Duqueine Team

Duqueine Team

Founded	2014
Founder(s)	Gilles Duqueine Yann Belhomme
Base	Alès, France
Team principal(s)	Gilles Duqueine (director) Max Favard (team manager)
Current series	FIA World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series Asian Le Mans Series
Former series	FFSA GT Championship Renault Sport Trophy Le Mans Cup V de V Endurance Series 24H Series Blancpain Endurance Series
Current drivers	FIA World Endurance Championship: 11. Carl Bennett Antonio Serravalle Jean-Karl Vernay European Le Mans Series: 30. James Allen Niels Koolen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Website	https://www.duqueine.com/

Duqueine Team, formerly known as Duqueine Engineering, is a French sports car racing team founded in 2014. ^{[1] [2]} As well as competing in the European Le Mans Series in LMP2, the team operates Isotta Fraschini's Hypercar entry in the FIA World Endurance Championship. ^[3] It is also active as a constructor under the Duqueine Automotive banner, notably creating the Duqueine D-08 LMP3 prototype after buying out Norma Auto Concept in 2017. ^[4]

The squad's origin dates back to 1976, when brothers Gilles and Vincent Duqueine began building single-seater race cars. Their company, Duqueine Group, currently manufactures composite parts for the aeronautics industry. ^{[5] [6]}

Duqueine at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	Duqueine Engineering	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	Romain Dumas Nico Jamin Pierre Ragues	LMP2	363	12th	7th
2020	Duqueine Team	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Konstantin Tereshchenko	LMP2	100	DNF	DNF
2021	Duqueine Team	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	René Binder Tristan Gommendy Memo Rojas	LMP2	357	14th	9th
2022	Duqueine Team	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	Richard Bradley Reshad de Gerus Memo Rojas	LMP2	326	52nd	25th
2023	Duqueine Team	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	René Binder Neel Jani Nico Pino	LMP2	327	11th	3rd
2024	Isotta Fraschini [3]	11	Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C	Carl Bennett Antonio Serravalle Jean-Karl Vernay	Hypercar	302	14th	14th
	Duqueine Team	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	James Allen John Falb Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	LMP2	112	DNF	DNF

European Le Mans Series

Year	Entrant	Class	No	Chassis	Engine	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Pts
2016	Duqueine Engineering	LMP3	19	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	David Hallyday Dino Lunardi David Droux	SIL 4	IMO 4	RBR 2	LEC 2	SPA Ret	EST 9	3rd	62
			20			Eric Clement Maxime Pialat Romain Iannetta (rounds 1–2) Antonin Borga (rounds 3–6)	SIL 10	IMO 11	RBR 11	LEC 13	SPA 10	EST Ret	18th	3.5
2017	Duqueine Engineering	LMP3	7	Ligier JS P3 (rounds 1–2) Norma M30 (rounds 3–6)	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	Antonin Borga David Droux Nicolas Schatz	SIL 11	MNZ 8	RBR 9	LEC Ret	SPA 2	ALG 4	8th	37.5
			8			Vincent Beltoise Henry Hassid (rounds 1–2) Lucas Légeret (rounds 2–6) Douglas Lundberg (round 3) Nicolas Melin (rounds 4–6)	SIL Ret	MNZ 13	RBR 11	LEC NC	SPA 13	ALG 10	17th	2.5
2018	Duqueine Engineering	LMP2	29	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Nico Jamin Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues	LEC 3	MNZ 6	RBR DSQ	SIL 7	SPA 5‡	ALG Ret	8th	35
2019	Duqueine Engineering	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Richard Bradley Nico Jamin Pierre Ragues	LEC 3	MNZ 6	CAT 4	SIL Ret	SPA 5	ALG Ret	6th	45
2020	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Tristan Gommendy Jonathan Hirschi Konstantin Tereshchenko	LEC Ret	SPA 4	LEC 9	MNZ 7	ALG 2		6th	38
2021	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	René Binder Tristan Gommendy Memo Rojas	CAT 6	RBR 9	LEC 4	MNZ 5	SPA 2	ALG NC	5th	52
2022	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	Richard Bradley Memo Rojas Reshad de Gerus (rounds 1–3) Anders Fjordbach (round 4) Mathieu de Barbuat (round 5) Rui Andrade (round 6)	LEC 12	IMO 6	MNZ Ret	CAT 6	SPA 9	ALG 9	10th	20
2023	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	René Binder Neel Jani Nico Pino	CAT 1	LEC 2	ARA 6	SPA 6	POR 5	ALG 5	4th	79
2024	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2L V8	James Allen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer Niels Koolen (rounds 1–3, 5–6) Rasmus Lindh (round 4)	CAT 11	LEC 6	IMO 9	SPA 12	MUG 8	ALG 7	13th	20

Cars

Year	Car	Image	Category
2020	Duqueine D08		LMP3
2025	Duqueine D09		LMP3

References

1. "Duqueine Engineering". pole-mecanique.fr. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
2. Mercier, Laurent (10 February 2014). "Le Duqueine Engineering fait confiance à Ferrari et lorgne sur l'Endurance". Endurance-Info (in French). Archived from the original on 22 January 2018.
3. Watkins, Gary (28 November 2023). "Isotta Fraschini partners with Duqueine for 2024 WEC after Vector split". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 29 March 2024.
4. Dagys, John (4 December 2017). "Duqueine Mobility Acquires Norma". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
5. "Notre Histoire". Duqueine (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
6. "Fairmat signs a development partnership with the Duqueine Group". JEC. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

External links

• Official website