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Dutt Motorsport is entering the F4 Central European Championship for the first time. The Formula 4 programme is led by very active race driver Laurents Hörr. “We have decades of experience in motorsport as a family,” says Hörr in an interview for F4 CEZ.

This is your first step into the world of single-seaters after a long time. What led you to make the move to F4 Central European Zone?

Yes, we previously entered Formula Renault 1.6 and Formula Renault 2.0 when I was behind the wheel myself. Generally speaking, I want to give young drivers a path from the beginning of karting to becoming a professional driver. For us, F4 is a logical step after karting to pursue a top-level career.

So who will be your driver for the 2026 season in F4 CEZ?

Noah Nölken will be driving the car. Noah has been in our karting team for three years and we have made great progress together. He has developed really well and we want to continue working with him. He is just 15 years old, but he had a good karting career with us and it became clear that he is ready for the next step.

Are you planning to expand to a two-car lineup during the year or in the future?

Healthy growth is very important to me, so for now we will start with one car and the plan is to expand to a second car in 2027. During 2026 we will try to get the most out of the car and do testing with Noah, but also with other drivers. We also have a cooperation with the German karting series to grant drivers an F4 test this year.

Your debut season in F4 CEZ will certainly be demanding. You are entering the championship for the first time, so what are your expectations for this year? Is the primary goal to gain experience?

We have single-seater experience and we have great people inside the team. We have been preparing the programme since October, so we feel ready for the challenge ahead. Generally, I expect my team to do a good job. We are a competitive family, but you still need to be realistic. The car and the tracks are new for us, and for Noah everything is completely new. It will be his first season in a racing car, so I want to be sure to give him time to develop. But I am sure he will do great.

At the same time, you already have extensive experience as a team in karting and in circuit racing, so you have a strong technical and operational foundation.

We have decades of experience in motorsport as a family, and our young team members are also great. The karting team has given us the possibility to recruit young staff with great potential, and these talented people will be part of our F4 team together with our more experienced members, like my father, who is the chief mechanic, and our chief engineer.

How large is your team overall? How many members do you currently have?

In terms of F4, I want to focus on a solid core staff. My father is the car chief, we have a young mechanic and a young junior engineer, plus one experienced engineer. Of course, we still have people in the workshop and more staff in the karting team, but quality is the most important thing for us.

You run a family team, yet you continue to race actively yourself, particularly in LMP2 and previously in LMP3. Are you able to pass on relevant experience to your drivers, or are prototypes a completely different world compared to Formula 4?

The key to our team is driver development, which is only possible because I am a professional driver. This is the difference between us and other teams. I have recently signed with the Genesis Magma Racing trajectory programme, and I advise my drivers on all parts of their careers, not just driving the car.

If we fast forward to October and the end of the F4 CEZ season, what do you think would make you most satisfied? What would you like to look back on with a sense of pride?

If Noah can develop as a driver, I will be happy. Of course, we want no technical issues. The level will be high this year, so we need to see where we will be together as a team. If we can finish in the top ten, that would be a great achievement in our first season.

Noah Nölken

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