Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia returns with six-race calendar in 2023

MANILA: The 2023 season will mark the comeback of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia after spending three years on the sidelines as a result of COVID-19's outbreak.

The ninth season of the intercontinental series will visit five nations in the Asia-Pacific before joining the European and North American championships at the Lamborghini Grand Finals.

Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia hosted the inaugural Super Trofeo Asia race in 2012, and the first weekend in May 2023 will see the start of the season. When Australia hosts a Super Trofeo event for the first time in June, the series will move to The Bend Motorsport Park close to Adelaide.

From the new territory of Australia, the one-make championship reserved for Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2s will head back up north to more familiar ground, at Fuji in Japan. The circuit situated in the foothills of Mount Fuji has had a continuous presence on the Super Trofeo Asia calendar, hosting a round since 2012.

Having previously run at the former Formula 1 host venue in Yeongam, the championship’s visit to South Korea will take place further north in Everland Speedway in August, before crossing the Yellow Sea to Shanghai in China for the penultimate round.

The season then wraps up alongside its continental siblings at a yet to be announced venue for the Lamborghini Grand Finals. The exact date and location of the 2023 Grand Finals will be revealed at the 2022 edition in Portimão in November.

Since it began ten years ago, 254 drivers from 30 different countries have competed in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia championship. A total of 18 circuits have hosted a total of 96 races. The biggest Super Trofeo Asia grid ever is anticipated to debut for the 2023 campaign.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia has produced 30 different champions since its inaugural season.

The most recent to have their names added to the list of honor were Clement Li, Toshiyuki Ochiai, Huilin Han, and Evan Chen in the Am category, Chris van der Drift in the Pro category, and Evan Chen and Chris van der Drift in the Pro-Am category (Lamborghini Cup). On the past weekends of the year at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, all four titles were decided.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Calendar 2023

• Round 1: Sepang (Malaysia), 5-7 May.
• Round 2: Adelaide (Australia), 9-11 June.
• Round 3: Fuji (Japan), 14-16 July.
• Round 4: Everland Speedway (South Korea) 18-20 August.
• Round 5: Shanghai (China) 8-10 September.
• Round 6: To be announced.

As mentioned, the grid of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia 2023 season will composed of Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 race cars. 

The new Lamborghini Huracán STO is the "most track-focused, street-legal version" of the Lamborghini Huracán super sports car.

The Lamborghini Squadra Corse Huracan Super Trofeo EVO and Huracan GT3 EVO, which won the 24 Hours of Daytona three times and the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, served as inspiration for the Huracan STO (Super Trofeo Omolgata), a super sports vehicle that is legal for the road.

The Lamborghini Huracan STO is powered by a naturally aspirated V10 engine that generates 640hp and 565Nm of torque. It can accelerate from a standstill to 100kph in just 3.0 seconds and from a standstill to 200kph in 9.0 seconds. It can attain a top speed of 310kph.

The Huracan STO has the adrenaline and emotion of a race car. It gives the emotion of a track experience of every drive with its outstanding aerodynamic efficiency, extensive use of lightweight materials, unrestricted steering, and excellent braking performance.

Every feature of the Huracan STO is based on the aerodynamic efficiency and lightweight technology required in motorsports. The Huracan STO epitomizes Lamborghini’s design philosophy of utility over form, which is especially valid for a street-legalized racecar.

The Huracan STO is the result of a collaboration among Lamborghini’s Research & Development, Squadra Corse, and Centro Stile departments, with each line and feature aesthetically pleasing while being tuned for the best driving performance.

The Huracan STO has a cofango air ducts, front splitter, and louvers, as well as a shark fin, adjustable rear wing, rear engine hood with air scoop, and rear fender with NACA intake.

More than 75% of the Huracan STO's outer panels are made of carbon fiber, which has the advantages of complicated structures produced as a single piece for higher integrity and lighter construction thanks to fewer attaching points.

The Huracan STO’s racing spirit is highlighted by three new driving modes that focus on high-performance driving settings.

The default STO mode is suited for road driving and having fun on curving roads, while the Trofeo mode optimizes all of the systems for dry asphalt and the best lap times on track. On the other hand, the Pioggia mode improves traction control, torque vectoring, rear-wheel steering, and anti-lock braking system on wet asphalt.

With its full carbon fiber sport seats, Alcantara upholstery with Lamborghini's Carbonskin, carbon fiber floor mats, and fully carbon fiber lightweight door panels with a door latch as opener, the interior complements the lightweight exterior.

A redesigned front trunk for storing helmets and a rear arch with four-point seat belts are two features that underline the Huracan STO's racing heritage. Superior titanium alloys are used to create the rear arch. Compared to conventional stainless steel rear arches, it weighs 40% less.

Meanwhile, it can be recalled that the Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica was unleashed this year.

The Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica was designed to become an outstanding super sports car for both road and track. It is equipped with a powerful engine, similar to that of the Huracán STO. When compared to the Huracán EVO rear-wheel drive, the Huracán Tecnica’s weight has a 10-kg weight reduction, 30cv power increase, better aerodynamics, 35% rear downforce increase, and 20% drag reduction.

The Tecnica's moniker symbolizes the Huracan's enhanced technological capability which is clearly recognizable with its new aesthetics accentuating increased aerodynamics for boosted performance, stability, and ease of usage, particularly on a circuit.

The powertrain, which takes its engine from the Huracan STO and gains 30cv over the Huracan EVO rear-wheel drive (RWD), produces 565Nm of torque at maximum 6,500 rpm and accelerates from zero to 100kph in 3.2 seconds.

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