Lamborghini Squadra Corse boss Andrea Reggiani is targeting a return to the FIA WEC and ELMS in the coming years with the new-for-2026 Temerario GT3 platform.
Speaking with DSC last weekend at Petit Le Mans, Reggiani outlined his ambitions for the brand in ACO-sanctioned racing, following confirmation that a pair of Temerario GT3s will compete in the 2026/27 Asian Le Mans Series season.
“I would say yes,” he responded when asked if a return to the WEC and ELMS for the first time since the 2024 season is on his radar. “It’s an ambition we have and share with some of our customer teams. There were actually more requests than entries for the Asian Le Mans Series. We have more teams interested.
“It is one of our objectives to have cars there (in the WEC) in the future, starting with Asian Le Mans Series and ELMS, then eventually the WEC.”
One key factor in Lamborghini returning to the WEC is available grid space.
Currently, the full-season FIA WEC entry list sits at 35 cars, with 17 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. In 2027, two cars apiece from Ford and McLaren are set to join the top class, bringing the number to 39, though it is still unclear whether the Alpine Hypercar programme will be resurrected by Signatech and a Chinese OEM next year after the French brand steps away.
If no solution is found by Signatech to return to the grid with a new manufacturer partner and restyled/re-badged A424s, then there would be two spaces for a pair of LMGT3 cars, should Lamborghini come forward with a partner team and have its entries accepted.
However, Reggiani feels it’s “unlikely” we’ll see the Sant’Agata, Bolognese brand next season. “But going forward, sure,” he added, “it’s an ambition, and we have teams that have that ambition, so we would support it. Definitely we would like to go back. Maybe not next year in the WEC, but in the future.
“Hopefully it’s also in the interest of the organisers to have Lamborghini on the grid. We have to have a good team that is willing to do it, then I hope having Lamborghini on the grid would be beneficial to everybody and will happen.”
What’s more certain is that we won’t see the SC63 back in the Hypercar class. Reggiani, who joined Lamborghini earlier this year to oversee the rollout of the Temerario GT3 and Temerario Super Trofeo, says the brand’s stance on its prototype programme has not changed under his leadership.
“I have taken over recently, and at the moment, nothing has changed. We’re looking at the new regulations; we will see what will happen, but at the moment, no news. We will see how things develop, then make a decision, but at the moment nothing is confirmed.
“We got a lot of requests (for the Asian Le Mans Series’ Hypercar class), and clearly there is a possibility because the cars are there, but there was nothing close to being confirmed.”
As for Lamborghini’s presence in GTD Pro and GTD in IMSA in 2027, plans are still coming together in the wake of Pfaff Motorsports’ GTD Pro programme coming to an end.
“It is a key market for Lamborghini; it’s an important championship,” Reggiani said. “It’s also becoming an extremely expensive championship to run. Us not having a fully funded factory team means that it takes a little bit more time to find the partner to race with next year because they will have to provide part of the funding.
“We are speaking. We have a few options. We will finalise some of them this week. I believe we will be present in IMSA next year, but I am not sure yet in what capacity: GTD, GTD Pro or both.
“It would be ideal to have a car in GTD Pro and cars in GTD. But we have to be realistic about the possibilities that are there. Pfaff was a very good partner in that regard. We have to see if we can find an equally good partner.
“From a budget perspective and in terms of performance, we have been very lucky to have them on our side, and we are sad they are going. It was a good partnership that will be difficult to replace.”
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