As Lamborghini Iron Lynx continues to step toward the upcoming season, the sports car team has announced its driver lineup for the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The team’s WEC operation will be featuring the Lamborghini Squadra Corse Factory pairing of Mirko Bortolotti and Daniil Kvyat.
Bortolotti, 33, has been driving Lamborghini race cars since 2014, in a successful partnership that delivered at all levels of GT racing. It will be fitting for him to spearhead the new endeavor as Lamborghini opens a new chapter of its competitive history.
Kvyat, a 29-year-old veteran of 110 Formula One starts, joined the Lamborghini Squadra Corse Factory Driver pool earlier this year and recently completed his maiden WEC run with PREMA Racing in the LMP2 class. He scored a podium finish in the 1000 Miles of Sebring this year, adding up to a career filled with accomplishments.
The two WEC racers will be partnered in the Lamborghini Iron Lynx roster by another long-time Lamborghini driver, Andrea Caldarelli. The Italian will compete in the Michelin Endurance Cup, encompassing the endurance events of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship.
“Today’s announcement is particularly significant,” Iron Lynx Team Principal and CEO, Andrea Piccini, said. “Having the first names allocated to our roster brings us closer to our 2024 debut, and marks a new phase in the development of this project. We already worked with Mirko, Daniil and Andrea this year, and we were impressed by their skills, experience, and professionalism. I cannot wait to reveal our full lineups and see where the future will bring us.”
Bortolotti, Caldarelli and Kvyat carried out an instrumental role in the new car’s developmental process. As the Lamborghini SC63 LMDh prototype is set to hit the track to begin its American testing program, it will also run for the first time in an official and collective setting, joining the IMSA pack at Daytona (Fla.) Int’l Speedway in early December.