Salonen and Tuomaala win Monza Race 2 as Iaquinta and Gilardoni clinch PRO title
Matias Salonen and Henri Tuomaala won the second Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe race at Monza in the Leipert Motorsport Huracán #88, while Kevin Gilardoni and Simone Iaquinta secured the 2026 PRO class title. Iaquinta and Gilardoni started from the back of the grid and also took a 10-second penalty.
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Matias Salonen e Henri Tuomaala venceram a segunda corrida do fim de semana do Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe em Monza com o Huracán #88 da Leipert Motorsport, enquanto Kevin Gilardoni e Simone Iaquinta ficaram com o título da classe PRO de 2026 sem precisar estar perto da frente do pelotão.
Uma garoa fina caía no asfalto alguns minutos antes da largada, e a corrida virou confusão quase de imediato: Patrik Fraboni, da Oregon Team, bateu no muro na saída da chicane Ascari na volta de formação, encerrando as próprias chances de título e praticamente selando o campeonato a favor de Iaquinta e Gilardoni.
O Safety Car moldou a primeira metade. Depois de algumas voltas em bandeira verde, ele voltou à pista quando Euan Hankey (VSR), Philip Tang (DL Racing) e Alessio Ruffini (ASR) saíram da pista, e ficou até 22 minutos do fim, exatamente quando a janela de pit stops abriu.
Marzio Moretti liderou no começo à frente de Nicolas Stati, mas a ordem mudou nas paradas, quando as equipes que haviam largado com pneus de chuva trocaram para compostos de pista seca. Salonen e Tuomaala, que começaram a prova em sexto, cortaram o pelotão para assumir a liderança e completar uma dobradinha da Leipert Motorsport, com Stati e Leitch em segundo na geral.
Berreby e Giraud preencheram a última vaga do pódio no Huracán inscrito pela Villorba, à frente dos companheiros Strignano e Pujatti, com Leitzke Grotta e Spina (Oregon Team) completando o top 5. Moretti e Paolo Biglieri caíram para sexto, mas levaram a vitória na PRO/AM, com Cristovao/Levet (VSR) em nono e Astafjev/Cecotto (Invictus Corse) em décimo. Logo à frente desse par chegaram Jerzy Spinkiewicz (Uniq Racing) e a dupla Volfe/Balestriero (Leipert Motorsport).
Iaquinta e Gilardoni largaram do fundo do grid depois de um problema na bomba de combustível no segundo treino classificatório, lutaram até a 14ª posição e receberam uma punição de 10 segundos por uma infração no pit stop.
Na classe AM, Andrzej Lewandowski venceu com seu Huracán preparado pela ASR apesar de um rodopio na chicane Roggia, batendo Knoll/Kuppens (Micanek Motorsport), com Lémeret/Gillion (CMR) completando o pódio da classe. Claude-Yves Gosselin (Villorba Corse) venceu a Lamborghini Cup depois de uma segunda metade dura contra Ostergaard/Moller Demant (DC Motorsport), campeões da categoria, com Adalberto Baptista (Oregon) em terceiro.
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