Lamborghini Squadra Corse has aannounces the names of the drivers involved in its 2016 Young Drivers Program. In its third year, 13 drivers under the age of 27 have been selected from the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series’ around the world, and will be trained to become professional drivers on and off the track.
“After three years of the Young Drivers Program,” said Giorgio Sanna, head of Lamborghini Motorsport, “and thanks to the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, in 2016 we are proud to see twenty drivers competing in the most important GT championships supported by Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
“In the wake of this success we have selected, and in some cases confirmed, the young motorsport talents of the 2016 season. They come from different countries and continents because we’re looking for drivers who can represent us, in the future, also in new emerging markets.
“We have further improved the driver training program and we are confident we will help identify the future protagonists of GT championships.”
To achieve these goals, the members of the Young Drivers Program are involved in a program that includes a number of activities carried out in close contact with the motorsport department of Automobili Lamborghini.
The program starts with track activities like driver coaching, before the drivers take on athletic training and visit the factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese for product training sessions.
After the Young Drivers Program comes the GT3 Junior Program which, this year, has doubled the number of participants compared to 2015. Currently, there are 20 GT3 Junior Drivers behind the wheels of Huracán GT3s, competing in the most important GT championships around the world and already achieving important results. The best of them will become the future GT champions of Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
Name/Nationality/Age/Super Trofeo Series
Sarah Bovy, Belgian, 26, Europe
Dennis Lind, Danish, 23, Europe
Nicola De Marco, Italian, 26, Europe
Martin Kodric, Croatian, 19, Europe
Loris Spinelli, Italian, 21, Europe
Andrea Fontana, Italian, 20, Europe
Nicolas Costa, Brazilian, 25, Europe
Shinya Michimi, Japanese, 23, North America
Ben Gersekowski, Australian, 24, Asia
Bar Baruch, Israeli, 20, Asia
Alex Jia Tong Liang, Chinese, 23, Asia
Mohamad Afiq Yazid, Malasiay, 24, Asia
Armaan Ebrhaim, Indian, 26, Asia
