Lamborghini endured a difficult first season in the World Endurance Championship and ran just one car while debuting in the Hypercar class.
The Italian manufacturer lacked the raw speed of Porsche and Toyota, who clinched the drivers’ and manufacturers’ championships on offer in WEC respectively.
Lamborghini running just one car limited the amount of data they could gather over a race weekend, especially compared to Ferrari who had three cars.
They also suffered from inconsistency over the season, failing to see the chequered flag times including at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
As well as their Hypercar entry, Lamborghini have also been competing in the LMGT3 class and may run into trouble next season while balancing WEC and IMSA.
Lamborghini’s chief technical officer and acting motorsport boss Rouven Mohr explained to Motorsport.com that there is even some uncertainty over them returning to WEC in 2025.
Lamborghini are in a ‘situation’ as two cars are mandated in WEC from 2025
WEC confirmed in June 2024 that teams will have to run at least two cars to enter the Hypercar category from the 2025 season, which may pose an issue for Lamborghini.
The Italian manufacturer are a much smaller outfit than other entries, such as BMW, despite being part of the Volkswagen group.
They are also racing in North America in IMSA, which creates a lot of extra additional work before Lamborghini are required to run at least two cars in WEC.
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Lamborghini are considerably less experienced than their competitors in racing prototypes, which likely contributed to their struggles this season.
Mohr said the Italian team didn’t expect to run a second Hypercar, but now need to manage three cars across WEC and IMSA. The extra strain has already seen Lamborghini reduce their involvement in IMSA to the endurance races, rather than the full season with one car.
He said: “The biggest issue for us is that the second car [in WEC] was not foreseen. It generates in our company issues to support the second car in an adequate way.
“Our wish would have been to continue with one car in IMSA and one car in WEC. Now, we are in a situation where we need to find a way to manage two cars in WEC and one car in IMSA, or it could be that we have to decide which programme we run.”
Lamborghini suffered a difficult end to the year in Bahrain
Lamborghini failed to finish the final round of the season at the Bahrain International Circuit, in a tricky end to the WEC campaign.
Edoardo Mortara started the race and made up eight places on the opening lap before the No. 63 car got caught up in a battle with the Proton Competition Porsche.
After the good start, the season ended after a water pressure issue forced the car to retire despite optimism from Daniil Kvyat heading into the 8 Hours of Bahrain.
Next season may be difficult as two cars rather than one adds another layer of complication for the Italian manufacturer. But it could also be beneficial given the limited data Lamborghini were able to collect compared to their WEC rivals in 2024.