Lamborghini's 2017 Super Trofeo Opener: Talent Factory Meets Diversity Statement

COTA hosts the series' fifth season with its most varied grid yet

Three women will compete across the 2017 Super Trofeo North America calendar, including what Lamborghini says is the series' first all-female driver pairing: open-wheel veteran Pippa Mann and returning competitor Jackie Heinricher.

A grid built for the pipeline

Prototype racers, a former NHL All-Star, a 17-year-old who missed the 2016 IMSA Prototype championship by a single point, and multi-time Super Trofeo champion Edoardo Piscopo, who also served as the Huracán GT3 factory test driver in 2015, all share the same entry list.

Diversity as competitive differentiator

Ferrari Challenge and Porsche's various one-make series have historically attracted larger fields, but Lamborghini's willingness to publicize the Mann-Heinricher pairing as a milestone signals that Squadra Corse views diversity as a competitive differentiator, not an afterthought.

Rear-wheel drive raises the stakes

The Huracán Super Trofeo's rear-wheel-drive layout forces drivers to manage traction, rotation, and throttle application with far less electronic safety net, building skills that translate directly to GT3 competition where rear-drive configurations are standard.

The V10 era's scouting window

Drivers who prove themselves now, in the naturally aspirated V10 era, will be the candidates Squadra Corse considers when the turbocharged hybrid Temerario GT3 needs its own roster of factory-supported competitors.

Two 50-minute sprints open the calendar

Lamborghini's fifth season of Super Trofeo North America opens May 4 through 6 at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, with two 50-minute sprint races kicking off a six-event calendar.

One car, every background

Prototype racers, professional hockey players, and single-seat open-wheel competitors all channeled through the same car on the same grid — that is the point of a single-make talent pipeline.

Junior program embedded in the field

GT3 Junior Program members Michele Beretta and Riccardo Agostini race on the same grid and in the same sprint format as gentleman drivers, giving the factory a way to evaluate them under genuine competitive pressure rather than in private tests.

335 pounds lighter, zero margin for error

One source reports the Super Trofeo is 335 pounds lighter than the LP610-4 it derives from, which further sharpens the car's responses and raises the penalty for driver error.

From 2017 COTA to a 39-car grid by 2026

The 2026 North American calendar already features 39 cars across events at Sebring, Laguna Seca, Watkins Glen, Road America, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, suggesting the series has continued to grow in the years since this 2017 season opener.