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.
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| Founded | 2004 |
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| 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
editComplete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Entrant | No | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 39 | Lola B11/40-Judd | LMP2 | 280 | 38th | 12th | ||
| 2022 | 3 | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 362 | 22nd | 3rd | ||
| 2023 | 43 | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 311 | 32nd | 3rd | ||
| 2024 | 33 | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 (Pro-Am) | 295 | 21st | 3rd |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
edit| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | LMP2 | 39 | Lola B11/40 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SIL 6 |
IMO Ret |
RBR | HUN | LEC | 10th | 8 | |||
| GTC | 85 | BMW Z4 GT3 (Spec 2011) | BMW 4.4 L V8 | SIL |
IMO | RBR | HUN | LEC 6 |
10th | 8 | ||||
| 2018 | LMP3 | 8 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0L V8 | LEC Ret |
MNZ Ret |
RBR 14 |
SIL |
SPA 11 |
POR 9 |
17th | 2.75 | ||
| 2020 | LMP3 | 4 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | LEC 10 |
SPA 6 |
LEC 6 |
MNZ 7 |
POR 10 |
9th | 24 | |||
| 2021 | LMP3 | 4 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | CAT 5 |
RBR 8 |
LEC 1 |
MNZ 1 |
SPA 1 |
POR 4 |
1st | 105 | ||
| 2022 | LMP3 | 4 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | LEC 9 |
IMO 5 |
MNZ 8 |
CAT 2 |
SPA 2 |
POR 7 |
3rd | 60 | ||
| 2023 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 3 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 5 |
LEC 9 |
ARA 8 |
SPA 8 |
POR 8 |
ALG 6 |
9th | 32 | ||
| 2024 | LMP2 Pro-Am | 3 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 6 |
LEC 8 |
IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG | 7th* | 12* |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
edit| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LMP3 | 63 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DUB Ret |
DUB 4 |
YMC 5 |
YMC 5 |
6th | 32 | ||
| 2022 | LMP3 | 2 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DUB Ret |
DUB 7 |
YMC 1 |
YMC 7 |
6th | 41 | ||
| 2023 | LMP2 | 3 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | DUB 2 |
DUB 2 |
YMC 3 |
YMC 1 |
1st | 76 | ||
| LMP3 | 5 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | 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 | LMP3 | 3 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | MNZ 2 |
LMN 1 Ret |
LMN 2 1 |
RBR 1 |
LEC 1 |
SPA 1 |
POR DSQ |
1st | 114 | ||
| 6 | MNZ |
LMN 1 19 |
LMN 2 5 |
RBR |
LEC |
SPA |
POR |
18th | 5.5 | ||||||
| 91 | ADESS-03 | MNZ |
LMN 1 Ret |
LMN 2 24 |
RBR |
LEC |
SPA |
POR |
27th | 0.5 | |||||
| 2018 | LMP3 | 1 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | LEC |
MNZ |
LMN 1 32 |
LMN 2 27 |
RBR |
SPA |
POR |
28th | 1 | ||
| 3 | LEC 1 |
MNZ 1 |
LMN 1 3 |
LMN 2 4 |
RBR 1 |
SPA 3 |
POR Ret |
1st | 103 | ||||||
| 2019 | LMP3 | 3 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 2 |
MNZ 2 |
LMN 1 6 |
LMN 2 1 |
CAT 1 |
SPA DSQ |
POR 3 |
1st | 100 | ||
| 5 | LEC 8 |
MNZ 5 |
LMN 1 2 |
LMN 2 Ret |
CAT 8 |
SPA 12 |
POR 12 |
9th | 28 | ||||||
| 29 | Ligier JS P3 | LEC |
MNZ |
LMN 1 24 |
LMN 2 17 |
CAT |
SPA |
POR |
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| 2020 | LMP3 | 1 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | LEC |
SPA |
LEC |
LMN 1 6 |
LMN 2 Ret |
MNZ |
POR |
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| 3 | LEC 1 |
SPA 2 |
LEC 4 |
LMN 1 1 |
LMN 2 2 |
MNZ 1 |
POR 3 |
1st | 120 | ||||||
| 2021 | LMP3 | 1 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | CAT |
LEC |
MNZ |
LMN 1 Ret |
LMN 2 28 |
SPA |
POR |
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| 3 | CAT 23 |
LEC 15 |
MNZ 5 |
LMN 1 19 |
LMN 2 Ret |
SPA 22 |
POR 16 |
14th | 13.5 | ||||||
| 2022 | LMP3 | 3 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 15 |
IMO 17 |
LMN 1 13 |
LMN 2 Ret |
MNZ 21 |
SPA Ret |
POR 25 |
24th | 1 | ||
| 14 | LEC 20 |
IMO 11 |
LMN 1 8 |
LMN 2 7 |
MNZ Ret |
SPA 8 |
POR 8 |
15th | 15 |
Complete Prototype Winter Series results
edit| Year | Entrant | Class | No | Chassis | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Class 3 | 3 | Duqueine-D08 | EST1 | EST2 | POR1 | POR2 | ARA1 | ARA2 | CAT1 | CAT2 |
References
edit- ^ "DKR Engineering Joins The Le Mans Grid | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.