Five Points Separate the Top Two in Super Trofeo Europe

Galbiati and Postiglione's Nürburgring win turns the 2019 championship into a two-horse race.

Kikko Galbiati and Vito Postiglione picked up their third Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe victory of the 2019 season in the opening race at Nürburgring, compressing the title fight to just five points.

Galbiati's launch gains a crucial position

Galbiati took the start in the number 44 Imperiale Racing car and immediately jumped from third to second off the line, banking track position that would prove decisive in a 50-minute race where every car is mechanically identical.

Postiglione's 14.525-second statement

Postiglione emerged from the pit stop marginally ahead of Afanasiev, then drove away to win by 14.525 seconds — a gap that, when every car produces the same power from the same naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10, comes down to driver skill, tire management, and experience.

Schlegelmilch's penalty-to-podium recovery

Harald Schlegelmilch of ArtLine Team Georgia started from the back of the grid, picked up a drive-through penalty for jumping the start, raced the entire distance without a driver swap, and still finished as the top Pro-Am entry.

A decade-old series built for customer racing

The Super Trofeo series, established in 2009, remains the primary entry point for customer teams looking to race Lamborghini hardware in a structured, factory-supported environment with trackside technical assistance and tire services through partner Hankook.

The five-point gap heading into the final rounds

According to Imperiale Racing's own published standings, points leaders Danny Kroes and Sergei Afanasiev hold 121 points while the Galbiati and Postiglione pairing sits at 116, a gap of just five points heading into the final rounds.

Track position as currency in identical machinery

In a one-make series where every car runs the same Huracán Super Trofeo Evo hardware, track position is currency, and Imperiale Racing's pit stop execution was precise enough to put Postiglione into clean air ahead of Afanasiev.

Competition decided by drivers, not engineers

The Super Trofeo format strips away the engineering arms race that defines open-class GT racing and forces competition onto the drivers themselves, making a 14-second winning margin in identical machinery the equivalent of a statement across the paddock.

Imperiale Racing's Nürburgring sweep rewrites the math

Galbiati and Postiglione swept both Nürburgring races to claim their fourth win of the season, while Bartholomew and Middleton hold 100 points — still within striking distance but needing a perfect run to close the gap on the leaders.