Lamborghini aims for WEC return with Temerario GT3; IMSA future still unclear

Lamborghini is targeting a return to the FIA World Endurance Championship with its Temerario GT3, Squadra Corse boss Andrea Reggiani tells RACER, adding that he still hopes the marque will have a presence in IMSA’s WeatherTech Championship next year.

At Petit Le Mans, Reggiani outlined his ambitions for the brand in ACO-sanctioned racing, following confirmation that a pair of Temerario GT3s will compete in the 2026/27 Asian Le Mans Series season, which will take place in Europe over the winter due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

“I would say yes,” he responded when asked if a return to the WEC and European Le Mans Series for the first time since the 2024 season is a possibility. “It’s an ambition we have and share with some of our customer teams. There were actually more requests than entries for the Asian Le Mans Series. We have more teams interested.

“It is one of our objectives to have cars there (in the WEC) in the future, starting with Asian Le Mans Series and ELMS, then eventually the WEC.”

One key factor in Lamborghini returning to the WEC is available grid space. Currently, the full-season FIA WEC entry sits at 35 cars, with 17 in Hypercar and 18 in LMGT3. In 2027, two Hypercars apiece from Ford and McLaren are set to join, bringing the number to 39, though it remains unclear whether Signatech and a partner Chinese OEM sign a deal to resurrect the Alpine Hypercar program after the French brand steps away at the end of the season.

If no solution is found by Signatech to return to the grid with a new manufacturer and restyled/rebadged A424s, then there would be two spaces, which could be filled by a pair of Lamborghini LMGT3 should it come forward with a partner team and have its entries accepted. However, Reggiani admitted that it’s “unlikely” we’ll see the brand on the world stage in ’27. “But going forward, sure,” he added. “It’s an ambition, and we have teams that have that ambition, so we would support it. Definitely, we would like to go back. Maybe not next year in the WEC, but in the future.

“Hopefully it’s also in the interest of the organizers to have Lamborghini on the grid. We have to have a good team that is willing to do it, then I hope having Lamborghini on the grid would be beneficial to everybody and will happen.”

What’s more certain is that the SC63 LMDh will not be back in the Hypercar class. Reggiani, who joined Lamborghini earlier this year to oversee the rollout of the Temerario GT3 and Temerario Super Trofeo, says the brand’s stance on its paused prototype program has not changed under his leadership.

“I have taken over recently, and at the moment, nothing has changed. We’re looking at the new regulations (for 2030); we will see what will happen, but at the moment, no news. We will see how things develop, then make a decision, but at the moment nothing is confirmed.

“We got a lot of requests (for the Asian Le Mans Series’ Hypercar class), and clearly there is a possibility because the cars are there, but there was nothing close to being confirmed.”

As for Lamborghini’s presence in GTD Pro and GTD in IMSA in 2027, plans are still coming together following Canadian partner team Pfaff Motorsports’ decision to shutter its program.

“It is a key market for Lamborghini; it’s an important championship,” Reggiani said of IMSA. “It’s also becoming an extremely expensive championship to run. Us not having a fully funded factory team means that it takes a little bit more time to find the partner to race with next year, because they will have to provide part of the funding.

“We are speaking; we have a few options. We will finalize some of them this week. I believe we will be present in IMSA next year, but I am not sure yet in what capacity – GTD, GTD Pro or both.

“It would be ideal to have a car in GTD Pro and cars in GTD. But we have to be realistic about the possibilities that are there. Pfaff was a very good partner in that regard. We have to see if we can find an equally good partner.

“From a budget perspective and in terms of performance, we have been very lucky to have them on our side, and we are sad they are going. It was a good partnership that will be difficult to replace.”