Reshad de Gerus returns to Duqueine: “Being the reference driver at such a young age is a great responsibility”

Reshad de Gerus, how did your return to Duqueine for the season come about?ELMS 2025?

Jean-Karl Vernay, who drove the Isotta Fraschini Hypercar last year (the Duqueine team was responsible for operating the Italian prototype in WEC, Ed.) and was one of the development drivers, contacted me because he was looking for a reference driver for the season. He now has a role within Duqueine Automotive (as head of business development. Ed.), but also within the team. I was delighted to be able to contribute again to this project in a team that I knew when I started, even if I had not done the full season. We stopped after Le Mans.

Why did your collaboration end in the middle of the 2022 season?

There were different factors. We were no longer in agreement on certain points. I am pleasantly surprised that they contacted me again. Performance comes first and they have evolved well in recent years. For my part, I showed my abilities in the ELMS championship in LM P2, I improved my competitiveness and that is probably why I was called back to help them �