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]

France Duqueine Team
Founded2014
Founder(s)Gilles Duqueine
Yann Belhomme
BaseAlès, France
Team principal(s)
  • Gilles Duqueine (director)
  • Max Favard (team manager)
Current seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
Former seriesFFSA GT Championship
Renault Sport Trophy
Le Mans Cup
V de V Endurance Series
24H Series
Blancpain Endurance Series
Current driversFIA World Endurance Championship:
11.
Thailand Carl Bennett
Canada Antonio Serravalle
France Jean-Karl Vernay
European Le Mans Series:
30.
Australia James Allen
Netherlands Niels Koolen
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Websitehttps://www.duqueine.com/

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

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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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

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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
  Niels Koolen
  Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
CAT
11
LEC
6
IMO SPA MUG ALG 11th* 0*

References

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  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. ^ a b 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.
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