How Imperiale Racing's Hungaroring Win Put the Huracán GT3 on a Championship Path

A season of relentless consistency finally produced a breakthrough victory in the 2017 International GT Open.

Four rounds and eight races into the 2017 season, the Imperiale Racing Huracán GT3 claimed its first victory at Hungary's Hungaroring after the front-running Ferrari was eliminated by contact with five minutes remaining.

Proof of a sustainable title campaign

The Hungaroring weekend offered Lamborghini Squadra Corse proof that its GT3 platform could sustain a championship campaign across an entire season rather than merely produce isolated flashes of speed.

The two-car advantage

Imperiale Racing's two-car operation meant that when the #1 car absorbed a time handicap in Race 2 and finished fifth, the sister #23 car could still collect a podium independently.

Squadra Corse's junior-driver gamble pays off

Squadra Corse placed GT3 Junior Driver Andrea Fontana in a competitive GT Open seat alongside Vito Postiglione, and the pairing delivered a third-place finish in the #23 car.

A decade of customer racing built on one chassis

The Huracán GT3's competitive lifespan stretched through EVO and EVO2 updates that kept the naturally aspirated V10 platform relevant against newer rivals across a full decade of customer racing.

Venturini's seventy-minute stint sets up the win

Giovanni Venturini started third and kept the Huracán GT3 in podium contention through the full seventy-minute race before handing to Thomas Biagi, who was at the wheel when the opportunity arrived.

Depth across both entries

Biagi and Venturini had scored points in every race entering the Hungaroring round, a streak of reliability that moved them to the top of the championship standings after Race 1.

The standard the Temerario GT3 must meet

The lesson from Hungaroring in 2017 was clear: consistency, not just raw pace, wins championships, and the Temerario GT3 will need to demonstrate that same quality before customer teams commit their seasons to it.