Laurents Hörr (born 11 September 1997) is a German racing driver who 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 ...

Career

Lower formula

Hörr began his open-wheel racing career in 2014, competing in a pair of races with Dutt Motorsport, a team he co-owned with Rolf and Oliver Dutt, in the Formula Renault 1.6 Northern European Cup. The following season, he scored his first open wheel victory at

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while competing in the Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic championship. Hörr started competing in Formula Renault 2.0 machinery in 2016. Following the 2017 season, a lack of funding prematurely ended his junior formula career.

Sports car racing

Due to Hörr's lack of funding, he made the transition to

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for the 2018 season, taking part in the

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with French team CD Sport. His first season with the team was quiet, with Hörr finishing 7th in

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 ...

class points. For 2019, he joined Luxembourg-based

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. A ...

. His second season in LMP3 machinery proved much more fruitful, as he and co-driver François Kirmann took overall LMP3 class honors in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, tallying two wins and five podiums across seven races. In February 2020, Hörr was drafted into

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's #56

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Am entry for the final four races of the

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, replacing

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. In Hörr's first race for the team, at

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, the team took pole position in class alongside a third-place finish. In October of that year, Hörr and Jean Glorieux secured

's fourth consecutive

title; Hörr's second in as many years. Hörr returned to DKR in 2021, taking on a full-season campaign in the

. Alongside a revolving door of drivers, he claimed three race victories and took the LMP3 class title after a fourth-place finish at the final round at

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. In late 2021, Hörr was nominated by the promoters and organizers of the

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to participate in the 2021 rookie test at

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. The following season, he made his debut at the

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, competing in the

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class for

. 2023 saw Hörr return full-time to the European Le Mans Series, competing for

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alongside

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and

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in the LMP2 class. He also took on a full-time drive in the Prototype Cup Germany, driving for

Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport, formerly also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport and Koiranen GP, is a Finnish auto racing team based in Lahti, Finland. The team currently fields a one car entry in the LMP3 class of Asian Le Mans Series and Prototyp ...

alongside

Matthias Lüthen Matthias Lüthen (born 16 December 1980) is a German businessman and racing driver. He is the founder and managing director of real estate agency Lüthen & Co. Immobilien, and currently competes in the Prototype Cup Germany driving a Duqueine ...

. In the former series, Hörr claimed two podiums in six races, finishing fifth in the LMP2 class championship. His Prototype Cup effort yielded a sole race victory and two additional podiums, en route to a sixth-place finish in the championship.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) ^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

Laurents Hörr
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