2019 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo racer: widened body, big wing, center-locking wheels
Lamborghini has revealed the most aggressive version of its smallest offering, the $430,000 Huracan GT3 Evo racer, which as its name suggests, is an evolution of the original Huracan GT3. It improves the first GT3 in several ways and is available for purchase both as a standalone model or as an upgrade for any existing Huracan GT3.
2019 LAMBORGHINI HURACÁN GT3 EVO EXTERIOR
Winning not only the GT Asia Series Championship in 2016, as well as the Rolex 24 at Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, the Huracan GT3, has proven highly successful, and the Evo is further refined and enhanced to bring out its qualities. The main point of focus was enhancing the car’s aerodynamics with the help of the Dallara Engineering.
The GT3 differed considerably from any road-going Huracan, with its widened body, big wing at the back, multitude of aero aids, and center-locking wheels.
You really have to put the GT3 and GT3 Evo side by side to spot what exactly has been changed, but when you do, you may spot the new splitter and front bumper flicks housed in new lateral recesses, while at the back there’s a completely new diffuser.
The center piece of the rear end is still the massive carbon fiber wing that features twists at its ends in order to optimize its aerodynamic efficiency. You may also spot that there’s a new carbon fiber hood to replace the previous one made of fiberglass, and it has two big intakes instead of one huge one running across its width.
2019 LAMBORGHINI HURACÁN GT3 EVO INTERIOR
Inside, the GT3 Evo is clearly a car stripped for lightness and use in racing. Most of the factory interior is taken out, except for the top of the dash, although it too is different in the instrument cowl area in order to house the race-spec digital gauge cluster.
Unlike the Super Trofeo racing variant, this GT3 does away with the factory air vents and just has one pointed straight at the driver.
There’s also a race spec steering wheel, a full race spec FIA-approved roll cage, and all of this leaves you with no doubt that this is most certainly not a road car. It also has one GT3 logo embroidered into the suede that covers the top of the dash in front of where the passenger’s seat would be.
It only features one seat, for the driver, since a passenger’s seat is not required in GT3 racing, and therefore most of the right footwell is used up by electronics and the fire suppression system.
2019 LAMBORGHINI HURACÁN GT3 EVO DRIVETRAIN
Power for the GT3 Evo comes from a modified version of the 5.2-liter, dry-sump V-10 that powers the road car. The manufacturer doesn’t detail the mods, but does mention it has a new camshaft and titanium valves which enhance drivability and longevity for endurance racing.
Its output is around the 580-horsepower mark (less than the road car, but in-keeping with GT3 regulations), with around 370 pound-feet of torque on tap sent to the rear wheels through a race-spec six-speed sequential gearbox.
All that weight shedding helps performance, though, and it tips the scales at 2,710 pounds which is considerably less than what a standard Huracan’s 3,417 pounds.
CONCLUSION
The Huracan GT3 had already proven successful in racing, and this GT3 Evo version will allow it to maintain that position in the face of increasingly talented rivals – the McLaren mentioned above sounds like it’s going to be one of the cars to beat during the 2019 season.
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