10,000 RPM AND ITALIAN SOUL: MOTOGP CHAMP PECCO BAGNAIA GETS FIRST TASTE OF THE LAMBORGHINI TEMERARIO
When Lamborghini dropped the curtain on its all-new Temerario, a 677 kW hybrid monster with a shrieking 10,000 rpm redline, it made sense to hand the keys to someone who understands what it’s like to dance at the limit of traction at 350 km/h. Enter Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia, two-time reigning MotoGP World Champion, full-throttle Italian legend, and the winningest rider in Ducati’s Desmosedici GP history. With 40 wins and 78 podiums under his race leathers, Bagnaia knows a thing or two about machines that blur the line between man and missile. His Ducati Desmosedici GP is a purebred 1,000 cc, 90° V4 weapon with over 250 hp on tap, a seamless gearbox, and a dry weight of just 157 kg - a carbon-fibre scalpel purpose-built to carve up apexes at over 350 km/h. So when he climbed aboard Lamborghini’s most radical creation yet, expectations were high. And according to Pecco? The Temerario didn’t just deliver - it redefined the supercar experience. “I’d never felt anything like it,” he said after his first drive. “It doesn’t feel like a turbocharged engine. It feels like a naturally aspirated motor with the lungs of a lion. Reaching 10,000 rpm is surreal. But even more surprising is how easy it is to drive fast. It’s that perfect fusion of rawness and refinement.”
There’s a poetic symmetry here. Bagnaia races with the number 63, a nod to the year Lamborghini was founded - 1963. He’s also Ducati’s poster boy, and Ducati just so happens to be Lamborghini’s two-wheeled cousin under the Volkswagen Group umbrella. When two Bologna-based performance brands with racing pedigrees this deep collide, the result is bound to be something special. And in this case, it’s the Temerario. The Temerario is an all-new model, born from Lamborghini’s vision of what an HPEV (High-Performance Electrified Vehicle) can be. And while its shape is unmistakably Sant’Agata, what lies beneath is unlike anything Lamborghini has ever built.
The heartbeat of the Temerario is a brand-new, twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8, designed and developed entirely in-house at Lamborghini. That alone would be headline-worthy. But this isn’t just any turbo V8. It’s the first and only production V8 capable of revving to a spine-tingling 10,000 rpm. Let that sink in. The engine alone is good for 588 kW, and it’s backed up by three electric motors - one integrated into the new eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, and two mounted on the front axle for all-wheel drive capability and torque vectoring voodoo. The total output? 677 kW and 730 Nm of torque. Performance is as wild as the spec sheet suggests: 0–100 km/h in 2.7 seconds, 0–200 km/h in 7.1 seconds, and a top speed of 343 km/h. That makes the Temerario not only one of the fastest Lambos ever built, but also one of the fastest anything with license plates. The Temerario joins the hybridised ranks of the Revuelto and Urus SE, marking a major turning point for Lamborghini. The Italian supercar maker is now the first luxury performance brand to offer a fully hybrid range - but don't let the word "hybrid" fool you. This isn’t about sipping fuel or appeasing regulators. This is about using electrification to enhance performance, sharpen dynamics, and amplify the kind of emotion that makes Lamborghini what it is.
Where the V12-powered Revuelto brings a sledgehammer approach to hybrid speed, the Temerario is a scalpel - precision-engineered, beautifully balanced, and dripping in innovation. The front e-motors offer torque fill, vectoring, and regenerative braking, while the rear-mounted e-motor enhances gearshifts and delivers instant torque when you flatten your right foot. But the real party trick is how organic it all feels. Despite the tech wizardry, there's no digital disconnect. The car still feels like a Lamborghini - loud, raw, unapologetic - just with added dimension and depth.
For a man used to the razor-edge response of a MotoGP bike, the Temerario struck a chord. “It reminds me of riding in qualifying - when everything is sharp, immediate, and alive. But here, you’re surrounded by leather, carbon, and comfort. It’s like being in a spaceship that wants to go racing.” That’s exactly the point. The Temerario isn’t a track car. It’s a road car with track DNA, designed to deliver that peak experience whether you're storming Mugello or carving mountain passes. Visually, the Temerario draws from Lamborghini’s signature angular DNA but evolves it into something more fluid, more aerodynamic. The aggressive front splitter, sculpted side channels, and race-inspired rear diffuser aren’t just for show - they work in concert to keep the car glued at triple-digit speeds. Inside, it’s the usual Lamborghini theatre, reimagined for the electrified era. Digital interfaces, fighter jet switches, and carbon-fibre everything. But there's also a newfound sense of polish, of maturity, a sign that Lamborghini’s future is being penned with just as much care as its roaring past. The Temerario represents more than just another supercar. It’s a symbol of transition, where old-school Italian drama meets cutting-edge electrification. And with guys like Bagnaia behind the wheel - literal champions of the modern motorsport era - it shows that Lamborghini’s DNA hasn’t just survived the shift. It’s thriving. This is Lamborghini in its purest form: bold, loud, innovative, and gloriously irrational. A company that builds 10,000 rpm V8s in 2025 because it can. The Temerario doesn’t just shout about the future - it screams it at 10,000 revolutions per minute. And we are here for it.
Take a look at the YouTube video that shows what happens when you put one of the world's best MotoGP riders in the cockpit of the high-revving Lamborghini Temerario which is essentially a 4-sheeled screaming bike - sort of: Lamborghini Temerario: Fuoriclasse On Track with Francesco Bagnaia | Lamborghini
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