT3 programs, and the one-make format ensures that the signal is clean. When a driver consistently outperforms the field in identical machinery, the data speaks clearly.

The Super Trofeo also operates across three continental championships (Europe, Asia, and North America), all feeding into the prestigious World Finals. That global structure gives Lamborghini a customer racing ecosystem that rivals anything offered by its competitors, though Lamborghini’s approach leans harder on the single-car purity argument. For buyers considering the step from road car ownership to customer racing, the Super Trofeo offers a structured entry point with genuine competitive credibility and a clear path upward.

How to Watch: Schedule and Livestream

Practice opens Friday morning, qualifying follows Saturday at 09:35 local time in the standard Q1/Q2 format, and Race 1 starts Saturday afternoon at 15:35. Race 2 closes the weekend on Sunday morning at 11:25. Both races will be livestreamed on the Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel, free of charge. Given the championship margins heading into this round, both races are worth watching from lights to flag.

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