Two German teams are now gearing up for exciting track programmes which will see them fly the Lamborghini standard in sportscar racing this year: B-Racing with a Murciélago R-GT in a programme focused around the FIA GT Championship, and Lambo-Racing who will run a Gallardo GTR in the national VLN series.

B-Racing have just unveiled computer generated projections of the livery which their new Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT, set to race in this year's FIA GT Championship, Le Mans Endurances Series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, will be adorned. B-Racing took delivery of a Reiter Engineering-built and developed Murciélago R-GT last autumn and have conducted several track tests since, including one at the Adria Raceway in December, as they attempt to hone the racer into a competitive proposition for the 2006 season.

Logistics for B-Racing's season will be provided by RS-Line Race Support while the first driver of the team was named shortly before Christmas as Austro-American Norbert Walchhofer. The multiple Ferrari-Challenge Champion is set to integrate his sponsorship package into the new team. JMB Racing's Philipp Peter had been strongly linked to the drive although the Austrian is now believed to be out of the equation.
 

Meanwhile off-season is no time to relax for Lambo-Racing GmbH. The Untermerzbach-based squad is using the free time to add ABS to the Lamborghini Gallardo GTR: " ABS will give us a big advantage, especially during tricky Eifel weather conditions", explains driver Stephan Rösler. Some weeks ago, the car had an exciting outing on the French Le Castellet circuit during the official FIA GT3 european series presentation. Driver Andreas Kitzerow was able to drive some fast laps on the French circuit: "Our four-wheel drive was a big advantage during the wet conditions. That's why we were faster than Aston Martin, Maserati and Lotus. Four-wheel drive wont be legal in the GT3 Championship but we wont enter our car there anyways", explains Kitzerow. "It was fun to drive on another circuit and we showed the car can be competitive outside the Nürburgring," adds Rösler.

Development on the Gallardo GTR will continue until the start of the 2006 VLN season. The last season ended on a high with the first ever class win for the Gallardo, nevertheless both drivers are sure there's much more to come: "The car's potential is not yet reached, there's still lots of development work to do."