While track driving is an integral part of Lamborghini these days, historically the marque eschewed motorsport, unlike its great rivals down the road in Maranello. It now embraces the sport via the Super Trofeo one-make race series and support for customer teams in the GT3 class. Lamborghini chiefs have gone on the record to say they are considering the new hypercar class at Le Mans with a view to entering it with a factory-backed car, which would be a first.
The first racing Lambo at Le Mans was actually the privately-entered Murciélago R-GT which took on Aston Martin DBR9s, Corvette C6.Rs and Ferrari 550 GTSs in the LM GT1 class in 2006. It was unranked at race end, in contrast to more recent times when the Huracan GT3 has proved successful at La Sarthe.
Murcielago image courtesy of Motorsport Images.