Track testing underway for Lamborghini SC63 LMDh
Lamborghini says it has successfully completed the first real track test of its SC63 LMDh prototype, with which it will contest next year’s FIA WEC and IMSA championships.
The test followed an initial shakedown at Vallelunga at the start of the month, with the team’s engineers starting calibration work on the LMDh machine alongside Lamborghini’s factory-supported IMSA and WEC team, Iron Lynx.
Official factory drivers Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli and Daniil Kvyat each drove during the test, notching up 1,500km of running, and focused on a number of development areas. Two further European tests are scheduled to take place at Paul Ricard and Spa-Francorchamps throughout the rest of August.
The three drivers worked on a variety of calibration tasks across the two days, most notably on the engine (which is the first bespoke racing engine developed in-house by Lamborghini Squadra Corse). Additional gearshift calibration was carried out on the Xtrac gearbox which, although standard to all LMDh cars, can be customized to the brand’s requirements of gear ratios and mechanical differential setup. The team also worked on refining the speed limiter and traction control systems as well as conducting a brake migration, cooling data acquisition and an extensive aerodynamic test.
According to the team, no major issues were experienced and though there were bugs to be ironed out, the first impressions of the car were positive.
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