Automobili Lamborghini and luxury Swiss watchmaker Blancpain return this year to provide new destinations, new tracks and new teams for the second season of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Series.
Inheriting the different tracks in this year’s series will be the new Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo 2013. Enhanced aerodynamic efficiencies, increased thermal performance and a stronger balance than the 2012 Gallardo model will broaden horizons for superior lap times and racecar showmanship as drivers compete this season.
Last year’s Super Trofeo finale saw amateur and Pro-Am teams, both from China, crowned champions at the Shanghai International Circuit, where this year’s racing series will kick-off. For 2013, all bets are on as this year sees an increased diversity of drivers on a new line-up of internationally renowned circuits. While one driver from India marks his nation’s debut in this extreme championship, Korea will for the first time ever play host in the Super Trofeo Series, a new introduction that will no doubt be joined by others as we go through the series.
Super Trofeo was first launched in 2009, in Europe, as a means of further enhancing the brands emotional ties to motorsport. Now in its fifth consecutive year, Super Trofeo as an international race series now celebrates not only its second year in Asia, but its inaugural series in the United States.
Lamborghini will be supporting Amer Beg this year, making him the first Indian to compete in the Super Trofeo.
Commenting on this association, Pavan Shetty, Head of Operations, Lamborghini India, said, “The Lamborghini Super Trofeo is an ideal platform to showcase the talent of Indian racers like Amer Beg who represent the country’s promising motorsport potential. The Super Trofeo series has also grown into one of the company’s foremost platforms for communicating its brand heritage.”
Amer, who is all set to head to Shanghai said, “I am thankful to Lamborghini India for this opportunity and it is a privilege to be a part of the fastest one-make series in the world. I have competed exclusively in single-seaters till now but I am looking forward to make a smooth transition into GT cars – even though there will be a lot to learn going into my first race weekend”.
