British Lamborghini customer team Barwell Motorsport is gearing up for its first taste of the new-for-2026 Temerario GT3, which it believes will be a clear step forward in design and performance over the outgoing Huracán model.
The Surrey-based outfit has won three British GT championship drivers’ titles and five teams’ crowns since first running the Huracán in 2016, one year after it was introduced into competition. But the Huracán chapter is set to come to a close soon, with team principal Mark Lemmer eager to get his hands on a new Temerario after being kept abreast of its development by Lamborghini Squadra Corse.
“From what I know about it, which is quite a lot, it’s definitely going to be a good car,” he tells DSC. “They’ve learned the lessons of ten years with this great car (the Huracán), but this is the next generation.
“The cockpit will be laid out in a lot clearer fashion for the drivers, so it’ll be a better operating environment.
“The car is being designed so it can follow more closely in dirty air, which has been one of the weaknesses of the Huracán. It should also be easier to service because they’re doing modular front and back ends.
“But the DNA of the car will remain the same. We know it’s a good chassis; we know it has good aero.
“The one thing you can’t change about an Audi R8 or a Huracán is the fact that the engine is very heavy, so you’re always managing that weight.
“We know the new car’s turbocharged power unit is going to be a lot lighter, which will make the natural balance better. We’re optimistic it’s going to be a very good car.”
Lamborghini expects to finalise the Temerario’s homologation late in 2025, with FIA approval and first customer kits following in early 2026.
Barwell has been told to expect a car at some point during next year’s season, though its British GT effort is likely to run the Huracán throughout.
“We’ve had a good relationship with the development engineers, and the development programme has been going well,” Lemmer adds. “There are no fundamental issues; reliability is good, and the initial performance is good.
“However, the process takes time because they then need to finalise their homologation, then you have approval from the FIA, and it’s only then that you can order the production parts.
“Their target is to have enough kits so that they can enter some cars into the [12 Hours of] Sebring. We’ve been told that we can have a car at some point next year.”
Barwell achieved Lamborghini’s first outright victory in a 24-hour race at the Creventic-run 24 Hours of Barcelona back in 2019.
Since then, fellow Lamborghini customer teams have added numerous milestone victories and titles, including GTD wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, back-to-back triumphs at Sebring, and a long-awaited Spa 24 Hours victory earlier this year with Grasser Racing Team.
For Barwell, the Huracán will remain part of its stable in 2026, but the Temerario is the car it expects will carry it into the next decade of GT racing.
