Duqueine Team, formerly known as Duqueine Engineering, is a French

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team founded in 2014. The team currently competes in the

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...

LMP2 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is a type of sports prototype race car used in various races and championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le M ...

. They previously operated

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's Hypercar entry in the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...

. It is also active as a constructor under the Duqueine Automotive banner, notably creating the

Duqueine D-08 The Duqueine D08 is a Le Mans Prototype LMP3 built to Automobile Club de l'Ouest, ACO 2020 2nd Generation Le Mans Prototype LMP3 regulations. It was designed, and built by Duqueine Team, Duqueine Engineering, which bought out Norma Auto Concept. T ...

LMP3 A Le Mans Prototype (LMP) is a type of sports prototype race car used in various races and championships, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, FIA World Endurance Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship, European Le Mans Series, and Asian Le M ...

prototype after buying out

Norma Auto Concept Norma Auto Concept is a French constructor of racing cars. It was founded in 1984 by Norbert Santos and Marc Doucet. History Hillclimbing and initial Le Mans entries Norma was founded by Norbert Santos and Marc Doucet in 1984 and initially desi ...

in 2017. The squad's origin dates back to 1976, when brothers Gilles and Vincent Duqueine began building

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race cars. Their company, Duqueine Group, currently manufactures

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parts for the

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industry.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

European Le Mans Series

Cars

References

External links

* {{ELMS LMP2 teams French auto racing teams Auto racing teams established in 2014 European Le Mans Series teams 24 Hours of Le Mans teams FIA World Endurance Championship teams French racecar constructors GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup teams