Oregon’s Rytter, Fraboni Take Imola Clean Sweep

Oregon Team’s Silas Loven Rytter and Patrik Fraboni launched themselves into Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe title contention after claiming a clean sweep of victories at Imola last weekend.

The crew of the No. 36 Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 mastered both dry and wet conditions, as the 33-car field produced two entertaining races at the second edition of the Lamborghini Arena event.

It was Pro-Am contender Milos Pavlovic who started the opener from pole in the ASR No. 33 Huracan and maintained the lead at the start.

But, although he had built a 2.5-second margin at the end of the first lap, Pavlovic was soon dealt a drivethrough penalty for jumping the start and overall points leader Simone Iaquinta (DL Racing) inherited first place.

However, Jonathan Cecotto (Invictus Corse) was another Pro-Am contender on a charge and he dived ahead of Anthony Pretorius (Micanek Motorsport) at Piratella before then using his superior pace – having set the fastest lap – to immediately chase down and pass Iaquinta for the outright lead around the outside of Rivazza.

Paul Ricard winner Kevin Gilardoni took over from Iaquinta in the No. 72 Huracan at the mandatory pit stops and maintained the Pro lead from Rytter, who swapped with Fraboni after a solid opening stint from the latter.

Gilardoni then lost time behind Cecotto’s team-mate Sergei Astafjev approaching the Villeneuve chicane, which allowed Rytter to claim the inside line and the race lead moments before the safety car was deployed.

Two more interruptions followed but Rytter continued to lead to take his and Fraboni’s first win of the season, with Iaquinta and Gilardoni second. Jerzy Spinkiewicz completed the podium in third, recording his first finish of the campaign for UNIQ Racing.

There was more success for Oregon in Pro-Am as Josef Knopp and Pietro Perolini were also first-time 2026 winners with Paolo Biglieri and Marzio Moretti (ASR) taking second place after an entertaining panel-bashing final lap scrap with Paul Levet’s No. 6 VSR machine.

The safety car interruptions benefitted Pavlovic and Alessio Ruffini, who managed to recover from their early drivethrough, to take third after a 40-second post-race penalty for Levet.

On his return to the championship, Raffaele Giannoni (Automobile Tricolore) claimed the Am win while Petar Matic won the Lamborghini Cup for ASR.

The heavens opened ahead of the second race, with Levet translating his pole position into the early lead from Moretti, who edged out Matias Salonen (No. 88 Leipert Motorsport) at the first corner.

Rytter also made strong progress at the start, moving up two places to fourth either side of the first of two safety car interventions as Spinkiewicz’s rotten luck continued with his third retirement of the year.

With conditions gradually improving at the restart, Rytter began to make his early pace count, passing Salonen for third overall and with it the Pro class lead. The Danish driver then overtook Moretti one lap later before setting his sights on Levet.

The order remained that way until the pit window opened, with Rytter staying out a lap later than Levet, who relinquished the lead as he handed over to Miguel Cristovao.

A half-spin for Salonen just before his stop effectively put the No. 88 entry out of victory contention as Fraboni rejoined at the head of the field and was able to cruise to a second victory of the day.

Rexal Villorba Corse’s Benedetto Strignano and Nicholas Pujatti finished second, prevailing in a tight scrap between Rogerio Grotta (Oregon Team) and Iaquinta.

Pujatti, who won race two at Paul Ricard, passed Grotta at Piratella before getting the better of Biglieri’s Pro-Am Huracan with two minutes remaining.

Iaquinta also made it past Grotta and Biglieri to secure third place and maintain the championship lead. Biglieri had inherited the Pro-Am lead after the stops but lost out to Pavlovic on the final lap.

Andrzej and Adrian Lewandowski (GT3 Poland) claimed the Am class victory after a hard-fought battle with the Micanek Motorsport entry of Renaud Kuppens and Jakub Knoll.

Keen to replicate his race-one success, Matic controlled the opening stint of the Lamborghini Cup class, passing Oregon Team’s Adalberto Baptista after the first safety car restart. The order swapped after the pit stops with the Brazilian keeping it together to claim the victory, with Holger Harmsen (GT3 Poland) sneaking past Matic for second in the final laps.

The next round takes the Super Trofeo Europe competitors to Spa-Francorchamps as the 2026 season reaches its halfway stage. A pair of 50-minute races will take place at the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa event between June 25-27.