Orange and black Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 at speed on track showing aggressive aerodynamic design with large rear wing and front splitter

Four Weekends, 40 Cars, Factory Drivers: Inside Lamborghini's 2026 Essenza SCV12 Program

The arrive-and-drive hypercar program enters its sixth season with 830 hp, factory coaching, and circuits from Imola to Monza.

Squadra Corse handles every mechanical detail so owners show up in street clothes and leave in a racing suit, with factory engineers managing the car between sessions and factory drivers coaching them through corners.

1,200 kg of downforce at 250 km/h

The Essenza SCV12 generates downforce approaching the car's own 1,380 kg mass, which translates into braking points that move shockingly late, corner entry speeds that feel physically wrong the first few times, and neck loads like a fighter pilot's under sustained lateral g-forces.

Full Squadra Corse pit crew between sessions

Ferrari's XX cars feed engineering data back into road-car development, but Lamborghini frames the SCV12 program as a customer experience first, with Squadra Corse support designed around the owner's progression as a driver rather than as a data-collection exercise.