Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Super Trofeo

While Ferrari has always been primarily a motorsport company which delved into road-going super cars, Lamborghini’s lack of motorsport heritage has lingered as a blemish on its performance reputation - a result of founder Ferruccio Lamborghini dismissing any involvement as being unprofitable.

Now under the direction of Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini has today announced ‘The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo’ – the world’s fastest one-make series.

The series will debut in May 2009 comprising a grid of 30 lightweight versions of the Gallardo LP 560-4 super sports car.

The Super Trofeo edition LP 560-4 racers boast a reworked chassis with double wishbone suspension all round, a specialist racing brake system and Pirelli slick racing tyres.

Carbon-fibre composite body components such as the fixed rear wing combine with an ultra-light racing seat, racing steering wheel and specialized instruments for a total weight of just 1,300kg.

A race-spec version of its 5.2-litre V10 engine develops 419kW through its e.gear six-speed robotized gear box to the permanent all-wheel drive with viscous traction, making the Super Trofeo the only one-make, all-wheel drive motorsport series in the world.

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