Lamborghini's New Temerario GT3 Proves Its Worth at Its First Sebring

Lamborghini's New Temerario GT3 Proves Its Worth Lamborghini In accordance with tradition, and with the reality that at least a million different things could go wrong over the course of a long, brutal race, Lamborghini expected a modest result from its new Temerario GT3 car at this weekend’s Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Like all factory-backed efforts, the Temerario was tested extensively first in Italy, then elsewhere in Europe, and finally in the U. S.

(including at Sebring) before it would ever turn a wheel in competition. The company says it completed something on the order of 10,000 miles of testing. But there are too many variables to expect competitiveness, much less perfection.

That is particularly true at Sebring, where the bumpy track surface is unlike that of any other international track. Lamborghini And so, when the veteran Lamborghini driver Andrea Caldarelli qualified Pfaff Motorsports’ plaid Temerario 13th in the 13-car GTD Pro class field, there appeared to be no disappointment. As the quasi-factory team, Pfaff fielded the only Temerario at Sebring.

The Huracan GT3, which has been racing in one form or another for 10 years, is still eligible to race and Lamborghini is committed to providing support for those cars until the model’s homologation is up in several years. Gone is the ear-gasmic naturally aspirated V-10 of the Huracan . It’s replaced by a twin-turbo 4.