How the Huracán GT3 Beat Ferrari at Mugello to Claim Lamborghini's First Italian GT Championship

Eight points down with one race left, the Ombra Racing pair erased the deficit and made history.

Michele Beretta and Alex Frassineti arrived at Mugello trailing Ferrari's Stefano Gai by eight points in the Super GT3 PRO class, and according to Lamborghini, they won the season's final race to claim the Huracán GT3's first Italian GT Championship.

Two Lamborghinis in the top three against Ferrari on home turf

The Antonelli Motorsport Huracán GT3 of Daniel Zampieri and Riccardo Agostini finished ahead of the Ombra car in that final Mugello race, and Zampieri claimed third overall in the championship, putting two Lamborghinis in the top three of the Super GT3 PRO class.

Beyond Italy: a global trophy case

The same year brought a Blancpain GT championship and the International GT Open title for Thomas Biagi and Fabrizio Crestani, while the GT Asia Series had already fallen to Andrea Amici and Edoardo Liberati the previous season.

The V10 advantage in endurance and mixed conditions

The naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 delivered linear throttle response, which matters enormously in endurance stints and wet conditions where turbo lag can catch a driver out.

A platform built to last a decade

Eleven brands introduced entirely new GT3 cars during the Huracán's competitive lifespan, yet Lamborghini stuck with iterative updates to the same fundamental package and kept winning.

Closing an eight-point gap in one weekend

Eight points in a sprint-format GT championship is not a trivial gap to close in a single weekend, particularly against a Ferrari driver on home soil in one of Italy's most competitive national series.

Squadra Corse and Dallara's engineering foundation

The original Huracán GT3 was developed by Squadra Corse in collaboration with Dallara, drawing on the road car's aluminum and carbon fiber hybrid construction while adding substantial aerodynamic hardware.

The Temerario GT3 inherits a hard-won reputation

The Temerario GT3 represents a fundamentally different approach as the first race car entirely designed at Sant'Agata Bolognese, and results like the 2017 Italian GT Championship gave Lamborghini the credibility to ask customer teams to invest in that new platform.