Touchette Moves into LB Cup Lead with Win; Formal, Doyle and Staab Continue Winning Ways
By Tony DiZinno
Race 1 Results
Race 2 Qualifying
MONZA, Italy – The Pro champion was crowned, the LB Cup points lead changed, and the ProAm and Am champions asserted their authority to kick off the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America final races of the season from Autodromo Nazionale Monza before the Lamborghini World Finals.
Elias De La Torre secured the Pro title with a race to spare in his No. 129 TR3 Racing Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, sharing the car with Dennis Lind. The two delivered a dynamic drive in the 50-minute race.
Philippe Touchette, meanwhile, moved into the LB Cup lead aboard his No. 111 TB Autosports Huracán with a win from pole and early race woes for previous championship leader Rocky T. Bolduc (No. 199 Topp Racing Huracán).
ProAm champions Danny Formal and Graham Doyle (No. 110 Wayne Taylor Racing Huracán) and Am champion David Staab (No. 148 Precision Performance Motorsports Huracán) added to their season-long win tallies with their titles already in the bag.
Pro
Lind’s extensive European experience paid off handsomely early. From pole, the driver of the No. 129 TR3 Huracán built a gap roughly a second a lap to nearly 10 seconds by the time he pitted with 21 minutes remaining. De La Torre only extended that gap once he got in the car, to an unofficial margin of victory of 16.629 seconds.
It’s De La Torre’s sixth win of the season – all from pole – and ensures he wraps the Pro title a race early. This is Lind’s second win of the year.
“Everyone did an incredible job today,” De La Torre said. “But Dennis was unstoppable in the first stint. TR3 has done an amazing job in giving us the best car on the grid. I think we were able to prove that today and keep our foot forward.”
After his stint, Lind noted how his track experience at Monza was key to success.
“Being finally back on European soil, I know the tracks better,” Lind explained. We’ve been strong all week. Knowing the car helps, but knowing the track is (more) important. It’s different to American tracks. They’re different in different ways.
“I remember my first time in Monza wasn’t easy. It’s a lot of power with the Super Trofeo. Ever since the resurface, this track has been amazing to race on. You could activate the tires. The track conditions are the best they can be.”
Wayne Taylor Racing got two of its cars onto the Pro podium for the first time this year, with Hampus Ericsson and Nick Persing second in the No. 101 Huracán and James Wallis and Al Morey IV third in the No. 107 Huracán. Racing solo this week, Will Bamber persevered to fourth aboard the No. 133 XONINE Racing Huracán.
ProAm
ProAm followed a similar pattern as in most rounds this season. Danny Formal started the No. 110 Wayne Taylor Racing Huracán, built a solid gap, turned the car over to teammate Graham Doyle, then Doyle brought it home with another win.
The champions now have their ninth win from 11 starts in 2026, with eyes turning to a 10th in-season win Friday and more success in the Lamborghini World Finals. Formal and Ericsson won the World Finals overall in Pro last year with WTR. Both drivers reflected on the victory at the historic venue.
“Winning at the ‘Temple of Speed’ is very special,” Formal said. “We’ve won a lot this year with the rocket ship Wayne Taylor Racing and DEX Imaging have given us. For me and Graham to do this together is an honor. We have a race tomorrow and two more for the World Final.”
Doyle added, “This place is unbelievable. It’s a childhood dream not only driving here but winning here. I remember watching this track with my dad and family and now driving with my best friend Danny. He did an amazing job in the first stint.”
Although the championship is decided, there’s an intense battle among five pairings for second. With a second place ProAm finish, Keawn Tandon and Lindsay Brewer in their No. 177 Forty7 Motorsports Huracán moved into the runner-up spot in points. A third place ProAm finish helps Mateo Siderman and Martin Fuentes in their No. 163 TR3 Racing Huracán, too.
Am
In a relatively uneventful and straightforward race, Precision Performance Motorsports delivered its second straight podium sweep and nearly in the same order.
Polesitter and class champion David Staab scored his third win of 2026 in the No. 148 PPM Huracán ahead of Gabriel Holguin in second in the No. 145 PPM Huracán, with Cooper Broll third in the No.147 PPM Huracán. At the last North American continental round in Indianapolis, Staab beat Broll with Holguin third. Anthony Bullock led early but fell back as the race progressed in his No. 112 XONINE Racing Huracán.
Staab was able to celebrate this victory on the podium with his teammates, as after a hard-fought defense at Indianapolis against Broll he briefly fell under the weather post-race.
“Today is much more special to have another PPM 1-2-3 finish and have the celebration we didn’t quite get to have at Indy,” Staab said.
LB Cup
The most championship drama occurred in LB Cup as Touchette delivered a pole-to-flag victory in his No. 111 TB Autosports Huracán. It’s his third win of the season and moves him into the championship lead unofficially by four points (up three after today’s win, plus gains a pole point for Friday’s Race 2).
“It’s a really fun track with the speed and everything that’s here,” Touchette said. “When you’re learning it, you’re not sure where you can take the curb or not. The team did such a good job on the car. I’m so happy about it.”
Touchette’s joy was counterbalanced by a tough race for previous championship leader Bolduc, who noticed an apparent brake caliper issue on the reconnaissance lap and needed to pull behind the wall. The Topp Racing team quickly affected repairs on the No. 199 Huracán to get Bolduc back in the race, and a fourth-place finish salvaged the day.
“It seemed like on the recon lap a brake caliper was leaking fluid,” explained Corey Lewis, Bolduc’s coach and a past Lamborghini Super Trofeo champion in his own right. “Obviously, you need brakes. It was safety first. We made the call to bring him back, fix it and salvage what we could.
“One thing I’ve learned in motorsports is peaks and valleys. I’ve been in his shoes before. We never give up and mathematically we’re still in the hunt for sure. We’re gonna go fight.”
Ray Shahi (No. 165 Taurino Racing Huracán) and Christopher Koebbe (No. 166 Forty7 Motorsports Huracán) completed the podium.
As Touchette is now ahead, so long as he finishes ahead of Bolduc on Friday, he’ll win the LB Cup crown. With the four-point deficit, Bolduc can overtake Touchette again with a win in Race 2 or potentially move ahead with second and Touchette finishing fourth, or third and Touchette finishing fifth.
Friday’s Race 2 is an early start for North American fans at 9:30 a.m. local time (3:30 a.m. ET), with the World Finals races Saturday and Sunday. Those are split Pro/ProAm and Am/LB Cup covering all regions. Races stream via the official Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel.
Photos Courtesy of TR3 Racing