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Lamborghini Squadra Corse announces the 2024 Young Driver Programs

RELEASE DATE: 18 Jul 2024   |   Sant’Agata Bolognese

37 drivers will be assessed throughout the season before the end-of-year shootout in Jerez de la Frontera

Sant’Agata Bolognese, 18 July 2024 – Lamborghini Squadra Corse, the racing division of Automobili Lamborghini, has announced the latest Super Trofeo and GT3 Junior Program intake of drivers, who will have the chance to take part in the annual end-of-year assessment and shootout at Jerez de la Frontera in November.

A total of 28 Super Trofeo and nine GT3 drivers have been selected for the year-long Program. All 37 drivers will be monitored and assessed throughout the season, with specific evaluations on performance (single lap pace and average speed), progression, consistency over the course of a weekend, experience, professionalism, technical feedback and attitude both at and away from the circuit.

The Super Trofeo Junior Driver Program is dedicated to drivers aged 25 or under and who compete in one of the three regional Lamborghini Super Trofeo championships (Europe, North America and Asia), while the GT3 Junior Drivers Program is reserved for those drivers competing at the wheel of a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 across the globe.

Of the Super Trofeo Junior drivers, 20 compete in the European series, with five coming from North America and three from the Asian championship. Frenchman Loris Cabirou, however, is dovetailing a dual European and North American campaign. Testament to the reach and popularity of Lamborghini Super Trofeo competition, 16 different nationalities are represented in the Junior Driver Program, while drivers from five countries make up the GT3 Junior roster.

Following the assessment, the most impressive drivers over the season will then be selected by Squadra Corse to take part in a dedicated shootout, held after the traditional season-closing Lamborghini World Finals at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain. Both the winner of the Super Trofeo Junior Driver Program and GT3 Junior Driver Program shootouts will go on to receive factory support from Squadra Corse during the 2025 season.

Last year’s Super Trofeo Junior Driver laureates were Ugo de Wilde and Marzio Moretti, both of whom are racing in GT3 (in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup and International GT Open respectively) this year, while Loris Spinelli won the GT3 Junior shootout and was promoted to Lamborghini Factory Driver.

De Wilde and Moretti join an expanded GT3 Junior roster which also features German drivers Simon Connor Primm and Luca Engstler as well as Italian GT Championship competitors Jacopo Guidetti, Riccardo Cazzaniga and Gilles Stadsbader. Moretti’s GT Open team-mate Artem Petrov and GTWC Europe Bronze Cup driver Antoine Doquin complete the list.

Four drivers will receive official backing from Lamborghini Squadra Corse as Young Professional Drivers: double Super Trofeo North America champion and IMSA GTD competitor Danny Formal remains part of the roster, as does DTM race winner Maximilian Paul. Completing the line-up is Yuki Nemoto (GTWC Asia) and Italian GT Championship race winner and Spa 24 Hours podium finisher, Mattia Michelotto.

A key element of the progression for young drivers to climb up the ranks of GT and sportscar racing, the Super Trofeo Junior Driver Program and GT3 Junior Program offer an array of hands-on training such as media management and on-track instruction, providing the perfect package for up-and-coming prospects. The Programs also teach the drivers how to increase their technical expertise while maintaining physical preparation in the state-of-the-art gym facilities at Lamborghini’s Sant’Agata Bolognese headquarters.

Several drivers who, after successfully completing the Young Drivers Programs, have also been appointed official Lamborghini instructors. This year, Baptiste Moulin, Marcus Påverud, Oliver Söderström, and Pierre Louis Chovet will join experienced instructors like Jonathan Ceccotto and Alberto Di Folco, who were also part of the Young Drivers roster in the past. This significant milestone represents a recognition of their professional skills in the automotive world, even beyond competitive racing.

The 2024 Lamborghini Young Driver Program is organised by Lamborghini Squadra Corse in partnership with Macron, a leading Bolognese brand specialising in sportswear, which will exclusively provide uniforms and training kit to Young Driver Program participants.

 LAMBORGHINI GT3 JUNIOR DRIVERS 2024

Driver

Nationality

Championship

Riccardo Cazzaniga

Italy

Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo

Simon Connor Primm

Germany

ADAC GT Masters

Ugo de Wilde

Belgium

GT World Challenge Europe

Antoine Doquin

France

GT World Challenge Europe

Luca Engstler

Germany

DTM

Jacopo Guidetti

Italy

Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo

Marzio Moretti

Italy

International GT Open

Artem Petrov

Israel

International GT Open

Gilles Stadsbader

Belgium

Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo

  LAMBORGHINI SUPER TROFEO JUNIOR DRIVERS 2024

Driver

Nationality

Lamborghini Super Trofeo

Largim Ali

Denmark

Europe

Giorgio Amati

Italy

Europe

Ibrahim Badawi

Egypt

Europe

Luke Berkeley

USA

North America

Loris Cabirou

France

Europe

Leonardo Caglioni

Italy

Europe

Emilien Carde

France

Asia

Shehan Chandrasoma

USA

North America

Georgi Dimitrov

UK

Europe

Hampus Ericsson

Sweden

Europe

Andrea Frassineti

Italy

Europe

Jáchym Galáš

Czechia

Europe

Enzo Geraci

France

Europe

Giuseppe Guirreri

Italy

Europe

Gavin Huang

China Taiwan

Asia

Riccardo Ianniello

Italy

Europe

Joran Leneutre

France

Europe

Charles Leong Hon Chio

Macao

Asia

Lola Lovinfosse

France

Europe

Bryson Morris

USA

North America

Matej Pavliček

Czechia

Europe

Francisco (Kiko) Porto

Brasil

North America

Jacob Riegel

Germany

Europe

Jesse Salmenautio

Finland

Europe

Jerzy Spinkiewicz

Poland

Europe

Rodrigo Testa

Portugal

Europe

László Tóth

Hungary

Europe

Jake Walker

USA

North America

LAMBORGHINI YOUNG PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS 2024

Driver

Nationality

Championship

Danny Formal

Mattia Michelotto

Yuki Nemoto

Maximilian Paul

Costa Rica

Italy

Japan

Germany

IMSA GTD

Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo

GTWC Asia

DTM

 

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