The track testing phase for Lamborghini’s highly anticipated Temerario Super Trofeo model is set to get underway in May, according to the brand’s interim head of motorsport and technical director, Rouven Mohr.
Unveiled last year at the Lamborghini World Finals at Misano in November, the next-gen Super Trofeo is set to debut in 2027. The timeline has it racing in customer hands a year after the Temerario GT3, which will make its first competitive appearance next month with Pfaff Motorsports in the Sebring 12 Hours.
“The theoretical part is finished,” Mohr told DSC. “We are now at the assembly phase. We are assembling the first car, and the testing will most likely start in May.
“The timing is quite close to the GT3, but one year later. This time, the Super Trofeo shares even more components with the GT3, so we are not starting from zero.”
While Lamborghini has yet to share a mileage target for the twin-turbo V8-powered car in testing, the breadth of its GT3 test programme may provide some hints. Since the first rollout of the Temerario GT3 at Vallelunga last summer, the brand has exceeded its internal expectations, completing more than 15,000 kilometres ahead of homologation.
Following a successful programme putting the GT3 model to the test, Mohr is confident that the Super Trofeo’s development phase will also run to plan, as the car shares many parts with the GT3 and isn’t as complex as its sibling, to reduce costs.
“If you want to build a proper GT3 car in this environment, they are not far away from GTE,” Mohr explains. “To duplicate this for Super Trofeo would be too expensive and not make sense for the gentlemen. So we’ve had to downgrade the technical complexity and make it more drivable for gentlemen.
“It’s different, but we share more components, like the gearbox (and the engine), which is exactly the same, whereas in the current car (based on the Huracan) it’s different.”
When the Temerario Super Trofeo debuts in 2027, the plan is for all of Lamborghini’s single-make regional championships (Europe, Asia and North America) to switch over to the new platform at the same time.
Though with the Temerario road car and GT3 car soaking up a huge proportion of Lamborghini’s production capacity, there is a contingency plan should Squadra Corsa find itself unable to manufacture enough cars to meet demand in year one.
“Our target is to switch all at once, but this is still to be confirmed,” Mohr explained.
“If we are not able to, then the next step would be to decide which championships will move to Temerario. But we are trying to stay at least within the championship, clean, we don’t want to race with two cars in the same championship.
“That would be the worst-case scenario and something we are trying to avoid.”
Beyond the debut of the Super Trofeo, there are no further plans at present for the Temerario platform to be used in other areas of sportscar racing.
Lamborghini has had a presence in the GT2 European Series in recent years, with multiple teams entering Huracan Super Trofeo Evo2s using a conversion kit. But Mohr ruled out the possibility of Lamborghini actively pursuing a move into GT2 with the Temerario in the foreseeable future.
“There is no plan for this at the moment. Never say never, but at the moment, it is not our approach. It would not be our priority even if we had enough free time,” he admitted.
“Even if we didn’t know what to do with our free time, then to be honest, I don’t think I’d go in the direction of GT2.”
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