DKR began life managing PSI Experience's racing programmes from 2004 to 2007 before launching its own independent competitive effort in 2008 with a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R in the FFSA GT Championship. In 2009 the team expanded on two fronts simultaneously: in the FIA GT Championship, running under the Sangari Team Brazil branding, DKR secured one victory and three pole positions with former Formula 1 driver Enrique Bernoldi at the wheel; simultaneously in the FFSA GT Championship, the team took five race wins and clinched the Drivers' Championship for Eric Debard, co-driven in that title campaign by ex-Formula 1 driver Olivier Panis.
In 2010 DKR partnered with Selleslagh Racing Team under the Mad-Croc Racing banner to field a two-car entry in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship season. After one victory over the campaign the partnership dissolved, and both teams contested the 2011 season independently. Between 2011 and 2016 DKR transitioned progressively toward prototype categories, gaining LMP experience through support roles and occasional independent entries before committing to a full prototype programme.
DKR entered the inaugural Michelin Le Mans Cup in 2017, running a Norma M30 in LMP3 after preparatory testing at Hockenheim and Spa-Francorchamps. The team secured the Teams' Championship that first season, then repeated in 2018 — adding the Drivers' Championship — and again in 2019 and 2020. The 2020 season used the new Duqueine D08, and the title was clinched in a dramatic finale at Portimão, giving DKR four consecutive Le Mans Cup championships. No other team had achieved that run in the series.
In 2021 DKR moved to the European Le Mans Series and won the LMP3 Teams' Championship by a single point over Cool Racing, scoring race wins at Le Castellet, Monza, and Spa-Francorchamps across a six-round campaign with 105 points. That title earned an automatic qualification for the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans.
At Le Mans in 2022, DKR elected to upgrade to LMP2 rather than run in LMP3. Their Oreca 07-Gibson No. 3, crewed by Alexandre Cougnaud, Jean Glorieux, and Laurents Hörr, completed 362 laps and finished 22nd overall and eighteenth among the full LMP2 field. Their debut at the Circuit de la Sarthe demonstrated reliability over the full twenty-four hours.
The 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans entry, in No. 43 with Tom Van Rompuy, Ugo de Wilde, and Maxime Martin in a Pro/Am LMP2 lineup, produced a 32nd-place overall finish and third in the Pro-Am subclass. In 2024 No. 33 — driven by René Binder, Laurents Hörr, and Alexander Mattschull — completed 297 laps and finished 21st overall and third in LMP2 Pro-Am. Three successive Le Mans appearances with classified finishes, including back-to-back third-in-class Pro-Am results in 2023 and 2024, constitute the most consistent element of DKR's recent endurance résumé.
DKR entered the Asian Le Mans Series LMP2 class in the 2023 season with an Oreca 07-Gibson carrying the No. 3, crewed by Salih Yoluc, Ayhancan Güven, and Charlie Eastwood. The trio achieved podium finishes in all four rounds of the season — second, second, third, and a race victory in the finale at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on 19 February 2023 — claiming the LMP2 Teams' and Drivers' Championships with 76 points. That title secured an automatic entry to the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans as a full LMP2 entrant. DKR returned to the Asian LMS in subsequent seasons, finishing fourth in the 2023–24 campaign and eighth in 2024–25.
The team's workshops in Wemperhardt handle vehicle preparation for Oreca 07 Gibson LMP2 and Duqueine D08 LMP3 machinery across the ELMS, Le Mans Cup, and Asian LMS. DKR has also competed in off-season Prototype Winter Series events to develop driver pairings and refine setup ahead of main-season campaigns.
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