Three years ago, at the Spanish circuit of Valencia, Lamborghini claimed its first podium in international competition, finishing third in the second round of the 2004 FIA GT Championship with the Lamborghini Murciélago. 

It has taken three years of hard work, but finally that work paid off, and Lamborghini has claimed its first international win, the culmination of seven years of work from Hans Reiter, who has been developing Lamborghini cars and racing them in the FIA GT Championship since 2000.

With a combination of perfect timing and strategy, the All-Inkl.com Racing Lamborghini Murciélago was in the lead when the safety car pulled back into the pits.  And with all the skill of the triple FIA GT Champion, Christophe Bouchut defended that lead from his rivals at the restart, holding a charging Philipp Peter and an equally keen Anthony Kumpen and Fabio Babini behind him until the chequered flag.

Lamborghini's racing history started in the 1980's, with a car developed for the Group C championship season, although a lack of sponsorship caused it to miss the season. The company supplied engines to Formula One between 1989 and 1993.  The Lamborghini Diablo was raced in the Lamborghini Supertrophy, the single-make series run by SRO.  The Murciélago R-GT was developed by Lamborghini as a production racing car to compete in the FIA GT Championship, the Super GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series in 2004, with the season highlight being Valencia.  In 2006, during the opening round of the Super GT championship at Suzuka, a car run by the Japan Lamborghini Owners Club garnered the first class victory by an R-GT.

Now, with overall victory in Zhuhai, Lamborghini has joined the other winning makes in the FIA GT Championship, along with McLaren, Mercedes, Porsche, Chrysler, Lister, Ferrari, Maserati, Saleen, Aston Martin and Corvette.