Lamborghini reveals SC63 Hypercar which Grosjean and Kvyat will race in WEC · RaceFans

umarkamran June 1, 2024

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Lamborghini has revealed the SC63, the automobile it has designed to contest the World Endurance Championship from subsequent yr.

As a part of its entry within the WEC’s Hypercar class, Lamborghini plans to enter two vehicles at subsequent yr’s Le Mans 24 Hours. The SC63 may even race in America’s IMSA sequence.

The chassis was developed by Ligier and styled by Lamborghini’s design division, Centro Stile, to include cues from its Revuelto highway automobile.

Romain GrosjeanDaniil Kvyat, Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti have already been confirmed among the many marque’s drivers, with extra as a result of be confirmed.

The automobile is powered by a newly-designed 3.8-litre V8 twin-turbo and a typical hybrid system. The LMDh rules restrict the full energy output to a most of 500kW.

Lamborghini Chairman and CEO Stephan Winkelmann known as the SC63 “probably the most superior racing automobile ever produced by Lamborghini.”

“The chance to compete in a few of the largest endurance races on this planet with a hybrid prototype suits with our imaginative and prescient for the way forward for high-performance mobility, as demonstrated for highway authorized vehicles with the launch of the Revuelto. The SC63 LMDh is the step into the best echelons and into the way forward for motorsports for our Squadra Corse.”

The vehicles might be run by Iron Lynx. The primary observe take a look at of the SC63 is because of happen subsequent month.

Iron Lynx staff principal and CEO Andrea Piccini stated they’re “honoured and intensely excited” to “begin a brand new chapter for Iron Lynx with Lamborghini.”

“Everybody at Iron Lynx is raring for testing to get underway. That is undoubtedly one of many largest challenges we’ve ever confronted as a staff, and we are actually wanting ahead to seeing the SC63 on observe.”

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