Lamborghini is ready to compete on the high stage of endurance racing from 2024, with an entry within the premier courses of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship, often known as GTP and Hypercar, respectively.

The automaker on Thursday used the backdrop of the 2023 Goodwood Pageant of Velocity within the U.Okay. to current its contender for each sequence, the SC63. The SC signifies Lamborghini’s Squadra Corse racing division whereas the quantity 63 is the 12 months of Lamborghini’s founding.

The automotive has been constructed to LMDh laws, making it eligible for each the GTP and Hypercar courses, similar to automobiles constructed to LMH laws, equivalent to Ferrari’s 499P and Toyota’s GR010 Hybrid. Steadiness of Efficiency guidelines assist to make sure a good enjoying area.

Lamborghini will enter one automotive in every of the complete seasons of the SportsCar Championship and World Endurance Championship, that means appearances at premier races just like the 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Lamborghini will crew up with Italian racing crew Iron Lynx for its LMDh program, competing as Lamborghini Iron Lynx. Lamborghini may also work with Prema Engineering, an Italian firm that gives operational, technical, and engineering help for motorsports.

Confirmed drivers embrace former System 1 drivers Romain Grosjean and Daniil Kvyat, in addition to present Lamborghini Squadra Corse drivers Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti. Different drivers will probably be confirmed later in 2023.

All LMDh race automobiles characteristic a hybrid powertrain utilizing a typical transmission, battery, and motor-generator unit to assist hold a lid on prices. Constructors are free to decide on the internal-combustion element of the powertrain, with Lamborghini choosing a turbocharged 3.8-liter V-8 developed in-house particularly for the LMDh program. Constructors also can select the gear ratios for the transmission and the quantity of slip of the mechanical differential.

2024 Lamborghini SC63 LMDh race automotive

2024 Lamborghini SC63 LMDh race automotive

2024 Lamborghini SC63 LMDh race automotive

In step with LMDh laws, the powertrain can generate at any time a most output of round 670 hp from each energy sources. The automobiles should even have a minimal weight of two,270 kilos with out the gas and driver.

Constructors additionally want to make use of a management chassis just like a present LMP2 chassis, sourced from considered one of 4 suppliers: Dallara, Ligier, Multimatic, and Oreca. Lamborghini has chosen a chassis from Ligier. As Lamborghini was the primary constructor to go for the chassis, it was in a position to work with Ligier on finalizing the specification, for instance the design of the push rod entrance suspension, the general weight distribution, and the benefit during which sure key elements may be repaired.

The primary race for Lamborghini’s SC63 would be the 2024 24 Hours of Daytona subsequent January, the race that serves because the opening spherical of the SportsCar Championship. Additionally becoming a member of the fray in 2024 will probably be France’s Alpine with its personal LMDh.