Lamborghini will join a growing number of manufacturers entering IMSA’s new LMDh prototype class.
RACER reports that the Lamborghini Squadra Corse team will join the series in 2024, racing alongside the likes of Acura, Audi, BMW, Porsche, and Cadillac. The Italian outfit will apparently provide official confirmation of the project in September.
“We are not 100 percent over the line, I can confirm that, but if I was to say we’re 90 percent of the way there, that would be pretty accurate,” Lamborghini senior motorsport manager Chris Ward told the publication. “We’ve got a couple of I’s to dot and T’s to cross with a couple of the main providers. That’s what has separated us from a lot of the manufacturers; historically, we don’t go factory racing in the way that you might see Porsche or others go factory racing. To get us all the way there, it’s going to take a customer effort behind it.”
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“But we’re in a fortunate position as a manufacturer to have the relationships and individuals among our existing and growing portfolio that could help us achieve that. So those are the elements that we’ve got to really get over the line with to make sure that it’s 100 percent,” he added.
Before it launches the project, Lamborghini will need to find and align with customer teams. RACER speculates that current GT team SRO Americas/World Challenge champions K-PAX Racing are among the options being considered.
“I think it’s fair for me to say it’s more likely that we would grow upward with an existing customer [GT] racing effort, than take over the reins of an existing prototype team,” Ward said. “With all of that said, we’re also speaking to existing prototype teams. But we have a vast array of people that would be more than capable of being able to do it. We’re just working to get things lined up before they’re all snapped up by others.”
