The race format remains unchanged: two 50-minutes
races per weekend, rolling start, mandatory pit stops, and
crews divided into four categories (Pro, Pro-Am, Am and
Lamborghini Cup). In the Pro category for the first time
single driver will be allowed.
LAMBORGHINI
2020 SUPER TROFEO
hree continental championships on sixteen
different circuits in Asia, Europe and North America,
for a total of thirty-six races. While awaiting the 2019
World Final in Jerez (24-27 October), the calendars for
the 2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo are presented with
some big news along with some welcome returns to the
championship’s origins. It all begins with the announcement
about Misano Adriatico, which for the first time will host
the grand finale of the Sant’Agata Bolognese sporting
season. Both the Asian and European championships will
once again be combined with the GT World Challenge
championships organized by SRO, with whom Automobili
Lamborghini has renewed its partnership for the 2021 and
2022 seasons as well.
Lamborghini announces the 2020
Super Trofeo Asia, Europe and
North American calendars and
extends partnership with SRO
The inaugural contest of the Super Trofeo Europe’s
twelfth edition will take place in Monza, on the weekend
of 18 and 19 April, an ongoing appointment for the single-
brand event for eight consecutive years. The Autodromo
Nazionale Monza is the absolute fastest circuit on the
calendar, with the average speed of 194.2 km/h set by the
Huracán Super Trofeo Evo in the 2018 qualifiers. After two
years away, the Super Trofeo will return to run in France
on the Circuit Paul Ricard on the last weekend of May.
The Spa-Francorchamps stage is confirmed, scheduled
for late July, in the same setting as the iconic 24 Hours
reserved to GT3 cars. The Belgian circuit is the only one to
have continuously hosted the Lamborghini Super Trofeo
Europe starting with the inaugural edition in 2009. Since
the first year, 3053 km of racing have been completed,
for a total of 436 laps. Also confirmed is Nürburgring, at
the beginning of September. A welcome return is slated
for the circuit of Montmeló (Barcelona), which will host
the penultimate round in mid-October following a long
absence; in fact, the last time the European series ran
there was in 2011.
Following tradition, the Super Trofeo Asia reaches its
ninth edition. The start in Malaysia, at Sepang, on the
weekend of 28 and 29 March, will be followed by the two
Japanese stopovers at Fuji and Suzuka in May and June.
The site of the fourth round on the calendar is still to be
announced. The last Asia stage, before heading back to
Misano, will be contested in mid-September in China, on
the Shanghai track.
The Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America has now
reached its eighth edition, with the Barber Motorsports
Park in Alabama kicking off the season on the first
weekend of April, followed by the customary stage at
Watkins Glen (New York) at the end of June. In July the
Super Trofeo North America will make its first visit to
Canada, on the Toronto street circuit, for the third round
of the calendar in mid-July, replacing the Road America
stage. The VIRginia International Raceway stage, on the
calendar since 2013, has been confirmed, followed by the
classic appointment at Laguna Seca.
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Regarding the extension of this agreement, Giorgio
Sanna, Head of Lamborghini Motorsport, commented:
“The history of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo in Europe
has been linked with SRO since the ‘90s, so we are proud
to be able to continue to offer our sporting customers a
successful platform on the GT racing scene for the next
three years, providing our teams and drivers with the
best services, and also creating a synergy with the GT3
championships where we stand out.”
Stephane Ratel, SRO Motorsports Group founder
and CEO, commented: “I am very pleased that SRO
Motorsports Group will extend its long and successful
relationship with Lamborghini Super Trofeo into the
2020 season. Our links to this championship stretch back
many years, to when we introduced the first Lamborghini
one-make series with the Diablo SVR in 1996, and have
continued to grow stronger over time. The Super Trofeo
offers the ideal compliment to our race weekends and I
look forward to another exciting season in 2020.”
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