Founded | 2014 |
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Founder(s) | Gilles Duqueine Yann Belhomme |
Base | Alès, France |
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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]
Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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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 |
Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
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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 Niels Koolen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | CAT 11 | LEC 6 | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 11th* | 0* |
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