Brendon Leitch Wins Lamborghini World Finals After Leipert’s Monza Strategy Pays Off

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A ninth-place start left Brendon Leitch and Nicolas Stati with little margin for error in the decisive Lamborghini World Finals race at Monza. Their title came down to a clean opening stint from Stati, a prompt pit stop and Leitch’s charge into clear track. For Leitch, it was a second World Finals crown; for Stati, it was a landmark result in his first full season of GT racing.

A measured start, then an early stop

The Leipert Motorsport teammates had finished second in Saturday’s opening Pro/Pro-Am Cup race, but their qualifying position made the next contest a different challenge. Dennis Lind and Elias De La Torre, winners of Race 1, also had ground to make up: a difficult second qualifying session left De La Torre 13th on the grid.

Stati took the first stint and came through the busy opening lap without damage. He passed several cars and handed the Lamborghini to Leitch in fifth or sixth, according to Leitch. Leipert then brought the car in as soon as the pit window opened. The timing put Leitch back on track with room to push, and the undercut moved him ahead of the cars the team was chasing.

That sequence turned a poor grid position into a winning opportunity. Leitch said expectations had been modest before the race, and he framed the result as a welcome change from weekends when the breaks had gone against him. The team still needed speed to make its pit plan count, he added: he praised the car’s pace and credited the crew’s work in giving the drivers a competitive package.

Stati’s first stint set up the win

Stati described his priority at the start as staying out of trouble. With this being the final race, he expected a hectic opening and focused on keeping the car intact while looking for a chance to reach clear air after the stops began. His account underlines how much the result depended on the two stints fitting together: Stati kept Leipert in contention, then Leitch used the open track and fresh tires to attack.

The win carries particular weight for Stati, who came to GT racing after competing in single-seaters and is in his first full year in the category. He called the title a long-standing goal and a major confidence boost. He also credited Leitch with helping him during the transition into sports-car racing.

For Leitch, the championship adds another milestone with Lamborghini. He began his GT career with the marque and had previously won Pro-Am honors at the World Finals in 2024. He said returning to the Super Trofeo car after spending his time racing GT3 machinery reminded him of the appeal of close, direct racing. The Monza victory was also the final event for the Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO2.

Momentum for the next campaign

The result gives the pair a strong starting point for their next shared program: they are due to contest the Asian Le Mans Series this winter in a Leipert Lamborghini Temerario GT3. Stati heads into that schedule with a major sports-car title behind him, while Leitch brings experience in both Lamborghini competition and GT3 racing.

The cars and series will differ, so the World Finals result doesn’t guarantee how the next campaign will unfold. It does show how the pair worked together under pressure: Stati protected the car and gained places, the team acted at the first opening in the pit window, and Leitch converted clear track and pace into the lead. For Leipert, that combination is the useful takeaway from Monza—and a promising base for the duo’s upcoming endurance races.

Leitch said he went into the weekend expecting the team to be quick, though he wasn’t sure exactly where its pace would land. The approach was to do the best possible job and leave nothing on the table. A ninth-place qualifying result made the title run less predictable, but the race execution gave the team a route to the win when it mattered.