Verschoor teams up with MP Motorsport for renewed FIA F2 challenge

Dutch driver Richard Verschoor will rejoin MP Motorsport for a fresh attack of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Ahead of their 2025 season together, the experienced campaigner will start his reacquaintance with the team by replacing US-bound Dennis Hauger in MP’s F2 line-up for the final two 2024 rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Verschoor and MP aim to revitalise a cooperation that dates back to the Dutchman’s title-winning debut year in motorsport when they dominated to win two championships in one season. A race winner in every F2 season in which he competed, Verschoor also raced with the Dutch team in Formula Renault, GP3 and FIA Formula 3, with his famous win in the 2019 Macau Grand Prix as the undoubted highlight.

Having not just signed for the 2025 season, the 23-year-old from Benschop will return to an MP cockpit as soon as December when he will take part in the two season-closing F2 rounds in the Middle East. Verschoor replaces Norwegian driver Dennis Hauger, who has elected to focus on a bright new future in the United States.

“Signing up with MP for more Formula 2 feels like coming home”, said Verschoor. “I spent half of my entire racing career with MP, so it means a lot to me that we are able to move forward together for 2025 while also adding the two final 2024 rounds at Losail and Yas Marina. It’s been a partnership that has led to success in Formula 4, Formula 3 and Formula 2, including that legendary victory at Macau. I can’t wait to travel to Qatar and go back to working with the team once again.”

“I’m extremely happy to welcome back Richard for another season in Formula 2”, said Sander Dorsman, MP Motorsport’s team principal. “We have celebrated many wins together, so it’s a true privilege to tap into his wealth of Formula 2 knowledge as we head towards a new season. Richard returning to the MP fold is testament to the way we go racing as a family, and he has always fitted right in. Meanwhile, I would like to thank Dennis for his huge contribution to the team in the past two F2 seasons. Three wins, nine podiums and two poles is no mean feat, and I am certain that he will take his career to a new level in North America.”

Following a successful karting career, Verschoor made a storming debut in single-seaters in 2016, winning both the Spanish F4 Championship and the SMP F4 Championship in his first season in motorsport. Using Formula Renault as stepping stone, he entered the GP3 Series midway through the 2018 season, reaching the podium in his third race weekend. His first F3 season in 2019 was crowned by Verschoor taking the best victory of his career – the FIA F3 World Cup in Macau. Continuing with MP in FIA F2 in 2021, the Dutchman went on win in his debut season, before taking wins in every season that followed, in the process collecting 11 podiums, two pole positions and three fastest laps.