Oregon Team’s Silas Lovén Rytter and Patrik Fraboni launched themselves into 2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe title contention after claiming a clean sweep of victories at Imola. The crew of the #36 Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 mastered both dry and wet conditions, as the 33-car field put on a superb display on the weekend of the second edition of Lamborghini Arena at the Santerno circuit.
With their fourth podium in as many races, the DL Racing pairing of Simone Iaquinta and Kevin Gilardoni extended their championship advantage to four points over Rytter and Fraboni, who in turn head into the third round of the year at Spa-Francorchamps two points clear of Rexal Villorba Corse’s Benedetto Strignano and Nicholas Pujatti.
Josef Knopp and Pietro Perolini (Oregon Team) shared the Pro-Am spoils with the ASR partnership of Miloš Pavlović and Alessio Ruffini, while Raffaele Giannoni (Automobile Tricolore) did likewise with the returning father-and-son combination of Andrzej and Adrian Lewandowski (GT3 Poland) in Am. Petar Matić (ASR) split the Lamborghini Cup wins with Oregon Team’s Adalberto Baptista.
Race 1
Pavlović was quickest in a twice red-flagged first qualifying session on Saturday and held onto both the overall and Pro-Am lead as the 33-car field headed into Tamburello on the opening lap. Behind, the Pro entry of Iaquinta led the chasing group ahead of Anthony Pretorius (Mičánek Motorsport) and Jonathan Cecotto (Invictus Corse). Although he had built a 2.5-second margin at the end of the first lap, Pavlović was soon dealt a drivethrough penalty for jumping the start and lost the lead to Iaquinta. That also elevated Pretorius and Cecotto’s scrap to the battle for the class lead, with Cecotto superbly moving into second overall thanks to a late dive down the inside of Pretorius at Piratella. Cecotto then used his superior pace – having set the fastest lap – to immediately chase down and pass Iaquinta for the outright lead around the outside of Rivazza. Gilardoni took over from Iaquinta in the #72 Huracán at the mandatory pit-stops and maintained the Pro lead from Rytter, who swapped with Fraboni after a solid opening stint from the latter. Gilardoni then lost time behind Cecotto’s team-mate Sergei Astafjev approaching the Villeneuve chicane, which allowed Rytter to claim the inside line and the race lead moments before the safety car was deployed after Hugo Giraud spun into the gravel at Acque Minerali. Two more interruptions followed suite, both after separate heavy incidents for Christian Bortolato and Peder Møller at Tamburello and then for Luciano Privitelio approaching Rivazza. Both Bortolato and Privitelio emerged unscathed, but their cars suffered too much damage to make it out for race two. Fraboni and Rytter, therefore, took their first victory of the season in the Pro class, with Iaquinta and Gilardoni second. Jerzy Spinkiewicz completed the podium in third, recording his first finish of the season for UNIQ Racing.
In Pro-Am, Perolini and Knopp took their first victory of the season, with Paolo Biglieri and Marzio Moretti (ASR) taking second place after an entertaining panel-bashing final lap scrap with Paul Levet’s #6 VSR machine. The safety car interruptions benefitted Pavlović and Ruffini, who managed to recover from their early drivethrough, finishing fourth on the road but third after a 40-second post-race penalty for Levet and Miguel Cristóvão. On his return to the championship, Raffaele Giannoni Automobile Tricolore) claimed the win from Andrzej and Adrian Lewandowski, with Karim Ojjeh third for Rexal Villorba Corse. Despite their weekend-ending crash in the final six minutes, Luciano and Donovan Privitelio were classified second in Lamborghini Cup, as Matić won for ASR. Ulmar Abdullah Basalamah (ASR) completed the podium.
Race 2
The heavens opened ahead of the afternoon’s second race, with Levet translating his pole position into the early race lead from Moretti, who edged out Matias Salonen (#88 Leipert Motorsport) at turn one. Rytter also made strong progress at the start, moving up two places to fourth either side of the first of two safety car interventions as Spinkiewicz’s rotten luck continued with his third retirement of the year. With conditions gradually improving at the restart, Rytter began to make his early pace count, passing Salonen for third overall and with it the Pro class lead. The Danish driver then overtook Moretti one lap later before setting his sights on Levet. The order remained that way until the pit window opened, with Rytter staying out a lap later than Levet, who relinquished the lead as he handed over to Cristóvão. A half-spin for Salonen just before his stop effectively put the #88 entry out of victory contention as Fraboni rejoined now at the head of the field. The safety car was then called out again after Philip Tang stopped on the entry to Rivazza, but Fraboni used the clear track in front of him to cruise to a second victory of the day. Strignano and Pujatti finished a fine second, prevailing in a tight scrap between Rogério Grotta (Oregon Team) and Iaquinta (DL Racing). Pujatti, who won race two at Paul Ricard, passed Grotta at Piratella before getting the better of Biglieri’s Pro-Am Huracán with two minutes remaining. Iaquinta also made it past Grotta and Biglieri to secure third place and maintain the championship lead heading into the next round at Spa-Francorchamps. Biglieri had inherited the Pro-Am lead after the stops but lost out to Pavlović on the final lap. Despite a spin at Tamburello, Pretorius and Bronislav Formánek bounced back to finish third.
In the Am class, Andrzej and Adrian Lewandowski claimed the victory after a hard-fought battle with the Mičánek Motorsport entry of Renaud Kuppens and Jakub Knoll. Kuppens led the race early on from Adrian Lewandowski and Giannoni and, after handing over to Knoll at the pit-stops, the #46 remained ahead. The safety car restart bunched the field up, leaving Knoll under pressure from Andrzej Lewandowski. The latter made it ahead in the closing stages to take the win, with Giannoni taking the final step on the rostrum. Keen to replicate his race one success, Matić controlled the opening stint of the Lamborghini Cup class, passing Baptista after the first safety car restart. The order swapped after the pit-stops with the Brazilian keeping it altogether to claim the victory, with Holger Harmsen (GT3 Poland) sneaking past Matić for second in the final laps.
Silas Lovén Rytter (Oregon Team): “Two wins from two this weekend is an amazing result; we really maximised both races even though we didn’t start where we had hoped to be. We showed that we had the pace in both wet and dry conditions, Patrik also a great job so I am very proud of us and the whole team. We had a lot of confidence coming into the weekend and already in practice we felt like we had a good car for the race. To win here at Imola, on Italian soil is an amazing feeling. [In race one] I saw that Gilardoni got a bit blocked by the Am driver in front of me and I tried to take advantage of that; it was quite close to the grass but we both left each other space, and it was fair driving.”
Patrik Fraboni (Oregon Team): “I was already very satisfied with the first race but to take the win in the second race is a very big emotion for me. Silas did a fabulous job in the first stint, moving from P6 to P1. I maximised what I could in my stint, didn’t make any silly mistakes. We are now in the fight for the championship, which is exciting, and we have to try and replicate this form next time at Spa.”
The next round takes the Super Trofeo Europe competitors to the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, scene of the Sant’Agata Bolognese brand’s historic maiden triumph in the Spa 24 Hours, as the 2026 season reaches its halfway stage. A pair of 50-minute races will take place between June 25-27.
2026 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe calendar
Round 1 – Paul Ricard (April 10-12)
Round 2 – Imola (May 9-10)
Round 3 – Spa-Francorchamps (June 25-27)
Round 4 – Nürburgring (August 28-30)
Round 5 – Barcelona (October 2-4)
Round 6 – Monza (October 21-23)
Lamborghini World Finals – Monza (October 24-25)