Lamborghini Allocates Seven Temerario GT3s for Europe

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Lamborghini Squadra Corse has allocated seven of its all-new Temerario GT3s for competition in Europe this year, spread between GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS and DTM.

The Italian manufacturer, which will give the V8 twin-turbo-powered car its global race debut in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring with Pfaff Motorsports in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, is set to have two cars full-time in GTWC Europe and four in DTM.

Speaking exclusively with Sportscar365, interim Lamborghini motorsport boss Rouven Mohr confirmed that reigning GTWC Europe Endurance Cup champions Rutronik Racing, which has already announced a single-car Pro class full season effort with the car, will be joined by a Temerario GT3 fielded by Grasser Racing Team for the Endurance Cup and VSR for Sprint Cup.

Additionally, both GRT and Abt Sportsline will field two Temerario GT3s apiece in DTM competition.

All four teams will get their hands on their new cars next month, as part of a pair of Lamborghini-hosted test sessions at Misano and Vallelunga, which will then be followed up by SRO Motorsports Group’s Balance of Performance test at Paul Ricard in early March.

“At the moment we’re quite [on time], I have to say,” Mohr told Sportscar365.

“In February we have some shared test sessions with the teams in Europe for the Pro teams in GT World Challenge [Europe] and the DTM teams we’ve organized.

“Then we hand over the cars to the teams.

“We changed a bit of the philosophy because also during the development we didn’t involve really a team. Partially yes, but we operated completely by our own.

“In the past it was a little bit different but we decided to go this way because we wanted to have the performance development under our control.”

Mohr said the two Temerario GT3 test cars have combined for more than 15,000 kms in testing, including an endurance test at the Florida airfield circuit last November.

The car, Squadra Corse’s first ground-up race car, was homologated one month earlier by the FIA, with only “minor” adaptations made since then according to Mohr.

With Pfaff set to receive the first car, which is currently under assembly, next month, Mohr said they’ve reached the maximum capacity of Temerario GT3s that the Italian manufacturer is able to support for the first year.

“It’s clear that in the beginning, if you start with a new product, you have to support much more from the factory,” he said. “Since we’re still a small team, we could not do more even if we liked.”

Mohr said there was never a plan to roll out the car to the Asia-Pacific market in its launch season, despite several teams, including SUPER GT squad JLOC having indicated otherwise.

“It was not a prioritization of the market,” he clarified. “It was more or less what we can support.

“The limiting factor in the rollout of the Temerario this year is simply a mixture between available cars but the main limiting factor is that we want to ensure that everyone runs a Temerario has the right support from the factory.

“It’s clear from the beginning, for everyone the car is new. You need more support. We didn’t want to spread the car all over the world and the teams not be happy about the support.”

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When asked if there could be a second Temerario GT3 that would join the Pfaff car in the WeatherTech Championship later in the year, Mohr said: “We’re not saying no in general because we’re always looking for good teams.

“But our philosophy in general is to have [cars] in all the relevant championships. For sure the IMSA championship is one of the most important for us.

“We always like to have two competitive Pro cars in all the championships. There would still be space for one [in IMSA] but at the moment it’s not the plan.

“For next year, let’s see.”

Mohr indicated Lamborghini is targeting to have the capacity to produce 20-25 additional GT3 cars for 2027, which is likely to not meet the current demand for the car.

He explained the chassis are built on the same assembly line as the Temerario production car, which is already sold out through this year amid high demand for Lamborghini’s newest sports car.

John Dagys

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