Lamborghini in 2024 entered each the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship with an LMDh race automotive competing within the prime courses of each competitions, GTP and Hypercar, respectively.

Dubbed the SC63, the race automotive includes a hybrid powertrain identical to the opposite LMDh vehicles, however the internal-combustion element is a bespoke V-8 developed in-house at Lamborghini’s Squadra Corse motorsports division.

A brand new video on IMSA’s YouTube channel offers us an in-depth take a look at the SC63, which was filmed forward of the automotive’s entry on this previous weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring. The race served as spherical two of the SportsCar Championship. Lamborghini missed January’s opening spherical in Daytona.

The SC63 completed seventh at Sebring, because of the efforts of Matteo Cairoli, Andrea Caldarelli, and Romain Grosjean. Grosjean, a former Components 1 driver, is featured within the video and explains what it’s like driving the automotive.

The SC63’s debut race was the opening spherical of the World Endurance Championship, which came about in Qatar in early March. There, drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Daniil Kvyat, and Edoardo Mortara introduced the automotive residence in 14th place.

Lamborghini partnered with Italian racing staff Iron Lynx for its LMDh program, and competes as Lamborghini Iron Lynx.

All LMDh race vehicles characteristic a hybrid powertrain utilizing a management Xtrac transmission, battery, and motor-generator unit to assist preserve a lid on prices. Constructors are free to decide on the internal-combustion element of the powertrain, with Lamborghini opting to develop its personal twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V-8 for the LMDh program. Constructors may select the gear ratios for the transmission and the quantity of slip of the differential.

Constructors additionally want to make use of a management chassis much like a present LMP2 chassis, sourced from certainly one of 4 suppliers: Dallara, Ligier, Multimatic, and Oreca. Lamborghini selected a chassis from Ligier. As Lamborghini was the primary constructor to go for the chassis, it was in a position to work with Ligier on finalizing the specification to swimsuit its personal wants.