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Lamborghini is working on a brand-new LMDh racing prototype and will be bringing it to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer. But that is not what they are building it for.
Lamborghini is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2023 and is doing it in style. July 13 is the day they reveal their LMDh racing prototype. It will be a hybrid-assisted, twin-turbocharged V8 engine. It is the first racing engine fully developed by the carmaker’s Squadra Corse competition division.
No word on the output yet. But what we do know is that the LMDh class cars must be below 671 horsepower (680 PS) and weigh less than 2,271 pounds (1,030 kilograms) without the driver or fuel. Also, top speed should not exceed 211.3 mph (340 kph).
Lamborghini worked with chassis supplier Liger, got a Bosch motor generation and a Williams Advanced Engineering battery pack.
The car is specifically designed to join the world’s most important endurance races. It will start with the Hypercar Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. The GTP class of the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship Endurance Cup is up next. The competition will take Lamborghini’s model to the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring, and more.
The 37-year old pro driver has already driven a Lamborghini in the 24 Hours of Daytona back in January when his team finished 24th. It was a Huracan GT3 EVO2 with racing team Iron Lynx.
Before that happens, the Italian manufacturer will take a prototype to the Lamborghini Lounge, where it will be detailed by the company’s Chairman and CEO, Stephen Winkelman and tech gurus that have been working on it.
The prototype is not the only vehicle that Lamborghini is taking to Sussez, UK, for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The all-new Revuelto, revealed earlier this year as the succesor to the Aventador and the first V12 super sports plug-in hybrid is also going to be there to run up the hill at Goodwood. So is the V10-powered Huracan Sterrato, the supercar with off-road capabilities, once the special Rally mode is engaged. The Italians will also bring the Urus Performante.
Lamborghini will display the Revuelto and the Sterrato outside the Lamborghini Lounge. The Huracan Technical and the Huracan STO are also going to be there between July 13 to 16.
No word on the output yet. But what we do know is that the LMDh class cars must be below 671 horsepower (680 PS) and weigh less than 2,271 pounds (1,030 kilograms) without the driver or fuel. Also, top speed should not exceed 211.3 mph (340 kph).
Lamborghini worked with chassis supplier Liger, got a Bosch motor generation and a Williams Advanced Engineering battery pack.
The car is specifically designed to join the world’s most important endurance races. It will start with the Hypercar Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. The GTP class of the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship Endurance Cup is up next. The competition will take Lamborghini’s model to the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring, and more.
Lamborghini has chosen former Formula 1 driver, Romain Grojean
The one driving the race car will be former Formula 1 driver and current IndyCar racer Romain Grojean. He is the French driver who cheated death in a horror crash in Bahrain in March 2021, when his car went through the barrier, sliced in half and caught fire.The 37-year old pro driver has already driven a Lamborghini in the 24 Hours of Daytona back in January when his team finished 24th. It was a Huracan GT3 EVO2 with racing team Iron Lynx.
Before that happens, the Italian manufacturer will take a prototype to the Lamborghini Lounge, where it will be detailed by the company’s Chairman and CEO, Stephen Winkelman and tech gurus that have been working on it.
The prototype is not the only vehicle that Lamborghini is taking to Sussez, UK, for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The all-new Revuelto, revealed earlier this year as the succesor to the Aventador and the first V12 super sports plug-in hybrid is also going to be there to run up the hill at Goodwood. So is the V10-powered Huracan Sterrato, the supercar with off-road capabilities, once the special Rally mode is engaged. The Italians will also bring the Urus Performante.
Lamborghini will display the Revuelto and the Sterrato outside the Lamborghini Lounge. The Huracan Technical and the Huracan STO are also going to be there between July 13 to 16.
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