A decade ago to the day, Lamborghini Squadra Corse delivered a sensational debut victory for the iconic Huracán GT3 model courtesy of Grasser Racing Team and its trio of drivers, Jeroen Mul, Fabio Babini and Andrew Palmer. The opening round of the 2015 Blancpain GT Endurance Series was, rather aptly, held on Lamborghini’s home soil at the Temple of Speed, Monza.
The legacy subsequently produced by the Huracán GT3, via its EVO and EVO2 iterations will prove to stand the test of time. In 10 years, the Huracán GT3 was immediately rapid and reliable and soon expanded its presence in some of the world’s most prestigious championships. In total, the Huracán won 96 titles and 187 races, including three successive victories in the GTD class of the 24 Hours of Daytona as well as back-to-back 12 Hours of Sebring wins between 2018 and 2019.
Having run the Murciélago and Gallardo in various guises before, the debut of the new Huracán at Monza in 2015 was eagerly anticipated. Babini gave the car a positive debut by delivering the fastest time in the second segment of qualifying, enabling the Grasser team to start third on the grid for the race. A good start followed, gaining one position in the early stages before moving into an unassailable lead. The #19 machine maintained its advantage, despite a safety car period wiping out a handy lead, for the remainder of the three-hour bout.
The immediacy of success for the new car not only gave Lamborghini Squadra Corse confidence in its product but also a development cycle which added the first EVO version of the Huracán in 2019. The updated edition created history by winning all three titles in the GT World Challenge Europe series that year: Sprint, Endurance and overall, with factory drivers Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli. Three years later, the EVO2 made its debut at the beginning of 2023, once more at Monza where it finished third in the opening GTWC Europe race of the season. A year later, the Huracán GT3 EVO2, in the hands of SSR Performance and Mirko Bortolotti, won the DTM championship at Hockenheim, becoming the first Italian brand to claim the title in 31 years.
The first Huracán GT3 model was born out of the Lamborghini Centro Stile department of Automobili Lamborghini, in close collaboration with Dallara. It is characterized by a hybrid structure of aluminium and carbon. Weighing 1230kg, with a front load of 42%, the car is equipped with a six-speed sequential gearbox and a direct-injection road-based V10 engine which produces an output of 570hp. Conceived for the racing environment, the Huracán, therefore, has characterised an entire era that will be followed by the new generation of super sports car from Automobili Lamborghini, the Lamborghini Temerario which is set to make its public debut in July 2026.
Stephan Winkelmann, Chairman and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini: “The victorious debut of the Huracán GT3 at Monza in 2015 marked a historic day for Lamborghini, the beginning of an extraordinary chapter in our motorsport journey. That project brought us tremendous satisfaction, both in terms of racing success and commercial achievement. With the new Temerario GT3, which we will officially unveil this summer, we aim to carry that legacy forward and push even further, driven by the same ambition, passion, and vision that define us.”
