The new Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT, which was launched recently at the Frankfurt Motor Show, took to the track for the first time at Vallelunga last week with test driver Rinaldo 'Dindo' Capello at the helm - but will not race at Estoril this weekend.
The roll-out on the first day was followed by two days of testing which, despite running smoothly, highlighted a problem with component availability that has resulted in the Reiter Engineering team deciding to give the car its first public outing at the Monza round of the FIA GT championship in the middle of October, rather than at this weekend's Estoril round.
“The whole team has worked extremely hard to prepare the car for this first test within a relatively short time frame," a spokesperson from Automobili Lamborghini said of the first test, "but we agree with Reiter's decision, due to the availability of parts, to race for the first time at Monza.”
Former ALMS champion Capello enjoyed his first stint in the new car and summed up the Vallelunga outing by claiming that 'there's so much potential with the R-GT."
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