Lamborghini looks set to downscale its Le Mans Daytona hybrid (LMDh) programme as early as next season.
(Un)confirmed:
- Italian manufacturer looks likely to choose one focus out of World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the IMSA SportsCar Championship
- All options are reportedly on the table, including axing the entire endurance racing programme altogether
Context:
With WEC currently enjoying a successful period, it appears to be a strange time for Lamborghini to be reconsidering its future in endurance racing. The most likely conclusion here is that IMSA becomes surplus to requirements, but it’s clear that the top brass at the Italian marque isn’t ready to fully commit to this decision.
Will that prove to be the case? The latest rumours indicate that Lamborghini has decided to axe its entire programme, although this is yet to be officially confirmed. The visibility provided by the 24 Hours of Le Mans is evidently not enough to convince Lamborghini to stick around in WEC for a little while longer.
Comment:
“At the moment we are investigating all the opportunities for next year,” Rouven Mohr, chief technical officer and acting motorsport boss of Lamborghini, told Motorsport.com.
“The biggest issue for us is that the second car [in WEC] was not foreseen. It generates in our company issues to support the second car in an adequate way.
“Our wish would have been to continue with one car in IMSA [for the full season rather than in just the endurance races as this year] and one car in WEC.
“Now we are in a situation where we need to find a way to manage two cars in WEC and one car in IMSA, or it could be that we have to decide which programme we run.”
Coming next:
Lamborghini executives don’t have long to decide on this matter as entries for WEC close on 18th November. The 2025 season of the endurance racing championship gets underway in Qatar on 28th February.
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