Lamborghini Huracan Performante at the 'ring

No lap time yet but Lamborghini ramps up the pre-Geneva hype for its super hot Huracan

That Lamborghini is to launch a track-focused Huracan Performante at Geneva and do it with a scene-stealing Nurburgring lap time is a fairly open secret. Open enough that Lamborghini itself is now boasting about the fact on its YouTube channel, its latest video sharing details of the features that have helped the car storm to what is expected to be a faster lap than even the Aventador SV.

'Nurburgring was dominated by ALA (Aerodinamica Lamborghini Attiva)' is the video's clickbait-friendly title, the fairly obvious takeaway from that and the animations therein that the Performante features active aerodynamics. This would include a flap in the intake for the front splitter that can open and direct air under the car to reduce drag and increase top speed and what looks like some kind of duct that can do the same with the massive fixed rear wing. Clearly the aim is for a perfect match of high-downforce aero grip to maximise cornering speed with low-drag slipperiness for carrying it down the straights too. The Nordschleife, of course, has both and in the snippets of footage the Performante looks suitably nailed down and quick.

How fast though? The word would indicate something in the low 6min 50sec range, which would be decisively quicker than the 918 Spyder's 6min 57sec and a sign Lamborghini has been 'allowed' to make a naturally-aspirated, lightweight junior supercar go faster than Porsche's hybrid hypercar technical showcase.

We're promised full details next week. Stay tuned and all that.

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