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Written by Stephen Dobie
The past weekend saw the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - and a host of similarly winged foes - kick off the 2016 Blancpain GT Series in Italy.Its first round was at Misano"s World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. No fewer than seven Huracans took to the circuit, accounting for around a fifth of the 40-car grid.Sadly, that was no guarantee of success: the highest finishing Lambo was the tenth-placed car of Daniel Zampieri and Patric Niederhauser. Still, that"s no reason to not celebrate what is surely one of the finest looking racing cars of 2016.The Huracan GT3 has all the necessary bells and whistles with which to tear around the world"s best race tracks. The monster diffuser and ginormous rear wing are only the beginning of it. Check out the Sesto Elemento-inspired engine cover, and the Ferrari 288 GTO-alike glimpses of drivetrain through the rear deck.You will also spot that nigh on every component bar the seat and steering wheel is made of carbon fibre. Light, strong, clever carbon fibre that is eye-wateringly expensive to crashRunning to GT rules ensures this is also a rear-wheel-drive Huracan, though it also means just" 492bhp where its RWD road car equivalent makes 572bhp. Helpfully, though, all that carbon - and a complete absence of luxury - means the racecar is over 150kg lighter, at a hot hatch-like 1,230kg.It"s all about those looks, though. Click through to see the Huracan GT3 in all its carbon glory. What chance something similar for the Huracan Superleggera please, Lambo?
Date written: 11 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2911
The past weekend saw the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 - and a host of similarly winged foes - kick off the 2016 Blancpain GT Series in Italy.Its first round was at Misano"s World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. No fewer than seven Huracans took to the circuit, accounting for around a fifth of the 40-car grid.Sadly, that was no guarantee of success: the highest finishing Lambo was the tenth-placed car of Daniel Zampieri and Patric Niederhauser. Still, that"s no reason to not celebrate what is surely one of the finest looking racing cars of 2016.The Huracan GT3 has all the necessary bells and whistles with which to tear around the world"s best race tracks. The monster diffuser and ginormous rear wing are only the beginning of it. Check out the Sesto Elemento-inspired engine cover, and the Ferrari 288 GTO-alike glimpses of drivetrain through the rear deck.You will also spot that nigh on every component bar the seat and steering wheel is made of carbon fibre. Light, strong, clever carbon fibre that is eye-wateringly expensive to crashRunning to GT rules ensures this is also a rear-wheel-drive Huracan, though it also means just" 492bhp where its RWD road car equivalent makes 572bhp. Helpfully, though, all that carbon - and a complete absence of luxury - means the racecar is over 150kg lighter, at a hot hatch-like 1,230kg.It"s all about those looks, though. Click through to see the Huracan GT3 in all its carbon glory. What chance something similar for the Huracan Superleggera please, Lambo?
Date written: 11 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 2911
