Richard Verschoor

Richard Verschoor (born 16 December 2000 in Benschop, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch racing driver, who competes for MP Motorsport in the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship. A former Red Bull Junior Team member, Verschoor attended four F2 tests as a driver for MP Motorsport before getting his race debut at the start of 2021, having first driven an F2 car at the 2018 Yas Marina Test.

Background
Verschoor began his career in karting at the age of ten, racing across the Netherlands and later Europe until the end of 2015, finishing third in the European CIK-FIA KF Championship in that season. In 2016 Verschoor signed up to the SMP F4 Championship with MP Motorsport, and duly claimed a spot in the Red Bull Junior Team after claiming victory on his debut. Verschoor would go on to claim the SMP F4 title in 2016, alongside a dominant championship run in the Spanish F4 Championship, with outings in the Italian and ADAC F4 series to boot.

Dutch Dreamer: 2017 - 2020
For 2017 Verschoor moved into the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, after opening the season with a run to third in the Toyota Racing Series. Unfortunately for Verschoor he would fail to hit the heights of 2016 in FR Eurocup, finishing ninth which prompted Red Bull to drop him from their roster. For 2018 Verschoor swapped to Josef Kaufmann Racing from MP Motorsport, having again opened his campaign with a run to second in the TRS, although Verschoor would again rarely fight for the podium during the season.

Midway through the 2018 season a shuffle of drivers within the MP Motorsport squad saw Verschoor offered the chance to join the GP3 Series, with the Dutchman taking over from the Spa round onward. Verschoor went on to claim one podium finish, prompting MP to hire him a full campaign in the new FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2019. A mixed rookie season would follow for Verschoor, although he would end the season with victory on his debut in the Macau Grand Prix.

A second season of FIA Formula 3 would follow for Verschoor in 2020, although despite finishing second in the second race of the season, the Dutchman failed to mount a title challenge.

Formula 2 History
Verschoor was offered the chance to drive an FIA Formula 2 Championship car at the end of the 2018 season, after MP Motorsport offered him one day at the 2018 Yas Marina Test. The Dutchman went on to set a time just two tenths off of Dorian Boccolacci, the fastest of the MP drivers at the test, before narrowly missing out on a race seat with MP for 2019 to Mahaveer Raghunathan. Regardless, Verschoor would complete both of the pre-season tests with MP ahead of the 2019 season, outpacing both Raghunathan and Jordan King in both of the tests on one-lap pace.

After sitting out any running of an F2 car in 2020, Verschoor was given the chance to drive for MP Motorsport again at the 2021 Bahrain Test. The Dutchman duly became a favourite to claim the #11 MP seat for the 2021 season, with MP Motorsport the last of the teams to announce their full driver line-up.

Full Formula 2 Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in Formula 2 in statistical form.

Formula 2 Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their F2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full Formula 2 record.


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