Lamborghini has withdrawn from the World Endurance Championship, ending its participation in each the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes.
The Italian manufacturer was not on the WEC 2025 entry list following the publication on Friday of next season's reduced grid of 37 cars.
He then announced what he described as a “pause” from his WEC programs involving the SC63 LMDh and Huracan GT3 EVO2.
Lamborghini cited a change in sporting regulations that requires manufacturers competing in Hypercar to have two cars to make a decision after fielding only one SC63 in 2024 with partner Iron Lynx.
It said the brand new regulation “changes the conditions under which Lamborghini entered this year's championship and is no longer in line with the company's strategy.”
“Lamborghini has therefore assessed its options and has decided to exit the 2025 FIA WEC, while remaining committed to the development of the SC63 and continuing to participate in the IMSA Sportscar Championship in the United States,” the statement read.
This suggested a desire to return to the WEC SC63 with the road “Riving at the highest level is an honor for the Lamborghini Squadra Corse and remains an ambition for years to come.”
The Italian manufacturer added that the withdrawal from the WEC will allow it to “focus its efforts” on the event of the GT3 racing version of the brand new Temerario presented in the summertime, which is predicted to succeed in customers in 2026.
Lamborghini has not made clear how it should approach its IMSA campaign, which this 12 months has focused on the series' endurance rounds, starting with the 12 Hours of Sebring in March.
No mention was product of Iron Lynx, which also ran the IMSA program this 12 months after switching from Lamborghini to Mercedes for its LMGT3 campaign within the 2025 WEC.
#60 Iron Lynx Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 Evo2
Photo: Shameem Fahath
There are 18 Hypercar cars on the WEC entry list, down one from the unique list for this season.
The disappearance of Lamborghini and Isotta Fraschini, which ended its first 2024 campaign after July's Interlagos round, in addition to Jota's move from Porsche customer team to Cadillac factory representative, explain this decline.
This is despite the arrival of Aston Martin and The Heart of Racing team with a pair of Valkyrie AMR-LMH Le Mans hypercars.
The drop in entries occurred despite moves by the WEC to unencumber space for 40 cars.
German privateer Proton Competition will once more field a single Porsche 963 LMDh, despite exploring the potential for an prolonged attack in Hypercar.
Following recent announcements confirming the presence of drivers, Porsche, Toyota and Ferrari have nominated their full squads for next season.
This also applies to AF Corse's Ferrari squad: on Thursday, Robert Kubica and Yifei Ye were confirmed to return to racing with recent signing Phil Hanson.
In the remaining of the Hypercar field, there is barely one driver in each automotive, which is a requirement of the entry procedure at this stage.
Jota and Peugeot opted for this feature despite having full squads.
They said they’d reveal how their six drivers will line up of their cars at a later date.
The pro-am LMGT3 category stays at 18 cars for a second 12 months after the disappearance of the 2 Lamborghinis run by Iron Lynx and their alternative by a pair of Mercedes-AMG GT3s from the Italian team.
Heart of Racing continues this class with the Vantage GT3 run by Prodrive's Aston Martin Racing, but Japanese manufacturer D'station Racing's entry has been replaced within the British manufacturer's lineup.
Racing Spirit of Leman takes over because the second Aston, taking GT3 class honors within the Michelin-sponsored Le Mans Cup under the European Le Mans Series Support Act in 2023 with Aston factory driver Valentin Hasse-Clot and Arnold Robin.
#27 The heart of the Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 racing team: Ian James, Daniel Mancinelli, Alex Riberas
Photo: JEP / Motorsport Images
The Swiss team, which takes its title from the local name for Lake Geneva, advances from ELMS, where it competed in each LMGT3 and LMP3 in '24, and already has WEC experience from competing at Le Mans in LMP2 in 2020 as a part of the Cool Banner racing.
American amateur Derek DeBoer will advance together with his team from the ELMS LMGT3 ranks.
Ben Barnicoat has been nominated as an expert in one in all two Lexus RC F GT3s run by the Auto Sport Promotion team.
The Briton has been a Lexus factory driver since 2022 and won the IMSA GT Daytona Pro title the next season, driving for Vasser Sullivan Racing.
Former Toyota LMP1 and Hypercar driver Jose Maria Lopez will start again within the sister automotive ASP.
BMW works drivers Agusto Farfus and Maxime Martin will once more be the 2 skilled drivers within the BMW M4 GT3 WRT pairing.
Confirmation remains to be awaited as as to if motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi will return to the WEC to share his experience with Martin.
Gregoire Saucy and Marino Sato will return to United Autosports to race the McLaren 720S GT3 EVO.
