Richard Verschoor

Richard Verschoor (born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver. He is a former Red Bull Junior Team member, reigning SMP F4 and Spanish F4 champion, where he won both single-seater championships in his debut year[1] and is currently competing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Richard Verschoor
Verschoor behind the wheel of an F3 car in Austria
Nationality Dutch
Born (2000-12-16) 16 December 2000
Benschop, Netherlands
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamMP Motorsport
Car number6
Starts34 (34 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish9th in 2020
Previous series
2018
201718
201718
201718
2016
2016
2016
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
Macau Grand Prix
F4 Spanish Championship
SMP F4 Championship

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

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.[2] He remained victorious in 2015, when he won German Karting Championship.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He also had part-time campaigns in ADAC Formula 4 with Motopark[6] and Italian F4 with Bhaitech Engineering.

Formula Renault

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.[7] He had one podium in the penultimate race of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and finished the season ninth.[8]

In December Verschoor was dropped from the Red Bull programme.[9] 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.[10][11]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Verschoor was announced to continue his relationship with MP Motorsport in the newly formed FIA Formula 3 Championship.[12]

Racing record

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 1 69 9th

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

Complete GP3 Series results

(key)

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.

References

  1. Allen, Peter (4 September 2016). "Richard Verschoor takes SMP F4 title with another hat-trick". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. "CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. "German Kart Championship 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. Allen, Peter (12 May 2016). "Red Bull snaps up Richard Verschoor to Junior Team". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. "Full line-up for MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship". F4Spain.com. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. "Red Bull Junior in ADAC Formula 4". 13 May 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. "Red Bull adds Ticktum, Verhagen to Junior Team for 2017". 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  8. Waring, Bethonie (29 October 2017). "Sacha Fenestraz crowned Eurocup champion as Shwartzman wins again at Barcelona". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  9. "Dutch teen Verschoor to lose Red Bull junior status". Motorsport.com. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  10. "Dorian Boccolacci steps up to Formula 2 with MP Motorsport - Formula 2". www.fiaformula2.com. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  11. "Richard Verschoor graduates to GP3 with MP Motorsport – MP Motorsport". Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  12. Khorounzhiy, Valentin (10 March 2019). "Red Bull junior Lawson and Verschoor complete MP's FIA F3 line-up". Autosport.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Niko Kari
SMP F4 Championship
Champion

2016
Succeeded by
Christian Lundgaard
Preceded by
Inaugural
F4 Spanish Championship
Champion

2016
Succeeded by
Christian Lundgaard
Preceded by
Jehan Daruvala
New Zealand Grand Prix
Winner

2018
Succeeded by
Liam Lawson
Preceded by
Dan Ticktum
Macau Grand Prix
Winner

2019
Succeeded by
Hon Chio Leong
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