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Laurents Hörr
Nationality	German
Born	(1997-09-11) 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.

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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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. The following season, he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, competing in the LMP2 class for DKR Engineering. 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. He also took on a full-time drive in the Prototype Cup Germany, driving for Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport alongside Matthias Lüthen. 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 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

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
				LMP2 Pro-Am			3rd

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results

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

Season still in progress.

References

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

External links

• Laurents Hörr at Motorsport.com

• 1997 births
• Living people
• German racing drivers
• Racing drivers from Baden-Württemberg
• Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
• FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
• European Le Mans Series drivers
• Asian Le Mans Series drivers
• WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• Le Mans Cup drivers
• Koiranen GP drivers
• IDEC Sport drivers