Laurents Hörr

Laurents Hörr
Laurents Hörr
Nationality	German
Born	11 September 1997 (age 27); Gerlingen, Germany
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2020
Current team	IDEC Sport
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	4
Former teams	DKR Engineering
Starts	17
Wins	3
Podiums	5
Poles	5
Fastest laps	3
Previous series
2019–20; ; 2019; 2017; 2016; 2015; 2014	FIA World Endurance Championship; GT & Prototype Challenge; V de V Challenge Monoplace; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic; Formula Renault 1.6 NEC
Championship titles
2019, 2020; 2021	Michelin Le Mans Cup – LMP3; European Le Mans Series – LMP3

Laurents Hörr (born 11 September 1997) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series.^[1]

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 Anderstorp Raceway 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.^[2]

Sports car racing

Due to Hörr's lack of funding, he made the transition to sports car racing for the 2018 season, taking part in the Michelin Le Mans Cup with French team CD Sport.^[2] His first season with the team was quiet, with Hörr finishing 7th in LMP3 class points. For 2019, he joined Luxembourg-based DKR Engineering. 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.^[3] In February 2020, Hörr was drafted into Team Project 1's #56 GTE Am entry for the final four races of the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, replacing David Heinemeier Hansson.^[4] In Hörr's first race for the team, at Circuit of the Americas, the team took pole position in class alongside a third-place finish.^[5] In October of that year, Hörr and Jean Glorieux secured DKR Engineering's fourth consecutive Michelin Le Mans Cup title; Hörr's second in as many years.^[6] Hörr returned to DKR in 2021, taking on a full-season campaign in the European Le Mans Series. 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 Portimão.^[7]

In late 2021, Hörr was nominated by the promoters and organizers of the FIA World Endurance Championship to participate in the 2021 rookie test at Bahrain International Circuit.^[8] The following season, he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, competing in the LMP2 class for DKR Engineering.^[9] 2023 saw Hörr return full-time to the European Le Mans Series, competing for IDEC Sport alongside Paul-Loup Chatin and Paul Lafargue in the LMP2 class.^[10] He also took on a full-time drive in the Prototype Cup Germany, driving for Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport alongside Matthias Lüthen.^[11] 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	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Formula Renault 1.6 NEC	Dutt Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	38	18th
2015	Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic	Dutt Motorsport	8	1	1	1	4	115	6th
2016	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Dutt Motorsport	13	0	0	0	0	69	20th
2017	V de V Challenge Monoplace	Dutt Motorsport	21	4	5	8	8	733.5	2nd
2018	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	CD Sport	7	0	0	1	0	34	7th
2018	DMV Dunlop 60 - Class 1	Schütz Motorsport	6	0	2	0	1	132	7th
2019	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	DKR Engineering	7	2	1	4	5	100	1st
	GT & Prototype Challenge - LMP3	Team Clim Air	3	2	?	?	3	89	2nd
	GT & Prototype Challenge - LMP3	DKR Engineering	1	1	?	?	1	89	2nd
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	Team Project 1	2	0	1	0	1	28	18th
2020	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	DKR Engineering	7	3	0	1	6	120	1st
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	DKR Engineering	5	0	0	0	0	24	15th
2021	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	DKR Engineering	6	3	4	3	3	105	1st
	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3		4	0	0	0	0	32	6th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		2	0	1	0	0	1.5	33rd
	IMSA Prototype Challenge - LMP3-1	Mühlner Motorsport America	2	1	2	1	1	610	18th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	Mühlner Motorsport America	1	0	1	1	1	0	NC
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	DKR Engineering	4	1	4	2	1	41	6th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		7	0	1	3	0	1	39th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	6	0	1	0	2	72	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	IDEC Sport	1	0	1	0	0	N/A	6th
	Prototype Cup Germany	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	9	1	1	2	3	111	6th
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	DKR Engineering	5	0	0	1	2	62	5th
2024	Prototype Winter Series - Class 3	DKR Engineering	5	0	1	4	3	25.715	4th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am		6	0	0	0	0	38	8th
	Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	MDK by High Class Racing

^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2019–20	Team Project 1	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COA 3	SPA 4	LMS	BHR	18th	28

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2020	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Duqueine M30 – D-08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	LEC 10	SPA 6	LEC 6	MNZ 7	ALG 10		15th	24
2021	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Duqueine M30 – D-08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT 5	RBR 8	LEC 1	MNZ 1	SPA 1	ALG 4	1st	105
2023	IDEC Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 3	LEC 5	ARA 2	SPA 4	POR 7	ALG 6	5th	70
2024	DKR Engineering	LMP2 Pro-Am	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 6	LEC 8	IMO 5	SPA 5	MUG Ret	ALG	9th*	32*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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


Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2021	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Duqueine M30 – D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	DUB 1 Ret	DUB 2 4	ABU 1 5	ABU 2 5		6th	32
2022	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Duqueine M30 – D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	DUB 1 Ret	DUB 2 7	ABU 1 1	ABU 2 7		6th	41
2023–24	DKR Engineering	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 3	SEP 2 6	DUB 4	ABU 1 3	ABU 2 4	5th	62

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2021	Mühlner Motorsports America	LMP3	Duqueine M30 – D-08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 3	SEB	MDO	WGL	WGL	ELK	PET	NC	0
2024	High Class Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 10	SEB 8	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	ATL	*	*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	DKR Engineering	Alexandre Cougnaud Jean Glorieux	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	362	22nd	18th
2023	IDEC Sport	Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	327	14th	6th
2024	DKR Engineering	René Binder Alexander Mattschull	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	195	21st	7th
2024	DKR Engineering	René Binder Alexander Mattschull	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2 Pro-Am	195	21st	3rd

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results

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

Year	Team	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2023	Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 DNS	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 9	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 6	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 1	ASS 1 3	ASS 2 Ret	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	6th	111

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ "Laurents Hörr - ELMS". europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "CD Sport to Tackle Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 with Laurents Horr and Anthony Pons". sportscarracingnews.com. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Fernandez, Mat (27 October 2019). "RLR Wins Finale, DKR Takes Title After Late Drama". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Dagys, John (19 February 2020). "Hörr Replaces DHH at Project 1 for Remainder of Season". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "WEC - PODIUM DEBUT FOR FIA WEC ROOKIE LAURENTS HÖRR". fia.com. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Valkenberg, Nelson (31 October 2020). "DKR Take Fourth Consecutive Title As Nielsen Racing Claim Dramatic Race Win". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Valkenberg, Nelson (24 October 2021). "Portimao ELMS: United Autosports wins finale after red flag". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ "Milesi & Hörr Awarded Post-Season 'Rookie Tests". dailysportscar.com. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (4 June 2022). "DKR Targeting More Sustained Presence in LMP2". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 December 2022. DKR earned an automatic Le Mans invitation courtesy of its ELMS success and has rented an Oreca 07 Gibson from Graff to facilitate the Pro-Am entry with Laurents Hoerr, Alexandre Cougnaud and Jean Glorieux.
^ Goodwin, Graham (26 January 2023). "Laurents Hörr Joins IDEC Sport For 2023 ELMS". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ Goodwin, Graham (8 February 2023). "Koiranen Kemppi Sign Laurents Hörr For Prototype Cup Germany". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

External links

Laurents Hörr at Motorsport.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Léonard Hoogenboom Jens Petersen	Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 Champion 2019 With: François Kirmann	Succeeded by Laurents Hörr
Preceded by Laurents Hörr François Kirmann	Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 Champion 2020	Succeeded by Colin Noble Anthony Wells
Preceded by Wayne Boyd Tom Gamble Robert Wheldon	European Le Mans Series LMP3 Champion 2021	Succeeded by Mike Benham Malthe Jakobsen Maurice Smith

[elms-1] "Laurents Hörr - ELMS". europeanlemansseries.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[cdsport-2] "CD Sport to Tackle Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 with Laurents Horr and Anthony Pons". sportscarracingnews.com. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[3] Fernandez, Mat (27 October 2019). "RLR Wins Finale, DKR Takes Title After Late Drama". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[4] Dagys, John (19 February 2020). "Hörr Replaces DHH at Project 1 for Remainder of Season". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[5] "WEC - PODIUM DEBUT FOR FIA WEC ROOKIE LAURENTS HÖRR". fia.com. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[6] Valkenberg, Nelson (31 October 2020). "DKR Take Fourth Consecutive Title As Nielsen Racing Claim Dramatic Race Win". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[7] Valkenberg, Nelson (24 October 2021). "Portimao ELMS: United Autosports wins finale after red flag". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[8] "Milesi & Hörr Awarded Post-Season 'Rookie Tests". dailysportscar.com. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[9] Lloyd, Daniel (4 June 2022). "DKR Targeting More Sustained Presence in LMP2". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 30 December 2022. DKR earned an automatic Le Mans invitation courtesy of its ELMS success and has rented an Oreca 07 Gibson from Graff to facilitate the Pro-Am entry with Laurents Hoerr, Alexandre Cougnaud and Jean Glorieux.

[10] Goodwin, Graham (26 January 2023). "Laurents Hörr Joins IDEC Sport For 2023 ELMS". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 26 January 2023.

[11] Goodwin, Graham (8 February 2023). "Koiranen Kemppi Sign Laurents Hörr For Prototype Cup Germany". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

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