Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia, Europe and North America titles decided at Misano Adriatico

The 2025 Lamborghini Super Trofeo regular season reached its conclusion at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli as the final class titles in the Asian, European and North American championships were settled. After a hiatus of three years, the Italian venue delivered a fitting preview for the 12th edition of the Lamborghini World Finals (November 8-9).

In the European championship, Adam Putera came out on top to claim the Pro title in his #6 VSR Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2, while Massimo Ciglia and Pietro Perolini (Oregon Team) became Am class champions in a thrilling shootout with VSR’s Stéphane Tribaudini and Piergiacomo Randazzo in race two. Meanwhile, Karim Ojjeh (Rexal Villorba Corse) was crowned Lamborghini Cup champion ahead of the opening race.

Wayne Taylor Racing’s Hampus Ericsson and Danny Formal wrapped up the North American Pro title with a race to spare courtesy of victory in race one. Conrad Geis and Jason Hart were then crowned Pro-Am champions in a final-race decider for TR3 Racing, while WTR’s Glenn McGee and Graham Doyle won the Am title.

Suttilick “Bobby” Buncharoen took the Am title in the Asian championship on Thursday, while the final class title was reserved for the last race on Friday, with Qikuan Cao and Liu Kai Shun (LK Motorsport by Climax Racing) securing Pro-Am honours.

Attention now turns to the weekend where the crews of all three continental championships will battle it out in the Lamborghini World Finals.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe

Race 1

Enzo Geraci (Oregon Team) initially led from from pole but went too deep under braking for the first corner, crucially dropping to second behind the title-chasing #6 VSR Huracán started by Paul Levet. The pair were barely separated early on, with the BDR Competition entry of Amaury Bonduel in third. In an attempt to undercut those in front, Bonduel pitted before Geraci and Levet but remained behind after the stops. Having taken over from Levet, Putera held onto the #6’s lead while Geraci’s team-mate Josef Knopp struggled. The #36 car then received a five-second penalty for contact with a backmarker and could only finish seventh, losing the lead of the championship standings. Putera then lost the race lead to the guesting Leipert Motorsport entry of Brendon Leitch – taking over from Nicolas Stati – who, despite receiving a five-second penalty of his own nevertheless managed to establish a sufficiently healthy margin to take the win by just over a second. Putera, finishing second overall but taking maximum points, therefore moved into the lead of the Pro standings, as Bonduel and Andrea Fontana completed the podium in third. ASR’s Andrzej Lewandowski and Frederik Schandorff overcame an early contact to triumph in Pro-Am, beating Art-Line’s Shota Abkhazava and Egor Orudzhev and the BDR Competition pairing of Anthony Nahra and Dimtri Enjalbert. In Am, Massimo Ciglia and Pietro Perolini got the better of title rivals Stéphane Tribaudini and Piergiacomo Randazzo (VSR). Karim Ojjeh picked up the LB Cup title after taking the extra point for pole position and finished second in the race behind Rexal Villorba Corse team-mates Donovan and Luciano Privitelio.

Race 2

With just six points separating Putera and Knopp-Geraci, the Pro title fight was on a knife-edge with the former getting ahead of Knopp early in the race. Leitch and Stati continued their dominant form by leading the way from Schandorff’s Pro-Am entry. The order remained the same throughout the opening stint with Stati taking over from Leitch at the pit-stops. Lewandowski took over from Schandorff and held a comfortable Pro-Am advantage, due in part to a five-second penalty for Abkhazava – having swapped with Orudzhev – after pitting outside the pit window. Abkhazava and Orudzhev held onto second at the end while Boutsen VDS’ Renaud Kuppens and Hugo Bac secured second in the class standings in third. At the front, Leitch and Stati were superlative and cruised to a second successive victory from Giacomo Pedrini and Patrik Fraboni (Target Racing), with Guido Luchetti (also Target Racing) completing the podium. The Am title fight also went to the wire, with Ciglia and Perolini producing a late surge to take second, assuring them of the title by just one point from Tribaudini and Randazzo. Meanwhile in the Pro class, despite a five-second penalty, Levet – who took over from Putera – followed Knopp’s team-mate Geraci home in eighth place, which was enough for Putera to be crowned champion.

Adam Putera (#6 VSR), Super Trofeo Europe Pro class champion: “Coming into the second race, I knew it would be close because we were next to each on the grid, so I wanted to get past early which I did. Paul did a great job when I handed the car over to him and he brought it home for the championship. We knew that we had a penalty so at the end we didn’t celebrate too much because we didn’t know exactly what the gap was. Coming into the season, I knew I was probably the least experienced driver in Europe, and maybe we didn’t the outright pace all year. But we maximised every race we could, learn as much as possible and it paid off in the end.”

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia

Race 1

Pulling double duty, teenager Stati (Lamborghini Bundang by Racegraph) started from pole but was quickly usurped by a determined Alex Denning (SJM Theodore Racing) off the rolling start, with Ethan Brown (Leipert Motorsport) moving up to second place at the first corner. Stati dropped to fourth initially behind the leading Pro-Am car of Ling Kang, but a fine recovery drive saw him back up to second after the mandatory pit-stop phase. With clear air in front of him, Denning made quick his escape and opened up a lead of over eight seconds in the opening stint, before swapping with Leong. The latter kept things pointing straight throughout the second half of the race, eventually coming home to claim a seventh victory of the year by just over nine seconds. Brown and team-mate Jacob Riegel overcame a pair of time penalties (one for shortcutting the first corner and another for a pit-stop infringement) to finish fourth overall and third in Pro. Two-time champion Chris van der Drift (VSR) produced a superb second stint after taking over from Todd Kingsford to take a strong third overall and Pro-Am victory. SQDA-GRIT Motorsport’s Changwoo “Brian” Lee and Liang Jiatong were second after a late issue for Brendon Leitch and Jiajun Song (Leipert Motorsport). In the Am class, Suttiluck “Bobby” Buncharoen wrapped up the title with second place behind Li Dongsheng and Li Donghui (Climax Racing), as chief rivals Hairie and Haziq Zairel Oh could only manage fourth. Lamborghini Cup honours went the way of class champion Supachai Weeraborwornpong who prevailed over Gerald Oh and Sangho Kim (Lamborghini Bundang by Racegraph) with Dr Ma Chi Min (Arrows Racing) completing the podium.

Race 2

Pro-Am cars filled the front-row of the grid for race two, with Leitch seizing the lead from compatriot Van der Drift at turn one. Behind, there was drama for the class points leader Qikuan Cao who was sent spinning after being tagged by the Hudson Auto by LKM Huracán of Lu Zhiwei. The latter was out on the spot with damage, as was the Am entry of Dypo Fitramadhan who collected the stricken Zhiwei. After a lap behind the safety car, Leitch maintained his advantage in the lead with Van der Drift close behind. Things came to a head during the pit window when Van der Drift hit the rear of Leitch at turn 10, sending the erstwhile leader into a spin. Van der Drift received a 10-second penalty for his role in the incident. Leitch handed over to team-mate Song while Van der Drift swapped with Kingsford, allowing Denning to assume the overall race lead. After a gearbox issue which prevented him from taking the start of race one, Jonathan Cecotto (BC Racing) grabbed the lead from Denning and looked likely to claim victory before Denning re-passed through lapped traffic on the final lap to make it eight wins from 12 races. Despite their opening lap incident, Cao and Liu Kai Shun clung on to win the Pro-Am title by three points from Changwoo Lee who won the race alongside Liang. Gerald Oh picked up the LB Cup victory from Supachai and Dr Ma.

Alex Denning (#232 SJM Theodore Racing), Super Trofeo Asia Pro class champion: “This is just the start of the journey with Lamborghini, we’ve had a great season and done everything in our powers to make this happen. We couldn’t have had a better year, me and Charles are two very different people, but we’ve made it work; we’ve helped each other and to win the championship together has been just reward for our efforts.”

Team-mate Charles Leong Hon Chio (#232 SJM Theodore Racing): “It feels really good to become champion this year, everyone worked well together, we have been very open as a team, very logical and we all stayed on the same page. We won a race at every round, so we can be very satisfied with our season.”

Super Trofeo North America

Race 1

Formal claimed pole position (and the additional championship point) for Thursday’s opener and duly maintained his lead off the rolling start, as Will Bamber (TR3 Racing) slipped to fourth from the front-row. The sister WTR Huracán of Nick Persing vaulted from fifth on the grid to run second ahead of the best of the Pro-Am runners Nico Jamin (Ansa Motorsports). The #101 of Formal kept a slender but comfortable lead of just over a second from Persing before the pit window opened, during which he handed over the reins to Ericsson. Unfortunately, Persing was soon in the wars after making contact with Jamin at turn 14, earning a 10-second penalty. That, combined with an additional three-seconds served at the stop, allowed Bamber’s team-mate Elias de la Torre up to second, taking up the pursuit of Ericsson. The latter, however, kept the pressure on and opened up an even bigger margin en route to the team’s 100th Super Trofeo race win and, crucially, the Pro class title. Jamin’s run-in with Persing allowed Conrad Geis and Jason Hart to claim victory, edging closer to points leaders Darius Trinka and Tadas Karlinskas heading into the final race. Meanwhile, the Am title fight took yet another turn as Mateo Siderman took his third consecutive victory, with RAFA Racing Team’s Lindsay Brewer and Jem Hepworth producing a strong finish to take second ahead of David Staab (Precision Performance Motorsports). Rocky T Bolduc gave RAFA more cause for celebration with victory in LB Cup ahead of Forte Racing team-mates Jon Hirshberg and Ray Shahi.

Race 2

With the Pro title decided, all eyes were on the Pro-Am and Am championship battles in the final race of the season, both of which went right down to the wire in the closing stages. Karlinskas and Trinka came into the race with a slender three-point margin over Geis and Hart and led either side of the pit window before coming under pressure from the #167 Huracán. Geis ran solidly in third in the opening stint before handing over to Hart, who then showed superb pace to catch and pass Karlinskas under braking for turn eight with 12 minutes remaining. The positions as they were would have handed Karlinskas and Trinka the title by one point, but a resurgent Nico Jamin (Ansa Motorsports) snuck past the former with two laps to go for second, therefore giving Hart and Geis the class title by just one point. Three crews were in contention for the Am crown ahead of Friday’s finale, with McGee and Doyle securing the title with second place. Hepworth and Brewer took a brilliant second victory of the season, breaking clear at the head of the field after early leader Mateo Siderman was handed a five-second penalty for making contact with team-mate Elias de la Torre on the opening lap. In the overall race, Geraci and Queen took victory on the road, but ended up third after receiving a track limits penalty which handed Persing his third win of the year for WTR. New champions Formal and Ericsson finished third.

Danny Formal (#101 Wayne Taylor Racing), Super Trofeo North America Pro class champion: “First of all, I want to thank my team-mate and the whole team. The first stint was probably my best stint of the season and I wanted to give Hampus a great car to work with for the second. We’ve had a great season, not an easy one because we had some issues earlier in the year, but we never gave up and we’ve worked so hard all year, winning the last five races so to win the title, my third, is a great feeling.”

Team-mate Hampus Ericsson (#101 Wayne Taylor Racing): “It’s been an amazing season for me and Danny. For my first season in America and with such a great team like Wayne Taylor Racing, it’s so good to finish it off with the championship. This was a statement race for the World Finals, the car was on rails and Danny gave me a really fast car in the race, so we are really happy with the result.”

The 2025 World Finals kicks off on Saturday morning with qualifying for the combined Pro/Pro-Am and Am/LB Cup races. Race one of Am/LB Cup is scheduled to begin at 13:45 while the Pro/Pro-Am race is scheduled for 16:20. The season reaches its climax with the second Am/LB Cup race on Sunday at 12:15 with the final Pro/Pro-Am bout taking place at 14:30.

All races will be livestreamed on the official Lamborghini Squadra Corse YouTube channel.