Richard Verschoor

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Richard Verschoor
FIA F3 Austria 2019 Nr. 6 Verschoor.jpg
Verschoor at the 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round in Austria
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (2000-12-16) 16 December 2000 (age 21)
Benschop, Netherlands
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2021
Car number14
Former teamsMP Motorsport, Charouz Racing System
Starts20 (21 entries)
Wins1
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2021
Previous series
201920
2018
201718
201718
201718
2016
2016
2016
FIA Formula 3 Championship
GP3 Series
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault NEC
Toyota Racing Series
SMP F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2019
2016
2016
FIA Formula 3 World Cup
F4 Spanish Championship
SMP F4 Championship

Richard Verschoor (born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver. He is a former Red Bull Junior Team member, the 2016 SMP F4 and Spanish F4 champion, where he won both single-seater championships in his debut year.[1] After two years in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, Verschoor graduated to the Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport before transitioning to Charouz Racing System.[2]

Verschoor became the first Dutch driver to win the Macau Grand Prix, winning at his first attempt in 2019.[3]

Career[]

Karting[]

Verschoor started karting in 2011. He raced in several national karting series in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, Verschoor moved to the European series where he won the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy.[4] He remained victorious in 2015, when he won German Karting Championship.[5] Also in 2015, he finished sixth and third in the World and European CIK-FIA KF Championship respectively.

Formula 4[]

Verschoor moved to single-seaters in 2016, joining the SMP F4 Championship. He won the opening race of the season at Sochi and after that became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.[6] Following this, he had a series of ten consecutive wins and took the championship title with three races to spare.

Verschoor also contested the other Koiranen GP's series F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport, where he claimed his second title in dominant form.[7] He also had part-time campaigns in ADAC Formula 4 with Motopark[8] and Italian F4 with Bhaitech Engineering.

Formula Renault Eurocup[]

In January 2017, it was announced Verschoor would continue his relationship with MP and step up to Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 alongside new Red Bull Junior Neil Verhagen.[9] He had one podium in the penultimate race of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and finished the season ninth.[10]

In December Verschoor was dropped from the Red Bull programme.[11] The same day it was also announced that he will switch to Josef Kaufmann Racing, the team which won the last two Eurocup driver titles with Lando Norris and Sacha Fenestraz.

GP3 Series[]

On 22 August 2018, Roberto Merhi left the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Dorian Boccolacci was promoted to replace him at MP Motorsport, leaving a vacancy in the GP3 seat. Verschoor entered the GP3 Series at the round 6 in Spa-Francorchamps.[12][13]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

In 2019 Verschoor was announced to continue his relationship with MP Motorsport in the newly formed FIA Formula 3 Championship.[14] He scored a number of top 10 finishes and finished 13th in the championship with 34 points. At the end of the year he competed in the Macau Grand Prix for MP, which he won.

In 2020, Verschoor remained active in Formula 3 with MP Motorsport, this time driving alongside Bent Viscaal and Lukas Dunner. He scored a podium finish during the first race weekend at the Red Bull Ring and achieved a total of thirteen top 10 finishes. With 69 points, he finished ninth in the overall standings, highest of all MP drivers. However, he was dropped from the team, citing budget issues. [15]

Formula 2 Championship[]

Verschoor progressed to the Formula 2 Championship in 2021, continuing his relationship with MP Motorsport and partnering Lirim Zendeli.[2] Verschoor picked up his first F2 win in the second sprint race at Silverstone, and finished fourth in the feature race on Sunday. Verschoor was replaced at MP Motorsport for the last two rounds of the season by Jack Doohan,[16] however after injuries resulting from his crash in round 7 of the championship, it was announced that Verschoor would replace Enzo Fittipaldi with Charouz Racing System for the final round of the season.[17] Verschoor finished the season in 11th place, with 56 points.

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2011 BNL Karting Series — Minimax 25th
Chrono Dutch Rotax Max Challenge — Minimax 4th
2011–2012 Chrono Rotax Max Winter Cup — Minimax 10th
2012 Chrono Dutch Rotax Max Challenge — Minimax 4th
2013 Rotax International Open — Junior 21st
BNL Karting Series — Rotax Max Junior 10th
SKUSA SuperNationals — Rotax Junior 7th
Chrono Karting Winter Series — Max Junior 10th
2014 Rotax Max Wintercup — Junior Team TKP 2nd
Rotax Euro Challenge — Junior 2nd
Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe — Junior 2nd
CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy Verschoor, Kees 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior 6th
2015 Rotax Max Wintercup — Senior Team TKP 4th
WSK Champions CupKF RB Racing 2nd
WSK Gold Cup — KF 10th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF 19th
WSK Super Master SeriesKF 8th
Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Senior 32nd
German Karting Championship — Senior 1st
KF 3rd
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipKF 6th
WSK Final CupKF 2nd
2016 WSK Super Master SeriesOK CRG Keijzer Racing 34th

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 SMP F4 Championship MP Motorsport 20 11 10 9 16 339 1st
F4 Spanish Championship 20 17 9 16 19 387 1st
V de V Challenge Monoplace 3 1 3 1 2 0 NC†
ADAC Formula 4 Championship Motopark 6 0 0 0 0 34 15th
Italian F4 Championship Bhaitech Engineering 3 0 0 0 1 31 21st
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup MP Motorsport 23 0 0 0 1 89 9th
Formula Renault NEC 7 1 0 0 3 90 9th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 3 0 2 7 843 3rd
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Josef Kaufmann Racing 12 0 0 0 1 34 13th
Formula Renault NEC 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
GP3 Series MP Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 30 15th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 6 4 4 12 911 2nd
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 16 0 0 1 0 34 13th
Macau Grand Prix 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 18 0 0 0 1 69 9th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 17 1 0 0 1 56 11th
Charouz Racing System 3 0 0 0 0

As Verschoor was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete SMP F4 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2016 MP Motorsport SOC
1

1
SOC
2

Ret
ZAN1
1

2
ZAN1
2

7
ZAN1
3

12
ZAN2
1

2
ZAN2
2

4
ZAN2
3

1
MSC1
1

1
MSC1
2

1
MSC1
3

1
MSC2
1

1
MSC2
2

1
MSC2
3

1
AND
1

1
AND
2

1
AND
3

1
AHV
1

3
AHV
2

2
AHV
3

2
1st 339

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2016 MP Motorsport NAV
1

1
NAV
2

2
NAV
3

Ret
ALC
1

1
ALC
2

1
ALC
3

1
ALG
1

1
ALG
2

1
ALG
3

1
VAL
1

1
VAL
2

1
VAL
3

1
CAT
1

1
CAT
2

2
JAR
1

1
JAR
2

1
JAR
3

1
JER
1

1
JER
2

1
JER
3

1
1st 368

Complete Toyota Racing Series results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2017 Giles Motorsport RUA
1

3
RUA
2

2
RUA
3

4
TER
1

1
TER
2

2
TER
3

1
HMP
1

4
HMP
2

2
HMP
3

16
TAU
1

8
TAU
2

6
TAU
3

7
MAN
1

4
MAN
2

1
MAN
3

5
3rd 843
2018 M2 Competition RUA
1

1
RUA
2

2
RUA
3

Ret
TER
1

1
TER
2

6
TER
3

3
HMP
1

1
HMP
2

5
HMP
3

1
TAU
1

3
TAU
2

3
TAU
3

3
MAN
1

1
MAN
2

3
MAN
3

1
2nd 911

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pos Points
2017 MP Motorsport MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

7
SIL
1

7
SIL
2

6
PAU
1

13
PAU
2

8
MON
1

8
MON
2

8
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

25
HUN
3

18
NÜR
1

20
NÜR
2

14
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

26
LEC
1

4
LEC
2

7
SPA
1

7
SPA
2

12
SPA
3

Ret
CAT
1

5
CAT
2

3
CAT
3

5
9th 89
2018 Josef Kaufmann Racing LEC
1

Ret
LEC
2

8
MNZ
1

24
MNZ
2

9
SIL
1

9
SIL
2

11
MON
1

14
MON
2

13
RBR
1

2
RBR
2

4
SPA
1

8
SPA
2

10
HUN
1
HUN
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
13th 34

Complete GP3 Series results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2018 MP Motorsport CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA

17
SPA
SPR

7
MNZ
FEA

8
MNZ
SPR

9
SOC
FEA

4
SOC
SPR

3
YMC
FEA

14
YMC
SPR

7
15th 30

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2019 MP Motorsport CAT
FEA

19
CAT
SPR

19
LEC
FEA

14
LEC
SPR

4
RBR
FEA

10
RBR
SPR

12
SIL
FEA

17
SIL
SPR

21
HUN
FEA

27†
HUN
SPR

17
SPA
FEA

17
SPA
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

4
MNZ
SPR

4
SOC
FEA

10
SOC
SPR

7
13th 34
2020 MP Motorsport RBR
FEA

8
RBR
SPR

2
RBR
FEA

7
RBR
SPR

4
HUN
FEA

4
HUN
SPR

5
SIL
FEA

11
SIL
SPR

9
SIL
FEA

19
SIL
SPR

18
CAT
FEA

9
CAT
SPR

4
SPA
FEA

10
SPA
SPR

7
MNZ
FEA

27
MNZ
SPR

10
MUG
FEA

12
MUG
SPR

5
9th 69

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Half points were awarded, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Netherlands MP Motorsport Dallara F3 2019 5th 4th 1st

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2021 MP Motorsport BHR
SP1

Ret
BHR
SP2

5
BHR
FEA

4
MCO
SP1

13
MCO
SP2

6
MCO
FEA

10
BAK
SP1

12
BAK
SP2

Ret
BAK
FEA

14
SIL
SP1

10
SIL
SP2

1
SIL
FEA

4
MNZ
SP1

Ret
MNZ
SP2

13
MNZ
FEA

DSQ
SOC
SP1

8
SOC
SP2

C
SOC
FEA

8
JED
SP1
JED
SP2
JED
FEA
11th 56
Charouz Racing System YMC
SP1

Ret
YMC
SP2

11
YMC
FEA

10

References[]

  1. ^ Allen, Peter (4 September 2016). "Richard Verschoor takes SMP F4 title with another hat-trick". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b Vording, Ronald (2021-03-23). "Officieel: Verschoor debuteert in de Formule 2 met MP Motorsport". nl.motorsport.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  3. ^ "Verschoor on the moments that made him". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  4. ^ "CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. ^ "German Kart Championship 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. ^ Allen, Peter (12 May 2016). "Red Bull snaps up Richard Verschoor to Junior Team". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Full line-up for MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship". F4Spain.com. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Red Bull Junior in ADAC Formula 4". 13 May 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Red Bull adds Ticktum, Verhagen to Junior Team for 2017". 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  10. ^ Waring, Bethonie (29 October 2017). "Sacha Fenestraz crowned Eurocup champion as Shwartzman wins again at Barcelona". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Dutch teen Verschoor to lose Red Bull junior status". Motorsport.com. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Dorian Boccolacci steps up to Formula 2 with MP Motorsport - Formula 2". www.fiaformula2.com. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  13. ^ "Richard Verschoor graduates to GP3 with MP Motorsport – MP Motorsport". Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  14. ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (10 March 2019). "Red Bull junior Lawson and Verschoor complete MP's FIA F3 line-up". Autosport.
  15. ^ "Verschoor verliest F2-zitje door gebrek aan budget". 30 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Doohan to replace Verschoor in F2: "Lack of budget has decided"".
  17. ^ "Verschoor replaces injured Fittipaldi in F2 Abu Dhabi finale".

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