DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Pfaff Motorsports is working towards running debuting the Lamborghini Temerario GT3 at the November IMSA-sanctioned test at Daytona International Speedway.
Steve Bortolotti, general manager of Pfaff Motorsports, told media during an IMSA-organized bullpen at the Motul Petit Le Mans weekend at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta of its plans to run the Temerario for its maiden North American test outing, with plans remaining to debut the race car during March’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
“As soon as the car is ready we’ll debut it in North America,” Bortolotti told veteran sports car media outlet Sportscar365. “We’re targeting Sebring so hopefully that should be the goal. We have some tests coming up in November at the [IMSA]-sanctioned test and at the Sebring endurance test.”
Bortolotti added he expects to maintain a crew of Lamborghini factory drivers, with James Hinchcliffe set to scale back to a Rolex 24 At Daytona-only role. Andrea Caldarelli and Marco Mapelli ran all but one race together in 2025, with Sandy Mitchell deputizing for Mapelli during the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen weekend.
“It’s ultimately up to Lamborghini,” Bortolotti explained to fellow veteran sports car outlet DailySportscar. “So Hinch will do Daytona with us next year, so he won’t be doing Sebring or Atlanta. He’ll just do Daytona as a one-off, and then the rest of the lineup is ultimately up to Lamborghini. We’re having conversations about that now. We should be able to finalize before the sanctioned test as to who our driver lineup is going to be.”
Lamborghini executive leadership spoke highly of Pfaff’s first season with the Huracan GT3 Evo2 during a media roundtable at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in November.
“I’m super pleased, you know, because with the Pfaff program, we have to reflect a little bit on how short time schedule this was,” Lamborghini Chief Technical Officer Rouven Mohr told reporters during that roundtable.
“Because last year, end of last season, we were a little bit, let me say, in the situation that we have to restart some of the programs. To start the program from zero was a challenge, and based on this, the commitment of Pfaff and also let me say how much effort they put on the program, the learning curve, I’m 100% satisfied and I am pretty sure that if we continue this path, having now a season preparation for next year, a little bit more, let me say, planned in advance, I’m pretty sure that the success is only a question of time.”
Maurizio Leschuitta, Head of Motorsport for Lamborghini, confirmed plans to test the Temerario at Daytona in November followed shortly by a Sebring test.