Either Lamborghini misinterpreted the part with its limited edition Essenza SCV12 hyperautomobile on the track, or all other car brands did.
While most of the world’s established supercar brands fired the Covid-19 pandemic on their horns, Lamborghini has today extended the maximum and harsh V12 herbal aspiration ever developed.
It’s a hope of Le Mans’ 24-hour hybrid power, electrification, nothing.
Only a non-massive turbo V12 that sucks as much air as it can be to gain advantages only for 40 buyers worldwide, the maximum of which (if there’s anything else to say) will buy them all the time in well-closed collection rooms.
The credit is that he qualifies Lamborghini for a general attack on Le Mans’ 24-hour race when his regulations replaced in 2021.
Lamborghini calls him successor to the Miura Jota and Diablo GTR, with semi-radical aerodynamics of racing prototypes. It’s a line to swallow.
Lamborghini is concerned about the GT3 race, plus the Blancpain series, however, he has never won an absolute trophy at Le Mans, letting formula 1 in.
“The Essenza SCV12 represents the purest track driving pleasure our logo can offer, a technical feat that highlights the inextricable link between our cars and the asphalt of the track,” said Stefano Domenicali, CEO and President of Automobili Lamborghini.
“Lamborghini is a logo that constantly pursues in the long run and seeks new challenges, but we never have our roots and who we are: Essenza SCV12 is the best blend of our unconventional spirit as a super sports car manufacturer and our true hobby for motorsport.”
Its V12 motor delivers more than 830 horsepower, and Lamborghini claims that’s boosted at higher speeds by the ram-air effect.
The confusing transmission of the Aventador became a six-speed Xtrac sequential gearbox, which becomes a required chassis detail with the thrust bar suspension fixed directly on it.
With no internal roll cage, Lamborghini is asking the carbon-fiber monocoque to do a lot of heavy lifting in safety, especially with a 1.66hp/kg power-to-weight ratio.
According to Lamborghini, its aerodynamic configuration offers more than its GT3 drivers and up to 1200 kg of aerodynamics at 250 km/h, 400 kg more than a McLaren Senna (and much less ugly).
Freely in the Aventador, the Essenza SCV12 adds a ceiling-mounted air intake, a massive front separator and fins, as well as a double air intake on the hood.
There are 3 frame sections for the 1600 kg tracking trolley; The concept is to speed up the replacement of broken panel pit stops.
The Essenza SCV12 could well target Le Mans under ACO’s new regulations on hypercars, and has been developed to comply with fia prototype protection regulations.
“Essenza SCV12 is the expression of the V12 atmospheric engine, the symbol of our logo since 1963,” said Lamborghini technical director Maurizio Reggiani.
“It is a project in which we combined the pursuit of engineering perfection with refined aerodynamics, futuristic design, and innovative solutions such as the carbon monocoque without internal rollcage.
“The result is an attractive and uncompromising car, born to compete and to provide on the track the features that have made Lamborghini stand out all over the world, creating certain exclusive and special feelings for the driving force and spectators.”
The keys to Essenza SCV12 also give the club an exclusive Lamborghini club that will buy their cars and send them to some of the most prestigious race tracks in the world, then a track service.
A new garage shed has been built at the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese, near Bologna, with garage webcams committed to the race so owners can see their cars at any time of the day or night.
Another part of the club will be the Lamborghini Squadra Corse Drivers Lab, which partners with Tecnobody to tailor athletic training programs for customers as well as the factory Lamborghini racers.
There will be arrive-and-drive track days from next year at selected FIA Grade 1 circuits, with involvement from five-time Le Mans 24 Hour winner Emanuele Pirro.
I’ve been testing cars and writing about the auto industry for over 25 years. My career began in the newspapers and became the writing of two
I’ve been testing cars and writing about the auto industry for over 25 years. My career began in the newspapers and evolved in the writing of two automotive magazines. I founded myself in Italy as a freelancer for more than a decade, covering the European automotive sector, with a focus on product testing and product progression for readers around the world. I judge the smart and badness of cars about how they carry out their intended purposes at their cost to their target consumers compared to all their competitors. I don’t have short or long positions in the automotive industry, basically because this would only compromise the integrity of my work, so my written positions are a condensation of having knowledge combined with about 4 complete product cycles of value.