- Lamborghini’s SC63 LMDh will solely contest IMSA’s five-race Michelin Endurance Cup in 2025
- Lamborghini won’t take part within the 2025 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship
- A return to the World Endurance Championship in future seasons has not been introduced
After asserting in November plans to take a seat out the 2025 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, Lamborghini has now revealed it would run a restricted program within the 2025 season of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
In a press release launched on Dec. 24, Lamborghini stated it would enter a single factory-supported SC63 LMDh race automobile within the premier GTP class of the SportsCar Championship, however solely within the Michelin Endurance Cup.
The Michelin Endurance Cup is a sub-series of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, which incorporates solely the 5 premier races of the father or mother sequence, particularly the races at Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis, and Highway Atlanta.
Confirmed drivers for the SC63 in 2025 embody Mirko Bortolotti, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat, and Edoardo Mortara. Lamborghini stated the drivers for every race shall be introduced on a race-by-race foundation.
#48 Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo on the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona
Lamborghini may also area a trio of Huracán GT3 race automobiles within the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s GTD class designed for race automobiles based mostly on manufacturing fashions. The Huracáns shall be fielded in partnership with Pfaff Motorsports, Wayne Taylor Racing, and Forte Racing.
Lamborghini solely began racing with the SC63 in 2024 and competed with it in each the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship, along with the Huracán GT3. Nevertheless, the automaker introduced on Nov. 22 that it’ll put its World Endurance Championship program on maintain in 2025, as a result of sequence’ new requirement that no less than two automobiles are required within the premier Hypercar class, which Lamborghini stated didn’t align with its present technique.
Lamborghini has not indicated when, or if, it plans to return to the WEC with its SC63. It additionally hasn’t stated when it plans to return to the LMGT3 class, which has similarities to IMSA’s GTD class. Nevertheless, a return to the LMGT3 class subsequent 12 months is feasible, when Lamborghini is predicted to introduce its new GT3 race automobile based mostly on the newest Temerario supercar.