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Photo: Lamborghini Squadra Corse Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America champion Elias De La Torre says the deciding race of the Monza Lamborghini World Finals will be an “opportunity to show my racecraft” as he will attempt to fight through from 13th on the grid. De La Torre and TR3 Racing teammate Dennis Lind led throughout Saturday’s opening Pro/Pro-Am contest after Lind had qualified on pole. However, the second qualifying session was far trickier for De La Torre and he will therefore start the crucial race from the seventh row. He was delighted to be able to bounce back from that disappointment by taking the opening victory, particularly as Nicolas Stati initially closed on him before De La Torre pulled clear again in the final laps. “I struggled a little bit in qualifying and felt I let everyone down a bit but thankfully we were able to recover,” De La Torre told Sportscar365. “I learned a bit from Dennis over the period in between (qual...

Photo: Lamborghini Squadra Corse TR3 Racing pair Dennis Lind and Elias De La Torre took a lights-to-flag victory in the opening Pro/Pro-Am race of the Monza Lamborghini World Finals event. Lind had qualified the No. 129 Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 on pole but was unable to pull away in the opening stages only eking out a 1.9-second lead by the mandatory stops. But De La Torre was able to emerge from the pits 4.5 seconds ahead and the Super Trofeo North America champion kept the lead to the flag, despite Nicolas Stati closing the gap to around 2.5 seconds at one stage. Lind was untroubled at the start staying ahead of Brendon Leitch in the No. 70 Leipert Motorsport machine that had already been victorious in the European championship during the Monza week. But it was an eventful first couple of laps for Giano Taurino who triggered chaos at the first chicane at the start and then was hit by European champion Simone Iaquinta on the next tour. Lind continued to lead after ...

Photo: Lamborghini Squadra Corse Dennis Lind and Chris van der Drift have qualified on pole for the Pro/Pro-Am races of the Lamborghini World Finals at Monza. Lind, aiming to repeat his World Finals victory from a decade ago, set the pace in a close first qualifying session, the TR3 Racing driver posting a 1:45.430 to defeat the opposition by a tenth of a second. Second fastest was Brendon Leitch aboard the No. 70 Leipert Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2, while Will Bamber was third for XONINE Racing having clocked a 1:45.731. Giano Taurino was fourth fastest, almost half a second shy of Lind’s time, while recently-crowned European champion Simone Iaquinta was fifth for DL Racing having posted his 1:45.981 early in the session but was unable to improve. The Pro-Am pole went to the No. 119 TB Autosports car of Kyle Marcelli, with his 1:46.036 good enough for sixth overall. European Pro-Am champion Anthony Pretorius moved his Micanek Motorsport car up to secon...

Photo: Lamborghini Squadra Corse Andrzej Lewandowski has taken pole for both of the Am/LB Cup races of the Lamborghini World Finals at Monza. Auto Sport Racing Service driver Lewandowski has twice claimed World Finals titles in the past, but these were remarkably his first poles at the event. He set a blistering pace in the first qualifying session to post a 1:47.087 that was almost exactly a second faster than anyone else managed. His nearest rival was Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Am champion Renaud Kuppens aboard the No. 46 Micanek Motorsport Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2, who posted a 1:48.072 right at the end of the session to secure second. Third fastest was the best of the North American competitors, Gabriel Holguin aboard the No. 145 Precision Performance Motorsports car, while fourth went to North American champion Staab’s sister entry. The pole margin in LB Cup was slightly closer in Q1 as Donovan Privitelio set the pace with a 1:48.343 that good enough ...

Photo: Lamborghini Squadra Corse ***This year’s Lamborghini World Finals is a milestone occasion as it not only marks the final appearance for the Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 but it is also the first time in the event’s 13-year history that it has been held at Monza. ***The circuit therefore becomes the ninth different venue to have hosted the end-of-season celebration — the fourth in Italy after Vallelunga, Imola and Misano — while 577 drivers from 59 countries have so far taken part in World Finals competitions. ***Of those competing this year, Andzej Lewandowski has the most previous World Finals starts, having previously taken part in 17 races. The 2019 Pro-Am conqueror and 2022 Am champion only trails the 20 starts of Shota Abkhazava, who has also taken two titles, in the leaderboard. ***Each of the three Lamborghini Super Trofeo regional championships held their final two races with the Huracan — before the Temerario Super Trofeo machine is introduced next ...

Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Pro class championship leader Tyler Maxson got off to a strong start to the weekend by topping the lone Porsche Carrera Cup North America practice session at Circuit of The Americas (COTA) on Friday afternoon. Maxson best lap of 2:06.255 in his No. 77 Topp Racing Porsche 911 Cup car led the overall standings in the 30-minute session. Topp Racing teammate Cole Kleck was second overall and in the Pro class with a 2:06.670 in the No. 78 entry, while Janne Stiak completed the overall and class top three in ACI Motorsports’ No. 40 machine. James Sofronas led the Pro-Am class with a 2:09.093 in GMG Racing’s No. 14 Porsche, marking the team owner’s first series appearance since March’s doubleheader at Sebring International Raceway. 2026 Pro-Am champion Patrick Mulcahy finished second in class in the No. 54 ACI Motorsports entry, followed by Steve Wetterau in KellyMoss’ No. 58 car. Joel Johnson paced the Masters class with a 2:09.923 in JDX Racing’s No. 70 P...

Photo: TR3 Racing Newly-crowned Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America champion Elias De La Torre is targeting a future relationship with the Italian manufacturer as he seeks to follow in the footsteps of TR3 Racing teammate Dennis Lind. De La Torre claimed the title with a race to spare after dominating the opening contest at Monza following a supreme opening stint by polesitter Lind, the duo finishing over 16 seconds clear of the field at the wheel of the No. 129 Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2. This was achieved in just De La Torre’s fourth season of racing and he now wants to emulate Lind by becoming a factory Lamborghini driver in the future. His first step towards that will come next month as he has secured a place in Lamborghini’s Young Driver Program Shootout to determine which emerging talent the brand will support moving forward. “It’s only my fourth year racing and it’s a pretty good way to end it,” De La Torre told Sportscar365. “H...