MP Motorsport

MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team has also participated in Auto GP, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in conjunction with Manor Competition, using the name Manor MP Motorsport.

MP Motorsport
Founded1995[1]
BaseWestmaas, Netherlands
Team principal(s)Sander Dorsman
Current seriesFIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
F4 Spanish Championship
F3 Asian Championship
24H GT Series
Former seriesGP2 Series
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands
Dutch Formula Ford
Auto GP
V de V Challenge Monoplace
GP3 Series
SMP F4 Championship
Current driversFIA Formula 2
Felipe Drugovich[2]
Nobuharu Matsushita[3]

FIA Formula 3
Richard Verschoor[4]
Bent Viscaal[5]
Lukas Dunner[6]
Formula Renault 2.0
Franco Colapinto[7]
Joey Alders[8]
Hadrien David[9]

Spanish Formula 4
Joshua Dufek[10]
Oliver Gøthe[11]
Kas Haverkort[12]
Enzo Joulié[13]
Mari Boya[14]
Teams'
Championships		F4 Spanish Championship:
2016, 2017, 2018
Drivers'
Championships		Dutch Formula Ford season:
2000: Patrick Koel
2002: Jaap van Lagen
SMP F4 Championship:
2016: Richard Verschoor
2017: Christian Lundgaard
F4 Spanish Championship:
2016: Richard Verschoor
2017: Christian Lundgaard
2018: Amaury Cordeel
Websitehttp://mpmotorsport.com/

Background

MP Motorsport were founded in 1995. The squad competed in local Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford championships.[1]

In 2003, team joined Formula Renault 2.0 series, competing in Eurocup and Benelux championships. In 2008 MP Motorsport entered the EUROCUP Formula Renault 2.0 series and made an immediate impact when Paul Meijer won at the team's debut in the Series at Spa Francorchamps

In 2011, MP Motorsport graduated to Auto GP.[15] For the next year team joined forces with Manor Competition in Auto GP World Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.[16]

MP Motorsport joined GP2 Series in 2013, replacing Scuderia Coloni.[17] 2012 Auto GP World Series champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs signed with the team alongside Daniël de Jong, who raced for Manor MP Motorsport in the Auto GP World Series and Rapax in the GP2 Series throughout the 2012 season.[18][19] MP achieved their first podium at the GP2 sprint race in Monaco, with Quaife-Hobbs finishing second behind race winner Stefano Coletti from Rapax.[20]

Daniël de Jong, driving for MP Motorsport during GP2 Series race at Silverstone in 2014

The team took their first GP2 victory in 2014, when Marco Sorensen won the sprint race in Sochi despite a late challenge from both Stoffel Vandoorne and Felipe Nasr.[21]

After an uneventful 2015 season (with the exception of a podium from Sergio Canamasas in the Monaco feature race), the team achieved its highest points scoring place in the constructor's championship in the 2016 season, mostly from the performances of Oliver Rowland. The team also partook in the SMP F4 and Spanish F4 championships, with Red Bull Junior Richard Verschoor claiming both titles with the team and Jarno Opmeer finishing SMP F4 vice-champion.

In November 2016, it was announced MP would go into the 2017 season with Sérgio Sette Câmara.[22] In February 2017, Jordan King joined the team.[23] In 2017, MP also made its return to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship, fielding Verschoor, Opmeer and new Red Bull Junior Neil Verhagen.[24] For the SMP F4 Championship, MP signed Tristan Charpentier, Lukas Dunner, Bent Viscaal and Renault Sport Academy driver Christian Lundgaard, with Lundgaard claiming the title at the Moscow Raceway.[25][26] The team also contested the Spanish F4 Championship with Lundgaard, Dunner, Viscaal and other Renault junior Marta García.[25][27]

The team remained in Formula 2, signing Ralph Boschung and Roberto Merhi as their drivers.[28][29] In 2018, the team expanded to the GP3 Series, replacing DAMS.[30] For the inaugural campaign they signed with Dorian Boccolacci and Niko Kari.[31][32] They were accompanied by Will Palmer in the first round.[33] Max Defourny, Christian Lundgaard and Alex Peroni will join the squad in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[34][35][36] Isac Blomqvist, Amaury Cordeel and Patrick Schott represented the team in the 2018 SMP F4 Championship and 2018 F4 Spanish Championship, with Cordeel claiming the latter title.[37][38]

In 2019, the team signed Cordeel, Lorenzo Colombo and Renault junior Victor Martins for their Formula Renault Eurocup campaign and stayed on in the newly rebranded FIA Formula 3 Championship, fielding Richard Verschoor, Simo Laaksonen and Red Bull Junior Liam Lawson.[39][40][41][42][43][44] For the Spanish F4 Championship, MP signed championship returnee Rafael Villanueva, Jr. and acquired karting graduate Nicolas Baert, UAE F4 race winner Tijmen van der Helm and KNAF-backed racer Glenn van Berlo.[45][46][47] In the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the team fielded Jordan King and Mahaveer Raghunathan. Raghunathan would provide for very erratic and sometimes dangerous driving, which culminated in him collecting 24 penalty points throughout the whole year.

Current series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Podiums T.C. Points
2017 Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome Jordan King 22 0 0 0 0 6th 109
Sérgio Sette Câmara 22 1 0 0 2
2018 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Roberto Merhi 16 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 8th 61
Ralph Boschung 20 0 0 0 0
Dorian Boccolacci 8 0 0 0 0
Niko Kari 4 0 0 0 0
2019 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Jordan King 18 0 0 0 2 7th 96
Mahaveer Raghunathan 18 0 0 0 0
Artem Markelov 2 0 0 0 0
Patricio O'Ward 2 0 0 0 0
2020 Dallara F2 2018-Mecachrome Felipe Drugovich 11 1 2[lower-alpha 2] 1 1 8th* 88*
Nobuharu Matsushita 10 1 1 1

* Season still in progress

FIA Formula 3 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Podiums T.C. Points
2019 Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome Liam Lawson 16 0 0 0 2 6th 77
Richard Verschoor 16 0 0 1 0
Simo Laaksonen 16 0 0 0 0
2020 Dallara F3 2019-Mecachrome Richard Verschoor 11 1 5th* 85*
Bent Viscaal 11 1 1 2
Lukas Dunner 11

* Season still in progress.

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2008 Tatuus–Renault Paul Meijer 6 1 0 0 1 21 11th 10th
Nick Catsburg 2 0 0 0 0 0 41st
Mateusz Adamski 2 0 0 0 0 0 51st
2009 Tatuus–Renault Nigel Melker 10 0 0 0 0 5 23rd 10th
Daniël de Jong 14 0 0 0 0 3 25th
Karl-Oscar Liiv 8 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
Adam Christodoulou 2 0 0 0 0 0 38th
2010 Tatuus–Renault Daniël de Jong 16 0 0 0 1 48 9th 5th
Karl-Oscar Liiv 12 0 0 0 0 22 14th
Kalle Kulmanen 16 0 0 0 0 3 22nd
2011 Tatuus–Renault Karl-Oscar Liiv 14 0 0 0 0 12 17th 10th
Kevin Kleveros 12 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
Johannes Moor 14 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Aleksey Chuklin 6 0 0 0 0 0 45th
2012 Tatuus–Renault Jordan King 14 0 0 0 1 31 13th 8th
Steijn Schothorst 12 0 0 0 0 12 22nd
Meindert van Buuren 12 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Johan Jokinen 4 0 0 0 0 0 35th
Tanart Sathienthirakul 4 0 0 0 0 0 42nd
Kevin Kleveros 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2013 Tatuus–Renault Oliver Rowland 14 3 2 2 8 179 2nd 4th
Melville McKee 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th
Javier Merlo 8 0 0 0 0 0 30th
Léo Roussel 14 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Gregor Ramsay 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Jack Aitken 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Tatuus–Renault Andrea Pizzitola 14 2 2 0 3 108 4th 6th
Steijn Schothorst 14 0 0 0 0 24 17th
Julio Moreno 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Tatuus–Renault Dennis Olsen 17 1 1 0 2 101 8th 4th
Ignazio D'Agosto 17 0 0 1 3 94 9th
Valentin Hasse-Clot 17 0 0 0 0 2 19th
Lasse Sørensen 7 0 0 0 0 0 26th
Bruno Baptista 12 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Christopher Anthony 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016: "MP Motorsport" did not compete.
2017 Tatuus–Renault Richard Verschoor 20 0 0 0 0 54 10th 5th
Neil Verhagen 20 0 0 0 1 53 11th
Jarno Opmeer 20 0 0 0 0 15 15th
2018 Tatuus–Renault Christian Lundgaard 20 4 4 3 10 258 2nd 2nd
Alex Peroni 20 1 1 1 2 89 9th
Max Defourny 8 0 0 0 1 28 14th
Jarno Opmeer 4 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Freek Schothorst 8 0 0 0 0 0 30th
2019 Tatuus–Renault Victor Martins 20 6 8 5 14 312.5 2nd 2nd
Lorenzo Colombo 20 3 3 2 7 214.5 4th
Amaury Cordeel 20 0 0 0 0 27 15th
2020 Tatuus–Renault Franco Colapinto
Joey Alders
Hadrien David

F4 Spanish Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2016 Tatuus-Abarth Richard Verschoor 20 18 9 16 387 1st 1st
Xavier Lloveras 20 1 0 0 178 4th
Jarno Opmeer 6 0 1 0 80 7th
Sebastián Fernandez 8 0 0 0 68 8th
Danny Kroes 9 0 0 0 48 10th
Juuso Puhakka 9 0 0 0 44 13th
2017 Tatuus-Abarth Christian Lundgaard 20 7 7 7 330 1st 1st
Bent Viscaal 20 5 3 8 266 2nd
Lukas Dunner 20 0 0 0 129 8th
Marta García 20 0 0 0 70 9th
Nazim Azman 17 0 0 0 35 11th
2018 Tatuus-Abarth Patrick Schott 17 0 0 0 119 5th 1st
Nazim Azman† 14 0 0 0 179 4th
László Tóth 14 0 0 0 47 11th
Isac Blomqvist 3 0 2 1 48 10th
Amaury Cordeel 17 3 6 9 208 1st
2019 Tatuus-Abarth Nicolas Baert 21 0 0 0 105 7th 2nd
Tijmen van der Helm 21 0 0 0 158 4th
Glenn van Berlo 21 3 5 2 222 3rd
Sebastian Øgaard 3 0 0 0 0 NC
Rafael Villanueva Jr. 21 0 0 0 51 12th

† Azman raced with Drivex for the first round, scoring 38 of his 179 points

Former series results

GP2 Series
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2013 Dallara-Mecachrome Adrian Quaife-Hobbs† 12 0 0 0 56 13th 10th
Dani Clos 10 0 0 1 25 18th
Daniël de Jong 22 0 0 0 3 24th
2014 Dallara-Mecachrome Marco Sørensen 14 1 0 0 47 11th 8th
Jon Lancaster‡ 2 0 0 0 6 23rd
Tio Ellinas 6 0 0 0 7 22nd
Daniël de Jong 22 0 0 0 2 28th
2015 Dallara-Mecachrome Sergio Canamasas 6 0 0 0 27 15th 11th
Oliver Rowland 4 0 0 0 3 20th
René Binder 7 0 0 0 2 22nd
Daniël de Jong 14 0 0 0 1 23rd
Nicholas Latifi 7 0 0 0 0 27th
Meindert van Buuren 1 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 Dallara-Mecachrome Oliver Rowland 22 0 0 0 107 9th 7th
Daniël de Jong 22 0 0 0 6 21st

GP3 Series
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2018 Dallara-Mecachrome Dorian Boccolacci 10 1 1 1 58 10th 4th
Richard Verschoor 8 0 0 0 30 15th
Niko Kari 14 0 0 0 6 17th
Devlin DeFrancesco 14 0 0 0 0 21st
Christian Lundgaard 2 0 0 0 0 23rd
Will Palmer 2 0 0 0 0 25th
Jehan Daruvala 2 0 0 0 0 26th

SMP F4 Championship
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C.
2016 Tatuus-Abarth Richard Verschoor 20 10 10 9 339 1st
Jarno Opmeer 20 6 3 5 270 2nd
Danny Kroes 11 0 0 0 32 12th
2017 Tatuus-Abarth Christian Lundgaard 18 9 7 10 255 1st
Bent Viscaal 18 1 0 1 153 5th
Tristan Charpentier 3 0 0 0 4 13th
Lukas Dunner 15 0 0 0 16 15th
John Peters 9 0 0 0 4 17th
2018 Tatuus-Abarth Freek Schothorst 3 0 0 1 36 10th
Patrick Schott 12 0 0 0 31 12th
Lázsló Tóth 3 0 0 0 0 21st
Isac Blomqvist 21 3 1 3 201 3rd
Amaury Cordeel 12 2 1 2 107 8th

Timeline
Current series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2008–2015, 2017–2019
F4 Spanish Championship 2016-2019
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2017-2019
FIA Formula 3 Championship<b 2019
F3 Asian Championship 2020-
Former series
Benelux Formula Ford 1800 1996–2002
Dutch Formula 1800 1996–2002
Formula Renault 2.0 Masters 2003
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands 2003–2005
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 2005
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2006–2015
Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup 2008
Auto GP 2011–2013
GP2 Series 2013-2016
GP3 Series 2018
SMP F4 Championship 2016-2018

Notes
  1. Poles given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[48]
  2. 1 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 poles scored as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[49]

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Achievements
Preceded by
none		 F4 Spanish Teams' Champion
2016-2018		 Succeeded by
Drivex School

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