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Barely two weeks before the start of the 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season, Georgi Dimitrov was facing the very real possibility of spending the year on the sidelines. A last-minute deal with CMR in the Pro-Am category was the miracle he’d been waiting for, and it delivered one of the stand-out stories of the year.

With every driver’s worst nightmare spared on the eve of the season-opener at Paul Ricard, just making the grid alongside team-mate Stéphan Guerin was a result on its own. What followed in the next two race weekends, however, was something not even the best movie script writer could have foreseen.

Not only had the pairing taken a dominant early lead in the class standings, but they had also – somehow – come away with two overall victories from the first four races. It was a sign of things to come, as Dimitrov and Guerin coasted to the Pro-Am title, turning more than a few heads along the way.

“As soon as I jumped into the car on the Thursday before Paul Ricard, I knew we had a really good baseline and that we could do really well throughout the season,” Dimitrov explains.

“I’ve always had a lot of belief in my own abilities, and I knew that Stéphan had been very successful in 2024 in the Am category where he finished second, so I was confident that we would do well.

“The deal was done quite last-minute, too last minute to be honest. We were quite lucky to have got that sorted before the first round. A lot of things were happening which were out of our control and by mid-March, I still didn’t have anything.

“So, we went into the first race with basically no preparation beforehand, no testing, but to go in a not only win both races in class, but to also win the first race overall was great for us.”

The 2025 season was not without its challenges, especially with the level of competition within the Pro-Am class. The likes of seasoned campaigners such as Frederik Schandorff, Egor Orudzhev and, come the World Finals past champions Chris van der Drift and Brendon Leitch, all helped raise Dimitrov’s game.

“Me and Stéphan worked so hard throughout the season, and Stéphan in particular became much more consistent towards the end of the year which was really good to see.

“The Pro driver, in these sorts of situations, will always perform it’s our job to go out at the front, build a lead but the bigger difference is always with the bronze rated drivers. There’s always pressure for them, and I think Stéphan improved so much, especially at Spa.

“It was tough towards the last few rounds, where everyone seemed to have caught up, especially the other bronze drivers but he was able to keep his cool and perform. And it gave us the title.”

Dimitrov’s rise up the ranks followed that of so many of his contemporaries: go-karting at a young age turned into an urge for more competition and more success. The childhood dream of Formula One was an allure that couldn’t be budged, and the cut-throat single seater world was where Dimitrov earned his stripes.

After spells in Ginetta Juniors and British F4 – where he was a race winner – in his native United Kingdom, a move towards GT racing was the obvious next step. In his late teens, Dimitrov did a season in the Ultimate Cup in France before embarking on his maiden season in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, trying to stand out in a field of 52 cars!

“I started racing at six years old in go-karting and did that all the way up to 2019 before making the move into cars, in the Ginetta Junior championship in the UK,” Dimitrov says.

“We made the progression to British F4, which was very useful in my learning, but we found out that there probably wasn’t going to be many opportunities for me in single seater racing without a massive amount of backing which would allow me to race in F3.

“Already being a second-year driver in F4, you’re expected to move on quite quickly, so we began looking at alternatives down the sportscar route, first in the Ultimate Cup in France in LMP3 and then in Super Trofeo.

“It was really a blessing to find Super Trofeo because it is a great series, very competitive and the cars are really fun to drive.”

Throughout his debut season in the one-make category reserved for the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, Dimitrov impressed with his performances, taking a podium alongside team-mate Edgar Maloigne in Barcelona and being selected for the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Junior Driver programme.

“[Being part of the YDP] has been great; already being selected from a list of 35 drivers to be in the junior programme was amazing and then being picked for the shootout has given me a lot of confidence,” Dimitrov reflects.

“Now moving into my third season with Lamborghini, it’s a really good progression for me. Being promoted to a Young Professional Driver and receiving factory support was a massive step up for and one that moves me closer to my ultimate goal of becoming a factory driver.

“It’s been fast, but at the same time, it’s the best way for me to do it as it gives me the opportunity to move up to the higher categories. Participating in the 2024 shootout, especially, was good because it allowed me to see how everything works in the factory and to meet everyone there too.”

Now fully immersed in the Lamborghini racing mould, Dimitrov’s journey is testament to the emphasis the company places on the next generation of GT drivers. The Brit is contesting his maiden GT3 campaign this year, driving a Huracán GT3 EVO2 in the competitive Italian GT Championship for VSR.