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Photo: Lamborghini Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America will continue under IMSA sanctioning through at least 2031, following a five-year contract renewal announced on Wednesday. It marks a continued partnership that builds on a 14-year history dating to the series’ start in 2013 and will propel it to the launch of Lamborghini’s newest car, the Lamborghini Temerario Super Trofeo, next year. The Temerario is the first racecar built in-house by Lamborghini in its Sant’Agata Bolognese headquarters, and its Super Trofeo car will mirror the Temerario GT3 in making its global race debut at Sebring International Raceway. Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America is a single-make racing series with competitors in all four classes supported by Lamborghini dealers using identical Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 cars through the end of 2026, culminating in this week’s Lamborghini World Finals in Monza. The North American calendar features six doubleheader rounds at five iconic racetrac...

Photo: Genesis Magma Racing Genesis Magma Racing has confirmed it will go into its second FIA World Endurance Championship season with an unchanged roster of six drivers across its two Hypercars. The Hyundai-owned marque revealed on Monday that Andre Lotterer, Pipo Derani, Mathys Jaubert, Mathieu Jaminet, Paul-Loup Chatin and Daniel Juncadella will all continue to pilot its pair of GMR-001s next year, with exact crews to be determined. Juncadella was already confirmed after being given a standalone announcement on Saturday on the eve of the 6 Hours of Barcelona, his home race. All six drivers were understood to have been on two-year contracts. Team principal Cyril Abiteboul commented: “Continuity is essential at this stage of our program. Our drivers have built valuable knowledge of the GMR-001 Hypercar and strong working relationships with our technical team. They have also developed a positive dynamic and genuinely enjoy working together. “Retaining the same line-up allow...

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Photo: Lamborghini The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is preparing to host the final rounds of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia, Europe, and North America series, before drivers compete in the 13th edition of the Lamborghini World Finals starting on Saturday. A total of ten races featuring nearly 80 cars and 128 drivers will mark the final competitive meeting for the outgoing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, ahead of the debut of the new Lamborghini Temerario Super Trofeo next year. While two of the four titles have been decided in the North American series, with Pro-Am having gone to Wayne Taylor Racing’s Danny Formal and Graham Doyle, and Precision Performance Motorsports driver David Staab having wrapped things up in Am, both the Pro and LB Cup categories could come down to the wire in Friday’s season finale. TR3 driver Elias De La Torre holds a 17-point lead over Will Bamber, of XONINE Racing, in the Pro class, with the WTR pairing of Hampus Ericsson and Nick P...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA TDS Racing will return to a two-car IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship effort for the first time in three years, confirming its pair of driver lineups in the LMP2 class. The French squad will continue with Tobi Lutke and Mathias Beche in the No. 11 Oreca 07 Gibson, with Stephen Thomas returning after a year away racing in the European Le Mans Series. Thomas will pair up with Scott Huffaker in the No. 29 entry. Sami Meguetounif (No. 11) and David Heinemeier Hansson (No. 29) will complete the team’s lineups for the Michelin Endurance Cup races. Thomas, Meguetounif and Huffaker were in title contention in the ELMS LMP2 Pro/Am class title and won together at Silverstone. The Xavier Combet-led team, which has been a full season entrant since 2023, made its its 40th IMSA start at this year’s season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans. “2027 marks an exciting new chapter for TDS Racing,” said Combet. “Expanding to a two-car program in IM...

Photo: Chris Ward Cameron McLeod said he’s targeting a step up to GT3 competition next year after getting his first laps at the wheel of a Ford Mustang GT3 EVO on Monday at Portimao. The 21-year-old Australian, who won the inaugural Mustang Challenge Le Mans Invitational in 2025, was named a Ford Racing Driver Development Team member this year, where he’s collected podiums in both GT4 European Series and Monochrome GT4 Australia Series competition, as part of a dual series campaign. McLeod was one of six development drivers to take part in a two-day test, run by HRT and fully paid by Ford, following last weekend’s GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS season finale. “The GT3 [test] itself went really good,” McLeod said. “From all the GT4 and [Mustang Challenge/Cup] stuff I’ve done, it’s all been pretty easy to jump in and go and all the staff were very helpful with the e-clutches and everything that’s new to GT3 cars. ...

Photo: Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SRO GT Academy winner Jay Mo Hartling will contest the 2027 GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by GetSpeed. The German squad has been selected to oversee the young driver’s prize entry, which he earned for his performances in the GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli. Hartling – who turns 24 on Wednesday – was the outstanding candidate for this coveted seat. Piloting a Mercedes-AMG GT2 for SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm, he beat seven rivals across the five-round campaign, finishing well clear of runner-up Ethan Gialdini. Sharing with David Thilenius, Hartling picked up three race wins and helped to secure the Pro-Am class title in his debut season. Next year he will link up with GetSpeed to contest the most competitive GT series in the world in what is expected to be a Silver Cup program. A proven winner and one of the selected Mercedes-AMG Performance Teams, the German squad made its GT World Challeng...