Duqueine Team

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Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team
Duqueine logo.png
Founded2014
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 driversFIA World Endurance Championship:
11.
Flag of Thailand.svg Carl Bennett
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Antonio Serravalle
Flag of France.svg Jean-Karl Vernay
European Le Mans Series:
30.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Allen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Koolen
Flag of France.svg 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]

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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 Oreca 07 - Neel Jani, Rene Binder & Nicolas Pino enters Tertre Rouge at the 2023 Le Mans (53469922676).jpg
Duqueine at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearEntrantNo.CarDriversClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2019 Flag of France.svg Duqueine Engineering30 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Flag of France.svg Nico Jamin
Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues
LMP2 36312th7th
2020 Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team30 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jonathan Hirschi
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Tereshchenko
LMP2 100DNFDNF
2021 Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team30 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Austria.svg René Binder
Flag of France.svg Tristan Gommendy
Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
LMP2 35714th9th
2022 Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team30 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bradley
Flag of France.svg Reshad de Gerus
Flag of Mexico.svg Memo Rojas
LMP2 32652nd25th
2023 Flag of France.svg Duqueine Team30 Oreca 07-Gibson Flag of Austria.svg René Binder
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani
Flag of Chile.svg Nico Pino
LMP2 32711th3rd

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