Lamborghini puts World Endurance Championship progam on hold

Lamborghini competes in both the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship with its SC63 LMDh and Huracán GT3 race cars.

However, the automaker announced on Nov. 22 that it will put its World Endurance Championship program on hold next season.

In a statement, Lamborghini said the WEC’s new rules requiring at least two cars to be fielded in the premier Hypercar class, where Lamborghini competes with the SC63, do not align with its current strategy.

Lamborghini has not indicated when, or if, it plans to return to the WEC with its SC63. However, the SC63 will still compete in the premier GTP class of the SportsCar Championship next season, allowing Lamborghini to continue developing the car.

Lamborghini also stated it will withdraw from the WEC’s lower LMGT3 class next season, where it previously competed with the Huracán GT3. This decision will allow the automaker to focus on developing a replacement GT3 race car based on the recently unveiled Temerario, the V-8 plug-in hybrid supercar that succeeds the Huracán.

The new Temerario GT3 race car is currently undergoing testing and is scheduled to be revealed next year.

Lamborghini’s current partner in the WEC, Iron Lynx, will team up with Mercedes-Benz AMG in the LMGT3 class next season. It will mark the first time AMG competes in the WEC with a race car based on its GT sports car.

Another new entry in the WEC next season will be the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH, which will compete in the Hypercar class. Aston Martin will field the Valkyrie in collaboration with America’s Heart of Racing.