Lamborghini Has Received Six “Serious Interests” for SC63

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Lamborghini Squadra Corse has received between five to six “serious interests” from teams wanting to run the SC63 LMDh car according to interim motorsport boss Rouven Mohr, who said the inquiries have even included proposed efforts for the FIA World Endurance Championship.

The Italian manufacturer, which paused its LMDh program at the end of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship last year after running the Michelin Endurance Cup races as a factory squad focused on car development, said the Ligier-chassied prototype would only return if Lamborghini found a new partner team that would bring the necessary budget.

The car’s final scheduled race came in last October’s Motul Petit Le Mans, where it narrowly missed out on a podium finish in GTP.

When asked about the level of interest in the SC63, Mohr told Sportscar365: “From the team side a lot, to be honest. I haven’t counted. It was for sure five, six serious interests. Not only ‘blah, blah.’ (but serious levels of interest).

“There was a hard decision (to pause the program). We were also sad about it. It’s not like for us it was super easy.

“Because now in the last last race, if we would not have done the mistake of changing the front, we would have been on the podium (at Petit Le Mans).”

Mohr revealed that the pausing of the LMDh program was partially based on the ramp-up on the development of its all-new Temerario GT3 car, which is set to debut at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March.

“For sure, for us, it was a pity to pause this chapter in this way,” he said of the LMDh project. “But again, sometimes also the ration has to drive the decisions.

“Rationally speaking, what we now have in front us for the ramp-up of the Temerario with our team, we cannot share the effort; it’s impossible for our organization.

“Therefore, even if it’s painful, it’s the right decision.”

In addition to teams looking to run the car in the WeatherTech Championship, Mohr said there have been inquiries for the WEC’s Hypercar class as well.

Lamborghini pulled out of the WEC at the end of the 2024 season, partially due to a rules change that required all Hypercar manufacturers to run two-car teams, which became cost-prohibitive to the Italian manufacturer.

“Some really financially sustainable investors, they under-estimate the numbers,” said Mohr. “To run a WEC program, you have to be ready to spend a lot of money.”

Mohr said a decision on whether to restart the SC63 program will hinge on the launch of the Temerario GT3, and whether it’s new V8 twin-turbo-powered car is successful out of the box.

“If then we see everything’s fine with the Temerario and is under control and there’s still opportunities and still people that want to race it, then let’s discuss what the boundary conditions are,” he said.

“We’re not saying that everything is now scrapped (on the LMDh project), but it’s clear the priorities are different.

“It’s clear that LMDh is a different type of support. You cannot do it in a half way. Either you’re doing it with full attention or it’s better not to do it, otherwise you lose your creditability .

“It’s not our Lambo ambition that we are in P9 and P10.”

Mohr said they plan to re-visit the LMDh topic later this year before making a final decision on possibly supporting a program for 2027.

Sportscar365 understands that Lamborghini has kept one of SC63s based in the U.S. following last year’s Petit Le Mans, with a second chassis having gone back to Europe.

“We said, in case the interest will continue, let’s evaluate again at the end of the season when we see how the Temerario is evolving,” added Mohr.

“This year we also have the final [Temerario] Super Trofeo development, which is a step that’s commercially important for us because it’s clear that Super Trofeo, at the of the day, the baseline that’s also partially financing the GT3 programs.

“If everything is fine, and we still have people that are interested to invest money in the LMDh, then for sure we are open to discuss, but not before.”

John Dagys

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