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which now runs a slightly bigger tire, to
help reduce understeer through high-
speed corners.
The previous Huracán GT3 had a repu-
tation for being tricky at the limit. The
Evo package is intended to make it easier
for gentleman drivers to handle. But
Lamborghini Squadra Corse chief engi-
neer Leonardo Galante sounds a slightly
ominous warning as I squirm into the
cockpit: “I don’t think you will find this
as much fun as the Super Trofeo.”
The GT3 doesn’t have the same elastic
surge of acceleration out of corners
and down the straights as the muscular
Super Trofeo, carrying 6 to 8 mph less
speed on the entry to the Curva Grande,
for example. But it feels fantastically
more responsive, changing direction
the instant I move the steering wheel.
The extra downforce steadies the car
more under brakes and keeps it planted
through the faster corners.
After the thunderously playful Super
Trofeo, the GT3 feels like a precision
tool, a serious, professional-grade racing
car. I love it. But my lap times have
gone backward.
On fast tracks like Monza—and, ahem,
Vallelunga—its extra downforce and
stickier tires should enable the GT3 to
match the Super Trofeo. But the pace
doesn’t come easily. Trusting the
downforce and mechanical grip

through fast corners is one thing. The

real challenge is in slower corners, where

the GT3 Evo demands absolute precision

and consistency in terms of the line on

corner entry, how and where you get on

and off the brakes, where you clip the

apex, and when you get back on the gas.

That means, says Lamborghini

Squadra Corse team driver Mirko

Bortolotti, the GT3 has a much narrower

operating window than the Super Trofeo:

“Gentleman drivers like the Super Trofeo

because it’s playful. The GT3 is not

playful. The more you slide, the slower

you are.” True, that.

The Huracán GT3 Evo is unforgiving in

the sense that it punishes sloppiness and

over-driving, sometimes with deceptive

subtlety. It can easily feel faster than the

Super Trofeo—that razor-sharp turn-in

response, the greater high-speed grip

and stability. But don’t be surprised if the

telemetry tells you otherwise. Q

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