Lamborghini Is Going LMDh Racing With a New Twin-Turbo V8 Engine

This morning, we’re seeing a few of the first particulars of the interior combustion factor of Lamborghini’s upcoming LMDh machine, and the 90-degree V8 twin-turbo powerplant appears promising for World Endurance Championship and IMSA Championship racing.

Lamborghini is teaming up with French constructor Ligier Automotive to place collectively the primary engine made by the Lamborghini Squadra Corse in-house motorsport division from a ground-up design. The teaser launched right now doesn’t provide any particulars about energy output or capability, however we do know that the twin-turbo V8 engine shall be wholly totally different from the production-based V10 engines that energy the Huracan GT3 and Tremendous Trofeo race cars.

Lamborghini did announce that, when mixed with the hybrid system that’s been developed by Bosch, Williams, and Xtrac, its LMDh racer will make 500 kW (or 670 hp), which is nicely inside the rules’ allowed 480-to-520-kW vary.

Lamborghini has additionally launched the brand new race automobile’s dimensions: 2000 mm (78.7 inches) vast, 5100 mm (200.8 inches) lengthy, and 3148 mm (123.9 inches) excessive, with a weight listed as 1030 kg (0r about 2270 kilos). That makes it massive however mild for its class.

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As of this second, although, we don’t have many different particulars. We all know that Lamborghini’s manufacturing unit GT drivers Mirko Bortolotti and Andrea Caldarelli will pilot the racer in 2024, however Lamborghini has but to ascertain or accomplice with a staff; for the second, it’s a constructor solely.

The LMDh rules have been developed in tandem by WEC and IMSA, two worldwide racing organizations which have lengthy existed inside each other’s spheres however typically with totally different rules. Now, the objective is to encourage LMDh producers to compete in each collection, which implies LMDh automobiles will be capable to compete in each the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Le Mans with out important alterations. In WEC, LMDh automobiles will run in a category referred to as Hypercar, whereas in IMSA, they’ll run within the GTP class.