30 cars set to do battle in France for the first of six double header weekends
Sant’Agata Bolognese, 7 April 2026 – The 18th edition of Lamborghini’s longest-running one-make championship reserved for the Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, Super Trofeo Europe, will kick off in style with 30 cars set to do battle in the opening round of the 2026 season at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France this weekend (April 10-12). Over the course of the year, 12 races – eight of which will take place on the support bill of the GT World Challenge Europe series – across six weekends sets the scene for another thrilling multi-class title battle.
Now seen as the traditional curtain raiser, the Paul Ricard first appeared on the Super Trofeo Europe calendar in the championship’s inaugural edition back in 2009, and it’s 15-turn high-speed nature will surely provide a stern test for the field of 44 drivers (representing 20 different nationalities) and 12 teams taking to the grid.
There are several notable returnees to the championship at Paul Ricard. The 2021 Pro class champion Kevin Gilardoni makes his comeback to full-time Super Trofeo action this year with DL Racing, while 2025 race winner Patrik Fraboni has moved to Oregon Team where he is partnered by Silas Lovén Rytter, one of five Danish drivers in the field. Marzio Moretti is another driver making his return to the championship, teaming up with long-time Am competitor Paolo Biglieri at Auto Sport Racing. Moretti, a former race winner in Super Trofeo, has spent the last two seasons competing at GT3 level in International GT Open (2024) and GTWC Europe (2025). Having raced as a solo driver in recent years, Benedetto Strignano will be joined at Rexal Villorba Corse by newcomer Nicholas Pujatti, while UNIQ Racing’s Jerzy Spinkiewicz returns from injury which took him out of a Pro title challenge last season. Elsewhere, Anthony Pretorius, Paul Levet and Josef Knopp (all three race winners in 2025) return with Mičánek Motorsport, VSR and Oregon Team respectively.
In total, there are 15 rookie drivers ahead of the season opener. Danish team DC Motorsport will field a fully homegrown quartet across their line-up, with Nina Østergaard pairing with Peder Møller while Niels Nyboe and Mathias Chrone team up in the sister car. At Leipert Motorsport, former GT4 and TCR driver Axel Bengtsson partners second-year driver Månz Thalin in an all-Swedish line-up, with an equally all-Finnish crew of Henri Tuomaala and Matias Salonen in the German team’s second Huracán. Brazilian driver Rogério Grotta makes his Super Trofeo debut at Oregon Team alongside fellow debutant, Italian racer Alfio Andrea Spina. At Invictus Corse, Sergei Astafjev from Estonia will get his first taste of Super Trofeo Europe action alongside experienced campaigner Jonathan Cecotto. Meanwhile, VSR will hand debuts to British driver Fin Green in the Pro class and Levet’s Pro-Am team-mate Miguel Cristóvão. In addition to Pujatti, Rexal Villorba Corse will also field an all-Swiss line-up of Nathanaël Berreby (who also holds Panamanian citizenship) and Hugo Giraud.
A number of drivers arrive in France with scores to settle from the 2025 season too. After a barren run of two years with a class title, father-and-son pairing Luciano and Donovan Privitelio will be keen to get back to winning ways for Rexal Villorba Corse but will face competition from team-mate Claude-Yves Gosselin and Oregon Team’s Adalberto Baptista. GT3 Poland’s Holger Harmsen will also be a driver to watch out for, as will the Auto Sport Racing crew of Miloš Pavlović and Alessio Ruffini who finished runner-up in last year’s Pro-Am title race. Keen to build on their debut season is a trio of DL Racing drivers: Francesco Turzo, Philip Tang and Christian Bortolato all showed strong progression and will be aiming high in their class this year.
About Lamborghini Super Trofeo
Since its inaugural season in 2009, Lamborghini’s one-make GT series has become one of the most popular and competitive training grounds for professional and amateur drivers alike. Reserved for the 5.2-litre V10 naturally aspirated Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 which produces an output of 620hp, the championship is disputed over six rounds, culminating in the traditional season-ending Lamborghini World Finals where it competes against the North American and Asian championships on the same weekend.
Each race weekend consists of two one-hour practices followed by a pair of 20-minute qualifying sessions. Two races of 50-minutes are held over the weekend, with each featuring a mandatory pit-stop, to be taken between the 20th and 30th minute. Solo driver entries have a minimum pit-stop time of 63-seconds, while two-driver cars must be stationary for 60-seconds. All four classes: Pro, Pro-Am, Am and Lamborghini Cup race alongside each other but fight for separate titles, ensuring competitive action right through the field.
2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe calendar
Round 1 – Paul Ricard (April 10-12)
Round 2 – Imola (May 9-10)
Round 3 – Spa-Francorchamps (June 25-27)
Round 4 – Nürburgring (August 28-30)
Round 5 – Barcelona (October 2-4)
Round 6 – Monza (October 21-23)
Lamborghini World Finals – Monza (October 24-25)
The weekend at a glance
Thursday 9th April
Paid Test Session (14:00-18:00)
Friday 10th April
Free Practice 1 (10:10-11:10)
Free Practice 2 (16:10-17:10)
Saturday 11th April
Qualifying (09:00-09:50)
Race 1 (14:40-15:30) live streamed on the Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel
Sunday 12th April
Race 2 (12:30-13:20) live streamed on the Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel
