TEAM NEWS: 2023 will be the 10th season for DUQUEINE Team and the 6th in LMP2 ELMS. To succeed in a great season and return to the front line, the team and drivers evolve to maximize their chance of winning races.
The team hard work during the winter to build a strong line up, in parallel, engineers and mechanics work on the sporting regulation updates to be ready for the first round of the ELMS championship in April in Barcelona. On the track side, the Oreca 07 #30 will be driven by a complete renewed driver line up.
The French team integer 3 top drivers, Nicolas PINO, Neel JANI and René BINDER. Combining these three profiles, the driver line up will be a strong mix of Speed, Experience and Reliability. Awaiting the 24h of Le Mans entry list, the technical team and drivers are focused to be ready for the beginning of the 2023 season.
The team hard work during the winter to build a strong line up, in parallel, engineers and mechanics work on the sporting regulation updates to be ready for the first round of the ELMS championship in April in Barcelona. On the track side, the Oreca 07 #30 will be driven by a complete renewed driver line up.
The French team integer 3 top drivers, Nicolas PINO, Neel JANI and René BINDER. Combining these three profiles, the driver line up will be a strong mix of Speed, Experience and Reliability. Awaiting the 24h of Le Mans entry list, the technical team and drivers are focused to be ready for the beginning of the 2023 season.
Gilles DUQUEINE President: " I am really enthusiastic to see a line up of this quality ready to jump in the European Le Mans Series for our 6th LMP2 season in a row. It is with a great pride and highly motivated that DUQUEINE Team will start this new season of ELMS. There is no doubt that we will fight for the top positions of this extremely high level competition."
Nicolas PINO: " I am very happy to join DUQUEINE for the 2023 season in ELMS and Le Mans 24h. I did one test day with them, and the professionalism of the whole team and the engineering level was very strong. It will be my debut in LMP2, and I believe DUQUEINE can help me to achieve some strong results as well as develop myself as a driver. It will be an intense season and I can't wait to start working with the team and Neel and Rene on the pre-season testing preparation. I would like to thank Mr. DUQUEINE and Max FAVARD for their support and giving me this opportunity!"
Neel JANI: ” I am looking forward to joining DUQUEINE in ELMS for the 2023 season. They worked hard over the winter to put together a strong team and it is clearly visible that they want to get back to the front of the grid after a difficult 2022 season. With Rene and Nico, we have a very promising line-up to tackle this year’s challenge. My first steps in endurance racing happened in the Le Mans Series in 2010/2011, which now became ELMS. So it is nice to be back in the Series and the aim is the same as then, try to fight for the Championship.
René BINBER: "I am very happy to be coming back home to DUQUEINE Team and continue our journey. We've enjoyed working with Gilles DUQUEINE, Max FAVARD and the entire team, our positive association remained even when I left at the end of 2021. With a view to our exciting driver line-up we have set some ambitious targets for this year's championship, but I would also like to point out that looking back at our private test after last season. I am also very confident in terms of our technical package. I can't wait to get back behind the wheel of that LMP2 car again."
Max FAVARD Team Manager: “ Seeing Neel, René and Nicolas joins the team highly motivated to perform on the tracks is very exciting and put everybody in an enthusiastic mood. It is also a real pleasure to have the trust of these 3 drivers. This season, all the DUQUEINE Team will work to be on the top and fight for the ELMS Championship. An entry as also been done for the 24h of Le Mans, which mean, that will be our 5th Le Mans in a row. We really want to go back on this legendary track to achieve a good result there after a hard 2022 edition.”
** Entry is subject to confirmation by the Endurance Committee
Gilles DUQUEINE President: " I am really enthusiastic to see a line up of this quality ready to jump in the European Le Mans Series for our 6th LMP2 season in a row. It is with a great pride and highly motivated that DUQUEINE Team will start this new season of ELMS. There is no doubt that we will fight for the top positions of this extremely high level competition."
Nicolas PINO: " I am very happy to join DUQUEINE for the 2023 season in ELMS and Le Mans 24h. I did one test day with them, and the professionalism of the whole team and the engineering level was very strong. It will be my debut in LMP2, and I believe DUQUEINE can help me to achieve some strong results as well as develop myself as a driver. It will be an intense season and I can't wait to start working with the team and Neel and Rene on the pre-season testing preparation. I would like to thank Mr. DUQUEINE and Max FAVARD for their support and giving me this opportunity!"
Neel JANI: ” I am looking forward to joining DUQUEINE in ELMS for the 2023 season. They worked hard over the winter to put together a strong team and it is clearly visible that they want to get back to the front of the grid after a difficult 2022 season. With Rene and Nico, we have a very promising line-up to tackle this year’s challenge. My first steps in endurance racing happened in the Le Mans Series in 2010/2011, which now became ELMS. So it is nice to be back in the Series and the aim is the same as then, try to fight for the Championship.
René BINBER: "I am very happy to be coming back home to DUQUEINE Team and continue our journey. We've enjoyed working with Gilles DUQUEINE, Max FAVARD and the entire team, our positive association remained even when I left at the end of 2021. With a view to our exciting driver line-up we have set some ambitious targets for this year's championship, but I would also like to point out that looking back at our private test after last season. I am also very confident in terms of our technical package. I can't wait to get back behind the wheel of that LMP2 car again."
Max FAVARD Team Manager: “ Seeing Neel, René and Nicolas joins the team highly motivated to perform on the tracks is very exciting and put everybody in an enthusiastic mood. It is also a real pleasure to have the trust of these 3 drivers. This season, all the DUQUEINE Team will work to be on the top and fight for the ELMS Championship. An entry as also been done for the 24h of Le Mans, which mean, that will be our 5th Le Mans in a row. We really want to go back on this legendary track to achieve a good result there after a hard 2022 edition.”
** Entry is subject to confirmation by the Endurance Committee
