Lamborghini Factory Junior drivers Mateo Llarena and Jaden Conwright will team with Don Yount to contest the 2022 12 Hours of Sebring aboard the #42 NTE/ SSR #42 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo in the GTD class.
“We’re excited to welcome Mateo to the team,” said NTE Sport owner Paul Mata. “He demonstrated great skill with T3 Motorsports at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in January, and we’re always glad to have another Lamborghini GT3 Junior driver join our mix. A mechanical issue ended our race early in the opening round of the season, so we’re looking forward to the chance to rebound and get back out there and fight for a race win.”
The team started the season in January at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, completing roughly 75 percent of the race until an ABS failure led to an incident that caused contact and took the car out of the race.
“The whole team is excited to get back on track and show our success at Daytona before the brake failure was not a fluke,” said Yount. “I am confident that NTE has the issue sorted and we will be out the gate from the first practice. Sebring is super tough on the car so we will find out quickly.”
Conwright is making a name for himself early in 2022, becoming one of the newest Lamborghini GT3 Junior drivers as well as the inaugural recipient of the IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship. He’s a full season driver in the #42 and drove there with Yount amongst the 4 driver crew:
“I’m looking forward to heading back to Sebring as I made my debut with NTE and in IMSA at the 2020 Michelin Pilot Challenge event there,” said Conwright. “The Twelve Hours of Sebring is definitely a different beast to the other endurance events I’ve competed as the track’s characteristics are as much of a rival as the other cars. The pace at Daytona was solid up until we were forced to retire due to a technical fault, so I’m confident that we can continue and build off our experience during the Rolex 24 and optimize our NTE/SSR Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo with more time.”
It will be the second 12 Hours of Sebring for young Guatemalan rising star Llarena after racing in 2021 in LMP3 with Performance Tech. he switches from the T3 Motorsports Huracan to the NTE/ SSR car at Sebring.
“I’m really looking forward to the Twelve Hours of Sebring,” Llarena said. “This will be my second time racing in it so I have much more confidence than the first time, I already know the track and how the race works. I’m very happy to join NTE/ SSR. I’m excited for the opportunity to get to know a new team and new drivers. For sure we will give it our all to get a good result.”
