The Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 is nearing the end of its lifespan, with only a few months remaining in the sportscar racing season before Lamborghini fully rolls out the Temerario GT3 in 2027.
While the Huracan continues to compete across various championships, only one remains in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, with Wayne Taylor Racing fielding the car.
With the Huracan’s final curtain call on the horizon, many drivers, including WTR pilot Danny Formal, are beginning to reflect on the memories and success of the car, with its final three IMSA races ahead, beginning this weekend at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).
“I’ve been part of the Young Driver Program of Lamborghini since 2021,” Formal said. “It’s been a great program. They’ve helped me a lot in my career. Since I started driving the Huracan, it’s been full seasons for me in IMSA.
“For sure, it’s going to be a goodbye. A very sad goodbye let’s say. Have we been the fastest the whole time? No. We’ve showed great speed with the car though. It’s been kind of up and down the last few years. But for sure, the best sounding GT3 car of all-time, in my opinion. That car is going to truly be missed. I’m going to miss it for sure. It’s been great to us.
“It taught me how to race endurance racing. I come from the sprint world, sprint racing with Super Trofeo, and karting, right? I’ve been karting my whole life. It’s about 20-lap races, only you, and how to make the car good for yourself. Coming into this mindset of endurance racing, it’s been a big shift, it’s all been with the Huracan. It’ll be a goodbye.
“But I’m so excited to be a part of this last car in IMSA history. I think Wayne Taylor Racing is very proud of what we’ve accomplished with the car. This year specifically, I think we’ve nailed the race car. I think I’ve only complained about my post-race reports or sessions we have each race once. The setup has been on point. The guys have done an incredible job nailing the car in our third year with it. It’s been so nice to drive. VIR will be a really good racetrack for the race car.”
The Huracan has enjoyed a successful run in IMSA, with the potential for more success in the final three races. However, that success would not be possible without a strong driver lineup behind the wheel.
WTR’s GTD Huracan lineup, featuring Formal, full-season co-driver Trent Hindman and endurance driver Graham Doyle, has created a potent pairing. With Doyle and Formal also finding success together in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, their familiarity and driver continuity have benefited the program throughout the season.
“We’re all very, very close,” Formal said. “Graham (Doyle) started the journey, his racing journey, here. The coolest thing about Graham is he skipped everything. He went from iRacing straight to Super Trofeo in 2023 at (WeatherTech Raceway) Laguna Seca. I try to help him along the way, and have seen his evolution, and seeing the way he’s improved every year.
“Again, the level of GT racing in IMSA is the highest I’ve ever seen. It’s getting higher every year. You know, GTD and GTD PRO are pretty much factory efforts now and to see him improve and get closer every time – like I said to you guys, the Lamborghini is a fast race car, but it’s not an easy race car to drive. To be fast, you really have to milk it and push its limits. And, you know, it requires a lot of confidence in your driving and a lot of trust in the race car. To see his improvements throughout the year, specifically this year, watching him in Road America, he did a great, great job racing with the pack and staying in the pack and doing some passes of his own. So, it was awesome to see his improvement.
“I’ve known Trent (Hindman) for a very, very long time. He and I karted together back in, you know, the early 2010s, 2009 time. He’s the same age as me, but back then, Trent was not the size he is now. He was a skinny little kid. He was 100 pounds back then. So, he was always racing a category below mine, just because I was the same age as him. But I was a big boy. I was a big boy when I was a kid. I was 180 pounds when I was 13. So, I was always racing the class above. So, I’ve known Trent for a long time, and yeah, the relationship there is fantastic, and I think that’s what WTR has done.
“You could see that also in the GTP side. They always try to keep the driver lineup as regular as possible, so you build relationships with your teammates and create outside the track memories. That really helps the whole team’s aspect of it. Engineering understands what we’re talking about, right? Trent and I speak pretty much the same car language. So, it’s quite easy for the engineers to work on the car. It’s not like Trent wants more front and I want more rear. It’s pretty much that we want the same thing. So, it makes it a lot easier for the engineering group to make the car the best possible, right? I think that’s one of the biggest things we’ve learned as a group that, that continuity of having the same teammate for years on. It really does help.”
Although the Huracan chapter is coming to a close for Formal, his teammates and the WTR organization, he hopes to continue his Lamborghini journey by competing in one of the brand’s newest GT3 cars, the Temerario.
“I’d love to be in the Temerario. think it’s a great car. I think they’re gonna bring upgrades through the season and into next season, and it’s just getting better and better. They’ve had very low reliability issues, which is great for a car that has such limited testing and they kind of threw it in the deep end, racing the DTM championship, racing in SRO in Europe and racing here in IMSA. I think they did a great job of choosing just pro cars and pro teams to take it, to make it right for the gentlemen drivers and make it right for the satellite team. So, yeah, I’d love to be in the Temerario. I think it’s a great platform and yeah, I’m excited to see what my team chooses and hopefully I’m in their plans.”
This Sunday’s GT-only Michelin GT Challenge is set to start at noon ET, live on NBC and Peacock, while also being broadcast outside of the United States on IMSA.tv and IMSA’s official YouTube channel.
