Lamborghini leaves IMSA and halts LMDh program

Automobili Lamborghini officially announced it will pause its IMSA GTP program after completing the 2025 season. With this decision, Lamborghini becomes the first major manufacturer to halt its LMDh program without achieving podiums since its debut in 2024. The Italian brand communicated from Sant'Agata Bolognese that this decision is part of a "strategic realignment of its motorsport activities," prioritizing the development of GT3 and Super Trofeo platforms based on the new Temerario.

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Complete prototype withdrawal after leaving WEC in 2024

Lamborghini had already withdrawn from the World Endurance Championship after just one full season in 2024. The implementation of the rule requiring manufacturers to enter two cars in Hypercar starting in 2025 was decisive for that exit. The company reduced its 2025 participation to only the five endurance races of the IMSA Endurance Cup: Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis, and Road Atlanta. The 2024 program with Iron Lynx was marked by six total retirements across IMSA and WEC, finishing fifth in the GTP manufacturers' championship with 572 points.

SC63 reliability issues in 2025

The 2025 season has been problematic for the Italian prototype. After retirements due to mechanical issues at the Daytona 24 Hours (January) and an exhaust failure at Sebring (March), the only points-scoring result came at Watkins Glen with a seventh-place finish in June. Romain Grosjean led 23 laps of that race before the car settled into its final seventh position. Across two racing seasons, the SC63 failed to finish half of the contested races due to recurring cooling, exhaust, and electronics failures. The seventh place remains the program's best historical result, never having contended for an actual podium.

Lamborghini's lack of prior prototype experience

Unlike manufacturers like Porsche, Cadillac, or BMW, which developed their LMDh cars with experienced prototype technical partners, Lamborghini relied on its own structure with no prior tradition in top-level prototypes. This left them several steps behind from the start, never achieving stable reliability for the SC63. Lamborghini never managed to expand its structure with privateer customers, as Porsche or Acura did with their respective LMDh programs. The brand acknowledged having "perhaps underestimated" the costs of developing an LMDh in collaboration with Ligier Automotive.

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Lack of partners to sustain the program

Rouven Mohr, Lamborghini's technical director, had warned during the Temerario GT3 launch at the Goodwood Festival of Speed that "time is running out" to continue in GTP. The company operated the program independently with support from Riley Technologies as a service provider.

"We'd like to return, but it's even more expensive than IMSA because they require you to run two cars, there are more races outside Europe, and more competitive mileage, which increases operational costs," explained Mohr about a potential return to WEC.

New direction toward customer programs

The future program focuses on two completely new in-house developments: the Temerario GT3 and the Temerario Super Trofeo. The former was officially unveiled in July during the Goodwood Festival of Speed and is currently in an advanced development phase with testing at European circuits.

The official debut of the Temerario GT3 is scheduled for the 2026 12 Hours of Sebring, within the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The goal is to surpass the sporting and commercial success of the Huracán GT3, which has achieved 96 titles and 192 race wins worldwide. The Super Trofeo model based on the Temerario will be revealed before the end of 2025, completing the brand's new racing car lineup.

Only Indianapolis and Petit Le Mans remain

The SC63 operated by Riley Technologies will complete its 2025 program in the final two endurance races of the IMSA Endurance Cup: the 6 Hours of Indianapolis in September and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in October. The #63 crew includes Mirko Bortolotti, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat, and Edoardo Mortara, with driver combinations determined race by race.