The Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America championship battles intensified on its return to Road America, over the weekend. Will Bamber and Elias De La Torre (#29 TR3 Racing Huracán) finished twice on the podium (Pro category ) and continue to lead the championship.
Race 1: From the pole position, Danny Formal and Hampus Ericsson led flag-to-flag to secure their third win of the season. Formal gapped the field by more than seven seconds in his stint, pitted halfway through the pit window with 26 minutes complete, with Ericsson bringing the car home to the finish 8.153 seconds clear of second place.
Will Bamber and Elias De La Torre finished second in their No. 29 TR3 Racing Huracán with Scott Huffaker and Jaden Conwright third in their No. 22 World Speed Motorsports Huracán.
“I started the race and got a clean launch, putting pressure on the #1 car right away,” said Bamber. “We had a great handling car under us, but this time we didn’t quite have the straight-line performance to make a move on the car leading.
“The race stayed green for the entire session, and after a well-performed pitstop from the team, Elias brought it home with some brilliant driving after closing the gap late in the race, locking in our first P2 finish of the weekend!”
Race 2: Formal’s speed in a Huracán Super Trofeo car was on display as he overcame a 10-second penalty assessed to Ericsson for a jumped start.
Even with the penalty applied, the No. 1 car still won ahead of championship rivals Bamber and De La Torre in the No. 29 TR3 Racing Huracán and Conwright and Huffaker in third in the No. 22 World Speed Motorsports Huracán to complete an identical podium to Saturday’s Race 1.
“Race 2 was a wild one,” said Bamber! “Elias had a perfect start and was able to maintain his position. The race was immediately neutralized after multiple huge crashes on lap 1, including one involving our teammate, Matteo Siderman.
“Elias restarted with a one-lap dash before the pit window, and when he handed off the car to me, I knew we had to push hard to avoid an overcut from competitors. I have never driven so much on the limit – but it worked. We cleared the cars, brought them home for another P2 finish, and kept our championship lead intact.
“To my surprise, there was some late confusion with a time penalty for a pit lane infringement during our pitstop, but thanks to our team management for fighting hard, it was later (and rightly) overturned.
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