Brendon Leitch and Nicolas Stati win the Pro title from ninth on the grid at Monza. Lewandowski retains his Am crown after a reprimand, while Rocky T Bolduc takes the LB Cup title.
Brendon Leitch and Nicolas Stati won the Lamborghini World Finals Pro title on 25 October, taking victory in Monza’s deciding race from ninth on the grid. Bronislav Formanek and Anthony Pretorius secured the Pro-Am championship with second in class in the same finale, while Chris van der Drift and Todd Kingsford took the Pro-Am race victory.
Leipert Motorsport’s Leitch and Stati had finished second in the opening Pro/Pro-Am race on 24 October. Their deciding victory gave Leitch his second World Finals title, following his Pro-Am success in 2024.
Sportscar365 said Stati stopped at the end of lap six of 21, as soon as the permitted pit-stop window opened. That released Leitch onto clear track while the leaders remained in a line of cars; the pair ultimately won by 6.297 seconds.
Leitch said Stati avoided trouble during the opening stint, passed several cars and handed over in fifth or sixth place. Stati said his priority was to keep out of trouble during the hectic opening stages.
By the time van der Drift handed over to Kingsford, Leitch had climbed to second. Leitch then passed Kingsford for the overall lead. Leitch described the strategy as an undercut: stopping before rivals and using the laps before their stops to move ahead.
The Pro and Pro-Am entries shared the race but competed for separate class titles. Van der Drift and Kingsford finished sixth overall and won the finale’s Pro-Am class. Micanek Motorsport’s Formanek and Pretorius finished second in class, enough to secure the World Finals championship and add it to their European Pro-Am crown.
Sportscar365 reports that rival Patrik Fraboni’s crash before the final race settled the overall championship, while Leipert Motorsport’s crews won both Monza races.
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The Am and LB Cup categories contested their separate titles in another race. Andrzej Lewandowski won both Am races, taking the opener on 24 October before starting the decider from pole position, the first spot on the grid. His third World Finals title followed his Pro-Am championship in 2019 and Am crown in 2022.
Lewandowski received only a reprimand after an investigation into driving too slowly in the pit lane to avoid falling short of the minimum stop time. The inquiry concerned slow driving, not speeding, and left his race win and Am championship unchanged.
Stephane Lemeret led at the start but cut the second part of the opening chicane, a sequence of tight corners. Returning the place on the following lap did not prevent a five-second penalty. Rodrigue Gillion inherited the lead when he took over Lemeret’s CMR car during the mandatory stops, but Lewandowski passed him at Roggia on the next lap. A late collision at Ascari brought out the safety car; Lewandowski held off Gillion in the one-lap finish after racing resumed.
Lemeret and Gillion’s penalty dropped them to seventh. Paul Whiting and Daniel Morillo’s SP Motorsports entry was penalised for cutting the chicane at the start, while Johan Schwartz and Michael Fitzpatrick received a sanction for a pit stop that was too short. Those penalties promoted North America Am champion David Staab from fifth across the line to second.
| Position | Driver or drivers |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andrzej Lewandowski |
| 2 | David Staab |
| 3 | Johan Schwartz and Michael Fitzpatrick |
Rocky T Bolduc fell from first on the LB Cup grid to fourth, while closest rival Claude-Yves Gosselin ran second—positions that would have left them level on points. Philippe Touchette spun Gosselin in the closing stages, dropping him to sixth in class. Class leader Philip Tang cut the chicane at the safety-car restart while battling Petar Matic.
Christopher Koebbe won the LB Cup race ahead of Bolduc. Second place secured Bolduc the World Finals crown after he had missed out on the North American title at the same Monza event.
The finale marked the last appearance of the Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2. The Temerario Super Trofeo is due to replace it in 2027.
Leitch and Stati are set to continue together with Leipert in the winter Asian Le Mans Series. Leitch described the World Finals title as a boost before that campaign.
Zhicong Li and Titus Sherlock won the wet finale, while Tregurtha finished just ahead of his championship rival to secure the season title.
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