POWERBOAT RACING ACCORDING TO LAMBORGHINI
1967The first installation of Lamborghini engines in the boating industry took place in 1967 when Ferruccio Lamborghini asked the Riva shipyards for a Super Aquarama to be equipped with a pair of engines that at the time were installed on the 350 GT. But it wasn’t until the early 1980s that we began to see the first applications of Lamborghini engines in powerboat competitions, which were very popular at the time thanks to the enormous media coverage. From 1984, the year of Lamborghini’s official debut in powerboat racing, up until 2007, Lamborghini won 10 world titles and countless European and national titles, becoming the second most successful manufacturer in the world. Powerboat racing has always been an excellent testing ground for engines, as the conditions of use are much more demanding than in track racing. Lamborghini believed in this sport as the perfect stage to demonstrate the reliability and power of its engines.
DEBUT IN FORMULA 1
1989Lamborghini was the engine manufacturer for the top motor racing models from the 1989 to the 1993 seasons. Lamborghini created a specific independent structure for the company to develop and build these engines, called Lamborghini Engineering, located a few kilometers from Sant’Agata Bolognese. The engineer Mauro Forghieri was the head of Lamborghini Engineering and he designed the 12-cylinder naturally aspirated engine for F1 competitions. During the 5 seasons of production, Lamborghini engines were supplied to the teams Larousse, Lotus, Minardi, Ligier and Modena Team. The latter was the only team that relied on Lamborghini Engineering to manufacture the entire car.
SQUADRA CORSE
2023The Lamborghini motorsport department celebrated ten years of business in 2023. Created in 2013, Lamborghini Squadra Corse has achieved an astonishing number of successes on both a sporting and commercial level.
In 2009, four years before the creation of Squadra Corse, the Lamborghini Super Trofeo was introduced in Europe. In subsequent years the single-make championship expanded to Asia (2012) and North America (2013). With its success, the next logical step was to develop a similar design for GT3 racing.
Squadra Corse announced the Huracán GT3 in 2014, which was due to hit the track the following year. The car won on its debut with the Grasser Racing Team, during the first of five rounds of the 2015 Blancpain GT calendar. Just three years after its debut, it had its first victory in a 24 Hours of Daytona. This was a historic success and was followed just under two months later by the equally important 12 Hours of Sebring. The success was incredible, and it wasn’t over; the victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona was achieved consecutively the following two years too, whereas the success at the 12 Hours of Sebring was repeated in 2019.
