New Zealand’s Brendon Leitch walked away from Lamborghini Super Trofeo racing’s crown jewel weekend with back-to-back wins, capping off another season in the Italian one-make category.
Leitch made a guest appearance in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe finale at Misano alongside Australia’s Nicolas Stati where the Pro/Pro pair put on a clinical performance.
Teaming up for the first time, Leitch and Stati took their Leipert Motorsport-run No.70 Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 to the winner’s circle on Thursday and Friday.
It wasn’t without a dose of drama, however. Leitch was forced to turn the wick up in the closing stanza after being handed a five-second penalty for an earlier incident. All told, Leitch built a big enough gap to be classified as the winner by 1.337 seconds.
In the second race, Leitch controlled the opening stint before handing the car over to Stati who returned from the mid-race pit stops with a comfortable lead to win by 15 seconds.
“I’m very grateful to Nicolas and the Stati family for having me this weekend. We got to know each other at Sepang earlier this year, so it was pretty cool when they asked me if I could race with Nicolas in the final round of Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe,” said Leitch.
“To help Nicolas walk away from the weekend with the two best trophies you can get is a credit to his development and Leipert Motorsport for giving us a great car. It was on rails all weekend.
“Nicolas learned a lot this weekend, and although he’s tracking towards a career in single-seaters, there is no doubt he’d be successful in GT racing or sports car if he ever decided to pursue that path. Hopefully we can work together again in the future.”
While also racing in Super Trofeo Europe, Leitch and Jiajun Song concluded their Super Trofeo Asia season at Misano.
They endured a tougher time in the season finale and in the Super Trofeo World Finals where teams from Europe, Asia, and North America went head-to-head.
In the first Super Trofeo Asia race, Leitch was on course for a class win having stormed through the field until the last lap when he suffered a left rear puncture and was not classified.
In the second race, Leitch was tipped into a spin by a rival competitor, which eliminated the handy lead the Kiwi had over the field back to third place. If not for the spin, Leitch and Song would likely have held onto a class podium. Instead, they finished 10th overall and fourth in Pro-Am.
Having shown glimpses of podium potential, Leitch and Song paired up for the Lamborghini World Finals with high hopes.
They proved to be a tough slog too. Song started the first race, and was caught up in the first lap carnage, which caused steering damage and meant they were out of contention on lap one. Leitch was running second in Pro-Am before handing the reins to Song, who faded late.
“It really was a weekend of what could have been for JJ and I. There were a lot of what-ifs,” said Leitch.
“I think the big takeaway from the weekend was that JJ has a lot of potential to unlock. He hasn’t had so much track time on one race weekend, so to see the level of improvement from Wednesday to Sunday was cool.
“It shows that the hard work is paying off, even if the results aren’t necessarily there yet. It will come with time though. It can’t be underestimated how valuable track time is, especially when he’s very new to this and still has a few nerves in wheel-to-wheel racing.
“Maybe not the way we wanted to finish the season but we enjoyed ourselves and all eyes are on 2026.”
As it stands, Leitch has one race remaining in the 2025 season – the Gulf 12 Hours at Abu Dhabi on December 14 with Tigani Motorsport in a Mercedes-AMG GT3.
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