April 8, 2025 | News
The second season of the Prototype Winter Series was a story of dominance, as Danny Soufi and Konrad Motorsport won seven races of the eight held across four weekends.
The season began at the Circuito Estoril. A battle that had been seen numerous times during 2024, between Soufi and the DKR Engineering Duqueine of Jon Brownson and Laurents Hörr, once again took place in the first race. In the first stint, Soufi dominated. Even though his pitstop would have to be 30 seconds longer than DKR’s pairing, owing to the pitstop handicap system based on driver rating, Soufi still went into the second half of the race in the lead. After the pitstops, Hörr shrunk the gap, but Soufi and Konrad Motorsport still won the race by ten seconds.
Race two was a more dominant affair for Soufi, winning the race by over 100 seconds. Quentin Joseph and David Droux of CLX Motorsport came home in second, just ahead of High Class Racing’s Philip Lindberg. It was an all-Ligier podium.
At the following round in Portimão, Soufi once again swept the weekend. In the first race, Soufi and Lindberg drove into the first two spots. Behind, there was a three-way battle for third between DKR’s Jon Brownson, CLX’s Quentin Joseph and Racing Spirit of Leman’s Christian Gisy.
Unfortunately, Gisy and Joseph made contact at turn three. This allowed Brownson to hold a comfortable third place until the pit window.
Laurents Hörr picked up the baton, and he moved into second at the expense of Philip Lindberg. CLX Motorsport’s David Droux took third place for he and Joseph.
The second race once again saw Soufi secure a relatively straight-forward victory, 38 seconds clear of CLX Motorsport’s pairing. CLX’s consistency, finishing on the podium in all four races in Portugal, established them in second position in the championship.
Aragon and Barcelona: The streak ends, but the title remains with Soufi and Konrad
After a break in February, the series resumed at Motorland Aragon.
Konrad Motorsport’s Danny Soufi once again performed flawlessly in the first race of the weekend, once again finishing ahead of the CLX Motorsport Ligier of Droux and Joseph.
Racing Experience’s Matthias Bjerre Jakobsen had an impressive last stint of the race, holding off Laurents Hörr to secure the first podium of the season for the #12 Duqueine. Hörr finished a close fourth, ahead of Philip Lindberg.
Hörr’s portion of the race was something of a salvage mission for DKR Engineering, after a tricky stint for Jon Brownson that featured a pair of spins. The veteran American racer woke up on Sunday morning feeling under the weather, and decided not to take part in race two.
As a result of Brownson’s illness, Hörr drove the race solo. And, while the talented German started the race from third, he quickly moved up to the lead in slippery conditions. As a solo Gold-rated driver, Horr’s pitstop handicap was marginally longer than Soufi’s, but the DKR driver still won the race by a dozen seconds over Konrad Motorsport’s American. This ended Soufi’s dominance of the season, as he finished off the top step for the first time in 2025.
The season finale at Barcelona featured the largest grid of the season, with new entries from KC2 Racing and Team Virage, alongside a second entry from Konrad Motorsport for Zino-Ferret Fahlke.
Danny Soufi left Motorland Aragon on the borderline of winning the championship. And so, with yet another dominant, race-winning performance from Soufi, the championships were decided. Soufi won the Prototype Winter Series drivers’ title for the second consecutive time, while Konrad wrapped up the teams’ title.
On the Sunday, Konrad Motorsport made one last statement. Soufi and Fahlke drove home to a 1-2 finish for the Konrad team, ahead of High Class Racing’s Philip Lindberg. Meanwhile, finishing in fourth, CLX Motorsport’s Quentin Joseph and David Droux finished in fourth.
This was enough to wrap up second in the standings ahead of Laurents Hörr, whose points score had been separated from Jon Brownson owing to his solo performance on Sunday at Aragon.
The performance of Soufi and Konrad Motorsport was even more impressive than the team-driver combination’s 2024 championship victory. With seven victories and an impressive dominant streak, Soufi and Konrad now head into their summer programme in Prototype Cup Germany with superb momentum.
The 2026 Prototype Winter Series is likely to feature the third-generation of LMP3 machinery, which has already been tested extensively at GEDLICH Racing’s Race Test events over the winter. The third season of the Prototype Winter Series is slated to begin in January 2026.
