DKR Engineering
DKR Engineering is a Belgian-owned Luxembourgish racing team and preparation firm, which competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship. The company was founded in 2004 by Kendy Janclaes as a branch of the PSI Experience racing team from Belgium. After running PSI's racing programs, DKR began their own programs in 2008, running in the FFSA GT Championship with Corvettes. DKR expanded into the FIA GT Championship in 2009 where PSI had previously competed, running their own program under the Sangari Team Brazil banner and netting a single victory and sixth in the Teams' Championship. DKR's FFSA GT squad won five races in 2009 and secured the Drivers' Championship for Eric Debard.
| Founded | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Kendy Janclaes |
| Current series | European Le Mans Series Asian Le Mans Series Michelin Le Mans Cup Prototype Winter Series |
| Former series | GT & Prototype Challenge FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship FFSA GT Championship |
| Teams' Championships | 7 (2009 FFSA GT, 2017 LMC LMP3, 2018 LMC LMP3, 2019 LMC LMP3, 2020 LMC LMP3, 2021 ELMS LMP3, 2023 ALMS LMP2) |
| Drivers' Championships | 7 (2009 FFSA GT, 2017 LMC LMP3, 2018 LMC LMP3, 2019 LMC LMP3, 2020 LMC LMP3, 2021 ELMS LMP3, 2023 ALMS LMP2) |
In 2010 DKR Engineering partnered with fellow Corvette campaigner Selleslagh Racing Team to compete as a two-car team under Mad-Croc Racing banner in the FIA GT1 World Championship. After a single victory over the season, Selleslagh and DKR will split, forming their own teams for the 2011 season.
The team are four-time LMP3 champions of the Michelin Le Mans Cup and currently lead the standings in 2020.
They have entered Le Mans twice: originally in 2013 with a Lola B11/40-Judd, promoted from the reserve entry list when Gulf Racing withdrew,[1] and in 2022, qualifying for an automatic place through their championship LMP3 win in European Le Mans Series and opting to run in the LMP2 Pro-Am subclass, with the ELMS duo of Jean Glorieux and Laurents Hörr stepping up. The mandatory third driver has not been confirmed.
Racing record edit
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit
| Year | Entrant | No | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | DKR Engineering | 39 | Lola B11/40-Judd | Romain Brandela Olivier Porta Stéphane Raffin | LMP2 | 280 | 38th | 12th |
| 2022 | DKR Engineering | 3 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Alexandre Cougnaud Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 362 | 22nd | 3rd |
| 2023 | DKR Engineering | 43 | Oreca 07-Gibson | Maxime Martin Tom van Rompuy Ugo de Wilde | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 311 | 32nd | 3rd |
Complete European Le Mans Series results edit
| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | DKR Engineering | LMP2 | 39 | Lola B11/40 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | Romain Brandela Olivier Porta Stéphane Raffin Bernard Delhez | SIL 6 | IMO Ret | RBR | HUN | LEC | 10th | 8 | |
| GTC | 85 | BMW Z4 GT3 (Spec 2011) | BMW 4.4 L V8 | Thomas Accary Dimitri Enjalbert Matthieu Lecuyer | SIL | IMO | RBR | HUN | LEC 6 | 10th | 8 | |||
| 2018 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 8 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0L V8 | Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril Miguel Toril Henning Enqvist Fabien Lavergne Ricardo Sanchez Marvin Klein Christian Vaglio Nicolas Maulini | LEC Ret | MNZ Ret | RBR 14 | SIL | SPA 11 | POR 9 | 17th | 2.75 |
| 2020 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 4 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | Laurents Hörr François Kirmann Wolfgang Triller Jean Glorieux | LEC 10 | SPA 6 | LEC 6 | MNZ 7 | POR 10 | 9th | 24 | |
| 2021 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 4 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | Laurents Hörr Alain Berg Leonard Weiss Jean-Phillipe Dayrault Mathieu de Barbuat | CAT 5 | RBR 8 | LEC 1 | MNZ 1 | SPA 1 | POR 4 | 1st | 105 |
| 2022 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 4 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | Sebastián Álvarez Alexander Bukhantsov Tom van Rompuy James Winslow | LEC 9 | IMO 5 | MNZ 8 | CAT 2 | SPA 2 | POR 7 | 3rd | 60 |
| 2023 | DKR Engineering | LMP2 | 3 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | Sebastián Álvarez Nathanaël Berthon Tom van Rompuy | CAT5 | LEC | ARA | SPA | POR | ALG |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results edit
| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 63 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | DUB Ret | DUB 4 | YMC 5 | YMC 5 | 6th | 32 |
| 2022 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 2 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | Sebastián Álvarez Mathieu de Barbuat Laurents Hörr | DUB Ret | DUB 7 | YMC 1 | YMC 7 | 6th | 41 |
| 2023 | DKR Engineering | LMP2 | 3 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | Charlie Eastwood Ayhancan Güven Salih Yoluç | DUB 2 | DUB 2 | YMC 3 | YMC 1 | 1st | 76 |
| LMP3 | 5 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | Valentino Catalano Tom van Rompuy | DUB 6 | DUB 1 | YMC 5 | YMC 10 | 4th | 44 |
Complete Michelin Le Mans Cup results edit
| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 3 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | Jean Glorieux Alexander Toril | MNZ 2 | LMN 1 Ret | LMN 2 1 | RBR 1 | LEC 1 | SPA 1 | POR DSQ | 1st | 114 |
| 6 | Edgar Lau Jacques Wolf | MNZ | LMN 1 19 | LMN 2 5 | RBR | LEC | SPA | POR | 18th | 5.5 | |||||
| 91 | ADESS-03 | Sylvain Boulay Yojiro Terada | MNZ | LMN 1 Ret | LMN 2 24 | RBR | LEC | SPA | POR | 27th | 0.5 | ||||
| 2018 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 1 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | Dan Polley James Winslow | LEC | MNZ | LMN 1 32 | LMN 2 27 | RBR | SPA | POR | 28th | 1 |
| 3 | Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen | LEC 1 | MNZ 1 | LMN 1 3 | LMN 2 4 | RBR 1 | SPA 3 | POR Ret | 1st | 103 | |||||
| 2019 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 3 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | Laurents Hörr François Kirmann | LEC 2 | MNZ 2 | LMN 1 6 | LMN 2 1 | CAT 1 | SPA DSQ | POR 3 | 1st | 100 |
| 5 | Marco Cencetti Marcello Marateotto Wolfgang Triller Kenneth Heyer | LEC 8 | MNZ 5 | LMN 1 2 | LMN 2 Ret | CAT 8 | SPA 12 | POR 12 | 9th | 28 | |||||
| 29 | Ligier JS P3 | Bob Herber Rob Kamphues | LEC | MNZ | LMN 1 24 | LMN 2 17 | CAT | SPA | POR | ||||||
| 2020 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 1 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | Ugo de Wilde Wolfgang Triller | LEC | SPA | LEC | LMN 1 6 | LMN 2 Ret | MNZ | POR | ||
| 3 | Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr Wolfgang Triller | LEC 1 | SPA 2 | LEC 4 | LMN 1 1 | LMN 2 2 | MNZ 1 | POR 3 | 1st | 120 | |||||
| 2021 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 1 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | Nathan Kumar Marcello Marateotto | CAT | LEC | MNZ | LMN 1 Ret | LMN 2 28 | SPA | POR | ||
| 3 | Jon Brownson Dario Cangialosi Kris Cools Francois Kirmann Jean Glorieux Laurents Hörr | CAT 23 | LEC 15 | MNZ 5 | LMN 1 19 | LMN 2 Ret | SPA 22 | POR 16 | 14th | 13.5 | |||||
| 2022 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | 3 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | Jon Brownson Laurents Hörr | LEC 15 | IMO 17 | LMN 1 13 | LMN 2 Ret | MNZ 21 | SPA Ret | POR 25 | 24th | 1 |
| 14 | Alexander Bukhantsov James Winslow | LEC 20 | IMO 11 | LMN 1 8 | LMN 2 7 | MNZ Ret | SPA 8 | POR 8 | 15th | 15 |
Complete Prototype Winter Series results edit
References edit
- ^ "DKR Engineering Joins The Le Mans Grid | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
External links edit
- Official website