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.

Luxembourg DKR Engineering
Founded2004
Team principal(s)Kendy Janclaes
Current seriesEuropean Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
Michelin Le Mans Cup
Prototype Winter Series
Former seriesGT & 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.

DKR-run Corvette C6.R of Sangari Team Brazil at the 2009 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours.
The Oreca 07 of DKR Engineering at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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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
2024   DKR Engineering 33 Oreca 07-Gibson   René Binder
  Laurents Hörr
  Alexander Mattschull
LMP2 (Pro-Am) 295 21st 3rd

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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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 Pro-Am 3 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Sebastián Álvarez
  Nathanaël Berthon
  Tom van Rompuy
CAT
5
LEC
9
ARA
8
SPA
8
POR
8
ALG
6
9th 32
2024   DKR Engineering LMP2 Pro-Am 3 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Cem Bölükbaşı
  Laurents Hörr
  Andres Latorre Canon
CAT
6
LEC
8
IMO SPA MUG ALG 7th* 12*

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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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

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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

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Year Entrant Class No Chassis Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Pts
2024   DKR Engineering Class 3 3 Duqueine-D08   Jon Brownson
  Laurents Hörr
EST1 EST2 POR1 POR2 ARA1 ARA2 CAT1 CAT2

References

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  1. ^ "DKR Engineering Joins The Le Mans Grid | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
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