Panis, DKR, Duqueine Set LMP2 Pro-Am Lineups

European Le Mans Series regulars Panis Racing, DKR Engineering and Duqueine Team have all locked in LMP2 Pro-Am lineups for next month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

While Panis and DKR were already shown as Pro-Am squads on the entry list most recently issued by the ACO, Duqueine has been the most recent team to request a class change  for the French endurance classic.

The French squad has added American Bronze-rated driver John Falb to the lineup of its No. 30 Oreca 07 Gibson.

Falb effectively replaces full-season ELMS driver Niels Koolen, as he will team up with team regulars Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer and James Allen for the event.

He made his Le Mans debut with Algarve Pro Racing in 2019 and most recently competed in the event in 2022 in a Pro-Am lineup alongside Sophia Floersch and current Cadillac factory driver Jack Aitken.

Panis, meanwhile, has added Mathias Beche and Scott Huffaker to the lineup for the No. 65 Oreca alongside the previously named Rodrigo Sales.

The team confirmed a move to the Pro-Am ranks last month, with Beche at the time expected to line up alongside ELMS co-driver Sales.

The two were listed on the reserve list together before their Richard Mille by TDS entry was scrubbed when Sales was confirmed to be replacing Manuel Maldonado at Panis.

Huffaker, meanwhile, will be making his prototype debut at Le Mans. The American racer first competed in the event in a Kessel Racing-entered Ferrari 488 GTE Evo last year.

Although he has never raced Oreca machinery at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Huffaker boasts three consecutive LMP2 class victories in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring with PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports between 2020 and 2022.

Elsewhere in the class, DKR will look to add a third straight Pro-Am class podium to its resume with a lineup consisting of Alexander Mattschull, team regular Laurents Hoerr and Proton Competition ELMS driver Rene Binder.

Last year, the Kendy Janclaes-led squad finished third in class behind Algarve Pro and Cool Racing with an all-Belgian lineup that featured BMW factory driver Maxime Martin.