Duqueine Team

Duqueine Team
Founded	2014
Founder(s)	Gilles Duqueine; Yann Belhomme
Base	Fontenay-le-Comte, France
Team principal(s)	Gilles Duqueine (director); Thibaut de Mérindol (team principal);
Current series	European Le Mans Series; Asian Le Mans Series; 24 Hours of Le Mans
Former series	FIA World Endurance Championship; FFSA GT Championship; Renault Sport Trophy; Le Mans Cup; V de V Endurance Series; 24H Series; Blancpain Endurance Series
Current drivers	European Le Mans Series:; 30.; Doriane Pin; Richard Verschoor; Giorgio Roda
Website	https://www.duqueine.com/

Duqueine Team, formerly known as Duqueine Engineering, is a French sports car racing team founded in 2014.^[1]^[2] The team currently competes in the European Le Mans Series in LMP2. They previously operated 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 D08 and Duqueine D09 LMP3 prototypes 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]

2026: Partnership with R-ace GP

In early 2026, Gilles Duqueine announced a strategic partnership with R-ace GP, which took over operational management of the squad's LMP2 programme. The collaboration aims to build a team that is "agile, high-performing and aligned with a shared vision." As part of the move, Duqueine Team relocated from its Alès base to R-ace GP's facilities in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée.

A few weeks later, the team unveiled its line-up for the LMP2 Pro/Am category of the 2026 European Le Mans Series(ELMS) season: Italian driver Giorgio Roda, Dutch Formula 2 driver Richard Verschoor, and French driver Doriane Pin, the 2025 F1 Academy champion and a Mercedes Formula 1 development driver.

The crew finished 3rd in the opening round of the championship. That result was matched in the following round with another 3rd-place finish, putting Duqueine Team at the top of the LMP2 Pro/Am standings.

In June 2026, the team took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the 7th time in its history. Doriane Pin and Richard Verschoor were joined by Porsche factory driver Julien Andlauer aboard the No. 30 Oreca 07. Starting 6th in class, the car quickly moved into the class lead and held it for nearly 20 hours, before a front-left brake failure ended its race with roughly three hours remaining.

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
2024	Duqueine Team	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	James Allen John Falb Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	LMP2 (Pro-Am)	112	DNF	DNF
2026	Duqueine Team	30	Oreca 07-Gibson	Julien Andlauer Doriane Pin Richard Verschoor	LMP2	307	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
2016	Duqueine Engineering	LMP3	20	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	Eric Clement Maxime Pialat Romain Iannetta 1–2 Antonin Borga 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
2017	Duqueine Engineering	LMP3	8	Ligier JS P3 (rounds 1–2) Norma M30 (rounds 3–6)	Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8	Vincent Beltoise Henry Hassid 1–2 Lucas Légeret 2–6 Douglas Lundberg 3 Nicolas Melin 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 4.2 L 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 4.2 L 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 4.2 L 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 4.2 L V8	Richard Bradley Memo Rojas Reshad de Gerus 1–3 Anders Fjordbach 4 Mathieu de Barbuat 5 Rui Andrade 6	LEC 12	IMO 6	MNZ Ret	CAT 6	SPA 9	ALG 9	10th	20
2023	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	René Binder Neel Jani Nico Pino	CAT 1	LEC 2	ARA 6	SPA 6	ALG 5	POR 5	4th	79
2024	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	James Allen Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer Niels Koolen 1–3, 5–6 Rasmus Lindh 4	CAT 11	LEC 6	IMO 9	SPA 12	MUG 8	ALG 7	13th	20
2025	Duqueine Team	LMP2	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	Reshad de Gerus Roy Nissany Francesco Simonazzi 1-3 Benjamin Pedersen 4-6	CAT RET	LEC 7	IMO 9	SPA 10	SIL 11	ALG RET	15th	10
2026	Duqueine Team	LMP2 Pro/Am	30	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	Doriane Pin Richard Verschoor Giorgio Roda	CAT 3	LEC 3	IMO	SPA	SIL	ALG	3rd*	31*

* Season still in progress.

Cars

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

References

↑ "Duqueine Engineering". pole-mecanique.fr. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
↑ 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.
1 2 Watkins, Gary (28 November 2023). "Isotta Fraschini partners with Duqueine for 2024 WEC after Vector split". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
↑ Dagys, John (4 December 2017). "Duqueine Mobility Acquires Norma". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
↑ "Notre Histoire". Duqueine (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2024.
↑ "Fairmat signs a development partnership with the Duqueine Group". JEC. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Duqueine Engineering". pole-mecanique.fr. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. 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.

[IsottaFraschini-3] 1 2 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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