Lamborghini in 2024 entered each the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship with an LMDh race automobile competing within the high courses of each competitions, GTP and Hypercar, respectively.
Dubbed the SC63, the race automobile incorporates a hybrid powertrain similar to the opposite LMDh vehicles, however the internal-combustion part is a V-8 developed in-house at Lamborghini’s Squadra Corse motorsports division.
A brand new video on IMSA’s YouTube channel provides an in-depth have a look at the SC63. It was filmed forward of the automobile’s entry on this previous weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring. The race served as spherical two of the SportsCar Championship. Lamborghini missed January’s opening spherical in Daytona.
The SC63 completed seventh at Sebring, because of the efforts of Matteo Cairoli, Andrea Caldarelli, and Romain Grosjean. Grosjean, a former System 1 driver, is featured within the video and explains what it’s like driving the automobile.
The SC63’s debut race was the opening spherical of the World Endurance Championship, which happened in Qatar in early March. There, drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Daniil Kvyat, and Edoardo Mortara introduced the automobile house in 14th place.
Lamborghini partnered with Italian racing crew Iron Lynx for its LMDh program, and collectively they compete as Lamborghini Iron Lynx.
All LMDh race vehicles characteristic a hybrid powertrain utilizing a management Xtrac transmission, battery, and motor-generator unit to assist preserve a lid on prices. Constructors are free to decide on the internal-combustion part of the powertrain, with Lamborghini opting to develop its personal twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-8 for the LMDh program. Constructors can even select the gear ratios for the transmission and the quantity of slip of the differential.
Constructors additionally want to make use of a management chassis just like a present LMP2 chassis, sourced from certainly one of 4 suppliers: Dallara, Ligier, Multimatic, or Oreca. Lamborghini selected a chassis from Ligier. As Lamborghini was the primary constructor to go for the chassis, it was in a position to work with Ligier to finalize the specification to swimsuit its personal wants.
Click on on the video above for extra data on the automobile and the way it drives.
