Lamborghini Squadra Corse driver Matteo Cairoli has confirmed his split with the Italian manufacturer after joining them at the end of 2023.

In an Instagram post, the 28-year-old said: “I want to thank all the people I met during my time at Lamborghini Squadra Corse.

“2024 represented a challenge for my career, and it was an intense 12 months in which I truly gave my best and where I feel I have grown as a person and as a driver.

“I am looking forward to get back on track for a new chapter in my career, which will be announced soon.”

The Lamborghini factory talent competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and European Le Mans Series.

He piloted both Huracan GT3 EVO2 and SC63 LMDh machinery, the latter of which became a focus of change at Lamborghini.

The LMDh programme was downsized solely for five IMSA Endurance Cup campaign rounds without any in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

At the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours, he co-drove the #19 Lamborghini in the Hypercar category to 13th place with team-mates Andrea Caldarelli and Romain Grosjean.

He competed as a Porsche driver before he joined Lamborghini, having formerly won the Carrera Cup Italia title in 2014, in seven Le Mans starts for Project 1 and Dempsey Proton in Porsche 911 RSR GTE machinery.

As teased in his Instagram post, he is expecting to announce his next step and which manufacturer Cairoli will join in the next step of his racing career.

READ MORE: Mortara and Cairoli join Lamborghini for WEC and IMSA prototype programmes

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Motorsport Week delved into five key, developing stories to follow in the upcoming 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship season.

The 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the key events on the global endurance racing calendar and takes place on 25-26 January.

IMSA is set to host the 63rd running of the historic event as the second round, the 12 Hours of Sebring, is even older with its 73rd edition on 15 March.

This unique pair of two races in the motorsport ‘Triple Crown of Endurance’ sets IMSA apart from other championships owing to their iconicity and intensity.

Since the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series, it marks IMSA’s 12th SportsCar campaign of thrilling multi-class racing across sprint and endurance events.

Whilst many of the same teams and drivers are ready and reset for another season, a manifold of new talking points bring intrigue and excitement for this year.

READ MORE: Examining the 63rd 24 Hours of Daytona entry list

Meyer Shank Racing’s anticipated return

Changes have taken place in the headline GTP category for this year.

Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR) are back in Cadillac machinery and their two Acura ARX-06s are both enabling Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) to make their IMSA comeback.

Prior to their absence last year, they had one Acura ARX-06 in the first GTP season whilst WTR ran the other machine.

Meyer Shank Racing won the last ever 24 Hours of Daytona in the DPi era in 2022 before they took another victory at the start of the GTP era – albeit under controversial circumstances.

A mixture of talented names will pilot the two Acuras, including former BMW driver Nick Yelloly, reigning Petit Le Mans winner Renger van der Zande and Japanese racing sensation Kakunoshin Ohta.

Their driver lineup is compelling in the prediction around which teams will stand out not only to win, but take the title by the end of Road Atlanta.

MSR are undoubtedly contenders in both of these areas against the might of Porsche Penske.

Lamborghini partners with Riley

The exotic Italian automotive manufacturer are finally making their first 24 Hours of Daytona appearance this year in partnership with Riley Motorsport after their split with Iron Lynx.

Lamborghini has condensed their LMDh project into one entrant competing in the IMSA Endurance Cup, like last year, but without any means to the WEC’s Hypercar category.

Their project last year was a challenging debut season in two of the world’s most prominent international multi-class racing championships.

Le Mans marked their only WEC points finish in 10th position (two points), admittedly impressive for the SC63 LMDh’s first 24-hour race.

Underwhelming results characterised the IMSA campaign with retirements at Watkins Glen and Indianapolis, as well as having finished three laps down on the race winner at Road Atlanta.

In spite of this trend, their genuine showcase of competitive pace in the wet at Indianapolis was a distinctively high moment for the team. As the wet caused chaos during the first of six-hours, the #63 Lamborghini fought for the lead for the first time – even though they retired due to contact with another GTD car.

In this excitement, one must not ignore that outing and so a rain-soaked Daytona race could enable Lamborghini to fight once again with great pace.

Their split with Iron Lynx was the result of unseen frustrations from the four total retirements across the IMSA and WEC projects.

Perhaps with Riley, they can now use their former struggles to propel into progress throughout the five endurance races at Daytona, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis and Road Atlanta.

PR1 Mathiasen solo once again

PR1 have won four LMP2 drivers’ and teams’ titles – finishing runner-up in 2022 amidst the success; plus another from last year’s collaboration with Inter Europol.

Meanwhile the Centenary Le Mans-winning outfit and well-known Polish bakery chain Inter Europol are pursuing an independent IMSA entry this year.

As reigning champions once again, PR1 have put themselves as a benchmark with a completely new driver lineup for this year.

Rodrigo Sales and Mathias Beche will run the full season, including two sprint events whilst Benjamin Pedersen will assist at the endurance races, and Ben Keating for the Daytona opener.

LMP2 is a category filled with quick and capable lineups and so PR1 will need to overcome their opponents with consistent points finishes and cunning driving.

Inter Europol’s #43 Oreca are amongst the protagonists as they will aim to win their second 24-hour race and also project themselves as title contenders.

Could PR1 take their six championship title in seven years? Even more so, the pressure is on to perform at Daytona and Sebring.

Paul Miller Racing doubles BMW GTD Pro charge on Corvette and Ford

In the GTD Pro competition, two-time GTD champions Paul Miller Racing are stepping up their game with another BMW M4 GT3 EVO.

Their sole win last year came at the VIRginia International Raceway sprint event, though it was their performances at the endurance races which earned them the Endurance Cup title.

Corvette and Ford fielded brand new cars for the season and procured their high and low moments whilst learning their new packages.

The BMW M4 is a capable machine as exemplified by the team’s dominant GTD campaign in 2023.

An EVO package will continue its potential and two cars sets the team up for representing BMW in a GT works setting against the two Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs and two Ford Mustangs GT3s.

Paul Miller Racing recently confirmed talented driver rosters in the #1 and #48 BMW M4 GT3 EVO entrants as the Roar Before the 24 testing on 16-19 January is fast approaching.

AO Racing were a key force in the GTD Pro category against Heart of Racing (HOR) but now it is time for BMW, as the only Germanic manufacturer with two class entries, to kindle another fight for the championship starting with a Daytona win – especially after Paul Miller Racing suffered a wheel-related issue after a pit stop towards the end of last year’s Daytona 24.

As a result, Sheldon van der Linde nursed the unfastened wheel and his car back around into the pit road, though the team still grasped third place in the end.

READ MORE: Dan Harper set for IMSA GTD Pro debut with Paul Miller Racing

Robert Wickens in GTD sprint competition

One of the more uplifting IMSA stories this year is about Robert Wickens’ return to the SportsCar Championship since his sole appearance at the 2017 running of Daytona with Starworks Motorsport, though it was an incident-filled affair resulting in a P23rd finish overall.

During his debut IndyCar campaign in 2018, Wickens suffered a dramatic accident at Ponoco Raceway which led to him becoming paraplegic after injuring his spinal column.

In 2022, he returned to racing in the IMSA Pilot Challenge after a careful initial recovery process by utilising adapted hand controls, developed by Bosch.

He co-piloted the #33 Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai Elantra N TCR with Harry Gottsacker towards the drivers’ title in the following year, and they were a runner-up in the 2024 season.

Wickens will be joined by a co-driver in the #36 DXDT Racing Corvette – fitted with hand controls – for the five GTD sprint races: Long Beach, Laguna Seca, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Road America and the VIR.

Out of his six podiums last year, he took his only win at home as a proud Canadian so this year he will finally be able to compete in the heat of the SportsCar Championship’s feisty prototype and GT classes once again.

***A bonus mention to the newest car

You might wonder why HOR’s single Aston Martin Valkyrie GTP entrant has not been mentioned in this piece, although it was in the WEC version.

It is an undeniable if not highly intruiging project to follow in the upcoming Endurance Cup schedule but is one which has not finalised its pre-homologation testing and development phase.

Their IMSA racing endeavours will begin at the gruelling 12 Hours of Sebring on 15 March, the second round of the 2025 season.

In between now and then, their V12 racer will be finalised and their as yet confirmed driver lineup of three will take on the challenge in two months time.

The ‘hype’ is certainly real but before the newest race car takes the spotlight, the mighty Daytona 24 Hours season-opener is first and foremost.

READ MORE: United Autosports announces full driver lineups for Daytona 24H

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Lamborghini is set for a complete withdrawal from the FIA World Endurance Championship after just one year in Hypercar and LMGT3, reports say.

The Italian high performance automotive manufacturer is set to depart from the WEC, according to a report by Dailysportscar.

During their first year of the LMDh programme, the Lamborghini Iron Lynx partnership committed to all WEC rounds.

They also committed to all IMSA SportsCar Championship Endurance Cup rounds except the 24 Hours of Daytona season-opener.

Both SC63s united at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 15-16 June along with two Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 EVO2s in the WEC’s LMGT3 class.

However, Lamborghini is facing potential budgetary issues. With WEC requiring manufacturers to enter two Hypercars next year, Lamborghini has reportedly decided it cannot manage this.

This means they will need to choose between the two premier sportscar championships, IMSA and WEC. As IMSA allows manufacturers to enter a single car in the GTP class, it is likely Lamborghini will choose this route.

A troubled programme

Lamborghini’s Romain Grosjean suffered an accident during testing at Circuit Paul Ricard, in August 2023.

The project was set back with a chassis written-off at their second-ever test, plus the cancellation of another test at Spa-Francorchamps at the beginning of the following month.

This meant the SC63’s first race took place at the WEC Qatar 1812 km season-opener, rather than at IMSA’s Daytona crown jewel event in January.

In their first season in prototype sportscar racing, the Italian manufacturer has retired from five events across 12 races, including three consecutively, entered across IMSA and the WEC in 2024.

Le Mans marked their only WEC (two) points finish from P10 in the 23-Hypercar field.

Otherwise in the WEC, they retired at Spa, Fuji and the Bahrain season finale.

Seemingly, the hectic IMSA Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis marked their sole showing of front-running form in wet conditions.

To finish their debut year, they finished 13 laps down from the race winner at Petit Le Mans and retired at the WEC’s 8 Hours of Bahrain.

Alpine and BMW, who debuted in the WEC this year, have both claimed a podium finish each at the 6 Hours of Fuji.

LMGT3 withdrawal also coming

Meanwhile in LMGT3, Iron Dame Sarah Bovy kept the Lamborghini name at the front of the class with two pole positions.

She was unable to better her three poles from the previous year in Porsche LMGTE machinery.

Unfortunately for her and the Iron Dames team, the Lamborghini fought competitively during the initial phase of the races before encountering reliability woes.

As a result of this, neither the Dames’ #83 Lamborghini nor the other Iron Lynx-run #60 entrant scored any podium finishes.

The Dailysportscar report says the LMGT3 programme will also be withdrawn from the WEC, with a strained relationship between Iron Lynx and Lamborghini meaning a cessation of at least the full WEC programme in both categories.

Various motives are said to be behind Lamborghini’s withdrawal such as financial issues and frustration from Iron Lynx regarding the lack of productive results across Hypercar and LMGT3.

It is unclear yet on who will run the effort for Lamborghini’s IMSA continuation, ruling out Iron Lynx which utilised Prema technical support team members.

Mo Rehman contributed to this report

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A water pressure issue towards the end of the 8 Hours of Bahrain necessitated Lamborghini’s fifth retirement in their LMDh programme.

Lamborghini’s #63 SC63 suffered a water pressure issue during the final hour of the FIA World Endurance Championship season finale.

The matter ended their maiden WEC Hypercar season in unfortunate circumstances.

It also marked the third retirement in the past four races of their LMDh project across the WEC and IMSA SportsCar Championship Endurance Cup.

Recently-crowned DTM champion and #63 driver Mirko Bortolotti reflected frankly about the year.

“It’s definitely not the end to the season that we wanted this weekend as we had to retire with a technical issue.

“It’s been a really challenging and difficult season for us, obviously the first season for Iron Lynx and Lamborghini in the WEC and we expected to have some difficulties coming into the year, but I must say that towards the end of the year we were still struggling with the car.

“It’s been a disappointing year honestly, and we deserved to at least finish the final race.

“But anyway, the guys worked so hard all season, so thanks for their dedication and effort, and let’s see what the future holds.”

A hard-fought effort in Bahrain

Edoardo Mortara begun the race on hard slicks and ran an impressive first sequence of laps after starting in 16th position.

The Italian-French driver put the #63 as high as eighth during his opening stint in the 18-strong Hypercar category.

Along with the efforts of Daniil Kvyat and Bortolotti, they could not retain the pace through towards the end.

Daytime and night-time driving posed different temperatures for drivers to contend with.

Tyre management was a key factor in Bahrain and Lamborghini were not competitive in the latter half of the eight hours.

At the seventh hour, they ran last in the active running order of Hypercars.

The water issue forced the car into the garage during the final racing hour.

It returned to the track for one lap before retiring with 200 laps completed, just 35 less than the race-winning #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid.

A spree of retirements at the WEC 6 Hours of Spa, Six Hours of the Glen, 6 Hours of Fuji and recently in Bahrain were all reliability-related.

The rain-soaked Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis, IMSA’s penultimate round, was an exception to reliability problems after they retired due to contact with another car.

Previously at last month’s 10-hour Petit Le Mans season finale, they finished 13 laps down to the winner.

Along with a difficult ending in Bahrain, further question will fall upon whether they will commit to IMSA or the WEC in 2025.

READ MORE: Faultless Le Mans finish ‘great success’ for Lamborghini

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Romain Grosjean was elated to lead the IMSA SportsCar’s Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis in his #63 Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 LMDh car.

For the first time in the Lamborghini LMDh programme, they fought to the front and led during a competitive race outing.

It was specifically during the six-hour Brickyard event, the 10th and penultimate round of the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Heavy rain began to hit the circuit during the opening racing hour, and after track officials swept much of the standing water, Lamborghini thrived.

“I think there are a lot of positives in this weekend,” said Grosjean.

“We looked good in Free Practice 2, where we finished P3, but although qualifying was a little more difficult, we were improving step by step.

“On the wet, we were flying, and the car was really amazing. I managed to take the lead and pull away which was fantastic.

“Operationally in IMSA, there are things that we can improve a bit but generally, it was a positive weekend.

“It was a shame that we had to retire.

“We will analyse and make it stronger and come back for Petit Le Mans, which is going to be another tough battle.”

Lamborghini’s charge into the lead

Technically speaking, the #63 Lamborghini first led the race with Grosjean at the wheel during the first caution period, having initially stayed out as others pitted.

Into the second hour, track officials swept away much of the standing water during the third caution period.

After the restart, Grosjean asserted a memorable charge into the lead and he turned strong pace, as he got into third position.

At the time, #6 Porsche Penske 963 driver Mathieu Jaminet drove commandingly and closed down an 8.6-second gap on Sebastien Bourdais’ #01 Cadillac V-Series.R.

Soon enough, Jaminet caught Bourdais as did Grosjean for second position before the French-Swiss driver duelled with Jaminet for the lead.

Grosjean made a skillful move on Jaminet in between Turns 13-14, as Jaminet caught a brief snap of oversteer in his #6 Porsche.

Ultimately, there were two key moments which put the #63 Lamborghini not only out of winning contention, but the race altogether.

Firstly, a pit stop – during which Grosjean handed driving duties over to Matteo Cairoli – infringement incurred a drive-through penalty.

This was due to having too many pit mechanics over the wall working on the car, in race control’s viewpoint.

Their race ended when Caldarelli endured rear-right suspension damage after making contact with #55 Proton Competition Ford Mustang driver Ben Barker at T14, prompting no further action by the stewards.

READ MORE: Kvyat: Drivetrain failure ended ‘encouraging’ WEC Fuji run for Lamborghini

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Lamborghini Iron Lynx’s Daniil Kvyat confirmed a drivetrain failure ended their race during the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Fuji after a points-contending performance.

The #63 Lamborghini SC63 Hypercar entrant performed strongly throughout the event at the historic Fuji Speedway prior to its retirement.

Daniil Kvyat drove the #63 to the team’s first appearance in Hyperpole qualifying which encourages teams to finish in the top-10 of their class in order to reach the second session to fight for pole position.

Edoardo Mortara started the race for the sole Lamborghini Hypercar in P9, having avoided major contact when a multi-car collision took place on the second lap and even led the race during the third hour as the team extended his stint to benefit from the safety car periods.

The team ran Kvyat afterwards with Mirko Bortolotti expected to fulfill his driving time en route to the checkered flag, though it was not to be at the beginning of the fifth racing hour.

Kvyat, who halted the #63 Lamborghini at the left-side Dunlop Chicane runoff area, said: “There have been a lot of encouraging signs this weekend for sure.

“The strong point was qualifying, as we went into Hyperpole for the first time.

“We managed to put the car in the working window quite well and now we have to understand how to do it consistently.

“Even the race pace was encouraging, somewhere in the region of the top-10.

“Then the drivetrain issue happened and we had to stop on track.

“It’s a shame, and a bit frustrating, but that’s racing.”

The next outing for the Lamborghini Iron Lynx’s LMDh programme will be with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship squad at the Battle on the Bricks six-hour race on 22 September.

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Lamborghini’s Mirko Bortolotti says the Italian marque wants to be fighting “with the big dogs” in the FIA World Endurance Championship, but admits the fledgling Hypercar outfit is taking things “step by step” in Imola this weekend.

“I think that we’re learning by doing step by step every day, every outing, every lap brings us forward,” Bortolotti said.

“In Qatar, the main goal was to finish a race, have a clean one, prove the car’s reliability. That’s what we did.

“I think also looking at the IMSA championship, where the car competed after Qatar also there we managed to finish the race.

“I mean, even though I wasn’t in the car, the car managed to finish it. So, it’s really promising.

“Step by step, the goal is to be competitive to fight at the top of the field. Ideally with the big dogs.

The SC63 made its debut in Qatar, finishing the 1812 km enduro in 13th place, before the Iron Lynx-run Lamborghini Hypercar project went stateside to make its IMSA debut in the 12 Hours of Sebring, lodging another race finish in seventh place and on the lead lap.

Lamborghini’s programme continues in Emilia Romagna, with the 6 Hours of Imola weekend starting promisingly for the Bologna brand with Bortolotti posting the fourth-fastest time in FP1.

“Looking at today I think it was a promising start but it’s just FP1.

“We will need to see how the weekend will progress from now on but of course, the goal is to ideally keep going like that and If we can, obviously we are there to take a strong result.

“That’s our goal.”

The SC63 is just two races into its sportscar career, so challenging the likes of Ferrari, Toyota and the resurgent Porsche is still a way off. Lamborghini was unable to replicate its FP1 prowess in the second practice session, where the #63 car finished in 15th.

“The aim is obviously always to be fighting at the top ideally, but you also need to be realistic because we are competing against top drivers, top teams, top manufacturers,” Bortolotti said.

“We just step in with a brand new car and have zero experience in this field. So you cannot take things for granted.

“There are examples of manufacturers starting last year that were struggling and now you can see the progress.”

Talking of progress, Bortolotti is happy with Lamborghini’s work thus far in 2024.

“It’s great to see Lamborghini in Hypercar,” he said.

“It’s great to see where we managed to be with the car. considering the limited time we had developing.

“So I think we can be happy on one side with the work that has been done until now.

“But on the other hand, we need to keep pushing and make the next steps.

“So just excited to be here and looking forward to the next races. Including obviously our home race this weekend.”

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Lamborghini factory driver Romain Grosjean told reporters that Lamborghini’s IMSA team are a little behind due to a lack of pre-season testing

“Pretty good,” he told reporters, when he was asked how he was feeling about Lamborghini’s IMSA programme, at last weekend’s Indycar season opener at St Petersburg, Florida, where he was racing for his new team, Juncos Hollinger Racing.

“We’re a little bit behind because we didn’t have as many tests as we wanted prior to starting the season,” he continued. 

“But the project is very interesting and going well. I think Sebring may be a little bit difficult next week because it’s going to be our first race in IMSA and Sebring being a difficult racetrack.”

Grosjean and his Lamborghini teammates, Andrea Caldarelli and Matteo Cairoli, will be going up against their GTP competitors in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship at Sebring. That list includes the likes of Cadillac, with the Action Express and Chip Ganassi teams, Acura’s Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti programme, the Porsche Penske team, and finally BMW Team RLL.

Lamborghini already made their prototype debut earlier this month in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Qatar 1812km, finishing 14th in class with Mirko Bortolotti, Daniil Kvyat and Edo Mortara at the wheel.

Sebring, though, will be a completely different challenge: Qatar’s Losail International Circuit is billiard-table smooth while Sebring has a myriad of bumps, caused by the track’s surface’s decades-old concrete slabs shifting over time.

“It’s not going to be easy but if we can go to the end, if we can get mileage, if we can get an understanding of the car, it’s going to be important to prepare the big one at Le Mans 24,” he concluded.

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Iron Dames’ Bronze-rated driver Sarah Bovy shared her excitement for the full-season implementation of the Hyperpole qualifying format, having claimed the most pole positions last year in the former GTE Am class.

Pioneered at the main-event 24 Hours of Le Mans round, the 2024 Hyperpole qualifying format will see both the Hypercar and LMGT3 categories take part in two sessions during the regular rounds of the season, with the fastest 10 cars from each category after the first 12-minute session progressing to the 10-minute Hyperpole session to fight for pole.

“I’m super excited about the quali format,” Bovy told media including Motorsport Week.

“My teammates hate me because I’m taking all the quali [duties] for the last few years, but other than that, I just take whatever I can.

“There was an epic battle last year with different drivers, Ben [Keating] was one of them… for sure, I am expecting a lot of competition coming this year.

“There are some very strong bronze drivers coming in the championship this year. So what I’m expecting is like some very cool battles.

“Obviously the quali is just a first step into the race weekend. It doesn’t really make a big impact on the final results. If you make the pole [position], it’s just one point for the championship. But it’s a really cool exercise.

“I really enjoy a lot doing it. I will keep enjoying doing it and trying to do it at the best I can do, but I don’t think it’s going to be an easy exercise.

“Not more than last year, not more than the next one.”

LMGT3, like the former GTE-Am class, will once again mandate the FIA Bronze-rated driver in each lineup to carry out qualifying duties for the season.

Bovy claimed the most pole positions of any driver last year with three to her name, as the Iron Dames notably claimed their maiden FIA WEC victory at the 8 Hours of Bahrain which concluded the 2023 season, en route to second in the GTE-Am championship standings.

Like in their GT World Challenge and IMSA WeatherTech Endurance Cup commitments, they will now use the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 package in the WEC’s new LMGT3 era.

With nine manufacturers and 18 entries – two representing each make – Bovy will expect a more challenging effort to match her thrilling qualifying attempts in 2023.

She added: “We are very aware that with the new category [and] all the new teams and new lineups that are arriving, we have no idea what we’re going to be facing.

“And we will have to wait for the first laps of the first race in Qatar [1812 km race on 2 March] to really have an idea of where we are.

“The only thing we can trust is the fact that we are prepared, that we have experience, that we know each other and we know what everybody in the team is capable of doing.”

For the 2024 season, the #83 Iron Dames team will see Doriane Pin join the roster after she competed with PREMA in the LMP2 category in 2023, with Michelle Gatting completing the trio.

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The Iron Lynx and Iron Dames squads have confirmed their final driver rosters to compete in the eight-round FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMGT3 category behind the wheel of Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2 machines.

In the #60 Iron Lynx entry, previously Claudio Schiavoni will be joined by Matteo Cressoni – who will campaign his fourth FIA WEC season with the squad.

The pair will be joined by Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver Franck Perera, who will make his FIA WEC debut in 2024 after racing for the Iron Lynx in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup rounds at Daytona, Sebring and Road Atlanta in 2023, as well as this year’s Daytona 24 Hours.

The Iron Dames will be looking to press on from their historic win in the last ever GTE race in Bahrain last year and three-time polesitter from 2023 Sarah Bovy will continue to race in pink aboard the #85 Huracan, joining the previously announced and fellow GTE race-winner Michelle Gatting.

Having competed in the 2023 campaign in the LMP2 campaign for PREMA, Dorianne Pin comes into the LMGT3 class to complete the #85 driver roster.

Pin will balance her FIA WEC duties with a maiden campaign in the all-female F1 Academy single-seater series, where she will continue her relationship with PREMA as a recently announced Mercedes-AMG Junior.

Bovy, Gatting and Pin, along with Rahel Frey recently contested this year’s Daytona 24 Hours in IMSA, achieving a best-ever result of 6th in the GTD class.

“It is very exciting to be able to announce our complete line-up for the LMGT3 category in FIA WEC in 2024,” said Andrea Piccini, Iron Lynx Team Principal and CEO.

“Having already worked with Franck in the United States, I am very happy to have him join our team on the global stage.

“Doriane’s progress in the last few years has been exceptional and I am thrilled to have her racing with us this year.

“She is an incredible talent and will complement both Sarah and Michelle’s strengths massively.

“It is also great to have Sarah and Matteo continue with the team after some stellar performances throughout 2023.”

The 2024 FIA WEC season kicks off with the 1812 km of Qatar on March 2.

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