The Gallardo’s Last Roar of Glory
Every racing series eventually outlives its founding car, and the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final served as the Gallardo’s farewell party, the last time the car will anchor the grid as the series’ sole platform. The racing itself refused to be sentimental.
An Italian-Serbian duo took the spoils, winning Race 1 in the morning and following it with a second-place finish in the afternoon. Their teammate Mirko Bortolotti delivered the weekend’s most memorable drive, climbing from 13th on the grid to take the Race 2 victory. American Richard Antinucci, racing under the O’Gara Motorsport banner, finished just five points behind the overall winners after collecting second in Race 1 and third in Race 2. Alberto Viberti, who earned pole position for Autocarrozzeria Imperiale, converted that pace into a third-place Race 1 result.
The PRO Class World Title went to Kevin Conway and Lawson Aschenbach of Change Racing, the American duo splitting wins with Gerhard Tweraser and Tomas Pivoda across the two races. The GRT Grasser Racing team pair looked strong early but failed to finish Race 2, settling for second overall in the class. In the AM Class, Welsh driver Jack Rattenbury of Lamborghini Racing Team UK was untouchable, winning both races outright against more experienced competition. Simone Pellegrinelli of DTMotorsport, who clinched the AM Class European Title earlier in the weekend, took second overall.
Champions Crowned: The Trofeo Mamè Ceremony
Automobili Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann personally presented the Trofeo Mamè to the three class winners, a gesture that underscores how seriously Sant’Agata treats its customer racing program. Winkelmann’s presence at these ceremonies is deliberate: it reinforces the message that Squadra Corse operates as a core pillar of the brand, not a marketing sideshow. All winners also received a Blancpain self-winding L-EVOLUTION Chronographe Flyback “Super Trofeo” watch from the series’ main partner, a fitting nod to the luxury ecosystem Lamborghini cultivates around its racing clients.
For drivers like Rattenbury and the Change Racing duo, the hardware matters less than the credential. A Super Trofeo title is a recognized step on the customer racing ladder, and Squadra Corse uses it as a proving ground for talent that may eventually move into GT3 competition. That pathway is about to become considerably more demanding.
Passing the Torch: The Huracán LP 620-2 Arrives
The upcoming season will see the new Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 debut on the Super Trofeo grid alongside the outgoing Gallardo. Lamborghini chose a transitional season rather than an abrupt swap, allowing existing Gallardo-equipped teams to compete while new customers and factory-supported entries begin learning the Huracán platform.
The technical leap between the two cars is substantial. One report describes the Huracán LP 620-2 as producing 620 hp from its 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 with direct injection, compared to roughly 570 PS from the Gallardo Super Trofeo’s version of the same engine family. More significant than the power increase is the drivetrain philosophy: the Huracán LP 620-2 adopts rear-wheel drive, a meaningful departure from the Gallardo’s all-wheel-drive setup. The “LP 620-2” designation itself tells the story: 620 horsepower, two driven wheels. For a one-make racing series where car control and driver skill are supposed to separate the field, sending all the power to the rear axle raises the skill ceiling considerably. The chassis architecture is newer, lighter, and stiffer, and for teams accustomed to the Gallardo’s forgiving AWD traction, adapting to an RWD race car with more power and a better power-to-weight ratio will demand genuine recalibration of driving technique and setup philosophy.
What the Huracán Means for Lamborghini’s Racing Ladder
The Super Trofeo series sits at the foundation of Lamborghini’s customer motorsport structure. Squadra Corse runs three continental championships (Europe, Asia, and North America) that feed into the annual World Final, creating a global pipeline of drivers and teams. Graduates from this one-make series historically move into GT3 competition with the Huracán GT3 EVO and EVO2, where over 20 customer teams compete in FIA-regulated championships against machinery from Ferrari, Porsche, and Mercedes-AMG.
Introducing the Huracán LP 620-2 into Super Trofeo strengthens that pipeline directly. Drivers learning the Huracán’s V10 characteristics, its rear-drive balance, and its sequential gearbox in the controlled environment of a one-make series arrive better prepared for the step up to GT3. The road-going Huracán ran from 2014 through 2024 before being replaced by the plug-in hybrid Temerario, but the race car’s relevance extends well beyond the production car’s lifecycle. Lamborghini’s next chapter in GT3 will center on the Temerario GT3, which Autoblog reports debuted at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed as the brand’s first competition car fully designed, developed, and built in-house.
Competitor single-make series from Ferrari and Porsche follow a similar model of using controlled one-make environments to develop talent and deepen brand loyalty among wealthy enthusiast-racers. Lamborghini’s advantage with the Huracán LP 620-2 is timing: the car arrives as a naturally aspirated, rear-drive V10 race platform at a moment when the broader supercar world is pivoting to turbocharging and hybridization. For drivers who want to experience that kind of mechanical purity in competitive conditions, the window is finite, and Lamborghini knows it. The World Final’s Gallardo champions raced the last of one era; the tools waiting for their successors are sharper at every rung of the ladder.
Gallery
