Promising to outshine even its thrilling April season-opener in Sydney, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia charges into the second encounter 2025 from May 15-18 at the home of the Chinese Grand Prix, the mighty 5.451km Shanghai International Circuit.
There, already intense rivalries will be renewed as the impressive international line-up of teams and drivers resumes their missions to seize the 2025 PRO, PRO-AM, AM, and Lamborghini Cup titles in a dazzling line-up of Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2s.
At least 22 Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2 entries head to the home of the Chinese Grand Prix.
Stamping early authority in the PRO ranks were SJM Theodore Racing’s Charles Leong and series newcomer Alex Denning after winning both opening 32-lap encounters in Australia to earn them a 10-point advantage at the top of the class leaderboard. However, such is the extraordinary depth of talent amongst this year’s entry that there is no doubt the DW Evans GT-run pair will again need a faultless weekend to replicate their Sydney success.
Leipert Motorsport’s young guns, Ethan Brown of Singapore and Swede Hampus Eriksson, both series newcomers, got their Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia campaign off to a blinding start by finishing second overall in race one, setting the fastest lap for good measure, to lie second in the PRO category after two races. In Shanghai, Brown is joined by 20-year-old German Jacob Reigel. Reigel joined Liepert Motorsport’s 2024 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe campaign, earning admiration with a podium finish on his debut.
A strong start from DW Evans GT’s championship rookie, Nazim Azman, alongside Emilien Carde, fourth last season despite missing a round, puts the formidable pair just 11 points off the PRO lead heading into round two. Equal on 20 points is the BC Racing PRO line-up of 2024, vice runners-up Gavin Huang and Jonathan Cecotto, on the podium twice in Australia and race winners in Shanghai last season.
Contesting his first full season with the series, and racing solo as a PRO in round one, Lamborghini Bundang by Racegraph’s Peter Li Zhicong is joined in Shanghai by Gerald Goh’s Sydney teammate Lee Jungwoo on a two-driver PRO entry.
Taking the opening PRO-AM honours of the season with a class pole and victory were super-quick Chinese duo Liu Kaishun and Cao Qikuan, now under LK Motorsport by Climax Racing. A runner-up finish in race two sees them at the PRO-AM leaderboard on 28 points. Still, two podium finishes from Korean squad SQDA-GRIT Motorsport’s Liang Jiatong of China and reigning AM champion and a double winner in Shanghai in 2024, Brian Lee Changwoo, put them just three points behind.
On 18 points in the PRO-AM standings are Liu and Cao’s teammates, Lu Zhiwei and Ling Kang, and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Ho-pin Tung and Z-Speed teammate Chen Chunhua. BC Racing’s Johnson Huang, racing this season with 16-year-old son Brian, lies fifth in class after two races, ahead of Arrows Racing PRO-AM line-up of Malaysian star Weiron Tan and seasoned series campaigner Dr. Ma Chi Min.
Climax Racing’s Huang Kuisheng, who partnered fellow PRO Gao Yujia in Australia, switches to the PRO-AM ranks in Shanghai alongside Han Huilin. Han, the 2019 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia AM champion, brings a wealth of experience to the team, and the pair could well upset the form book in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Shanghai sees the welcome return of Madness Racing with a two-driver PRO-AM entry.
