Forty-Eight Cars, One Hand-Controlled Huracán

The 2023 Super Trofeo Europe season opens at Circuit Paul Ricard with one of the largest grids in the championship's fifteen-year history.

Forty-eight identically specified Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2s lined up across Pro, Pro-Am, Am, and Lamborghini Cup classes, with six double-header rounds ahead at Spa-Francorchamps, the Nürburgring, Valencia, and two events at Vallelunga.

Nigel Bailly's barrier-breaking entry

Nigel Bailly, paralyzed from the waist down after a motocross accident, races the first hand-controlled Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 in competition, fitted with FIA-homologated modifications including a mechanical handbrake on the right side to engage the brakes and an electronic throttle behind the steering wheel pulled to accelerate.

Identical machinery, different stories

Every car on this grid runs the same specification — a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 producing 620 horsepower, sent to the rear wheels through a sequential six-speed Xtrac gearbox — so when Bailly races wheel-to-wheel with former DTM racers and LMP veterans, the results depend on preparation and talent, not machinery.

Fifteen years of active brand construction

A 48-car grid that includes a hand-controlled Huracán, the series' first Egyptian competitor, and multiple former champions is not an accident — it is the product of a program deliberately designed to welcome the widest possible range of competitors while maintaining genuine sporting credibility.