MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, Eurocup-3, Spanish Formula 4 Championship and the newly established F1 Academy in 2023. The team has also participated in Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, 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 in the past.
Background MP Motorsport were founded in 1995 by Cock Kool as MultiPromo for his son Ferdinand and Mervyn Kool to race in karts. The squad competed in local Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford championships.
In 2003, the 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. For the next year the team joined forces with Manor Competition in Auto GP World Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.
MP Motorsport joined GP2 Series in 2013, replacing Scuderia Coloni. 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. MP achieved their first podium at the GP2 sprint race in Monaco, with Quaife-Hobbs finishing second behind race winner Stefano Coletti from Rapax.
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.
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. In February 2017, Jordan King joined the team. 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. 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. The team also contested the Spanish F4 Championship with Lundgaard, Dunner, Viscaal and other Renault junior Marta García.
The team remained in Formula 2, signing Ralph Boschung and Roberto Merhi as their drivers. In 2018, the team expanded to the GP3 Series, replacing DAMS. For the inaugural campaign they signed with Dorian Boccolacci and Niko Kari. They were accompanied by Will Palmer in the first round. Max Defourny, Christian Lundgaard and Alex Peroni will join the squad in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. 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.
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. 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. 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.
For 2022, the team signed their former Felipe Drugovich alongside Clément Novalak, with Drugovich winning the Drivers' title and the team taking their first Formula 2 Teams' title.
Current series results FIA Formula 2 Championship Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums DallaraGP2/11 MecachromeV8108 V8 Sérgio Sette Câmara 22 1 0 1 2 12th 47 6th 109 Jordan King 22 0 0 3 0 11th 62 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Roberto Merhi 15 0 0 0 1 12th 41 8th 61 Dorian Boccolacci 8 0 0 0 0 21st 3 Ralph Boschung 20 0 0 2 0 18th 17 Niko Kari 4 0 0 0 0 24th 0 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Jordan King 20 0 0 2 2 9th 79 7th 96 Artem Markelov 2 0 0 0 0 16th 16 Mahaveer Raghunathan 20 0 0 0 0 20th 1 Patricio O'Ward 2 0 0 0 0 26th 0 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Nobuharu Matsushita 17 1 0 1 1 15th 42 6th 167 Giuliano Alesi 6 0 0 0 0 17th 4 Felipe Drugovich 24 3 1 1 4 9th 121 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Richard Verschoor 17 1 0 0 1 11th 55 6th 75 Jack Doohan 6 0 0 0 0 19th 7 Lirim Zendeli 17 0 0 1 0 17th 13 Clément Novalak 6 0 0 0 0 28th 02022 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Felipe Drugovich 28 5 4 4 11 1st 265 1st 305 Clément Novalak 28 0 0 1 1 14th 40 2023 DallaraF2 2018 MecachromeV634T V6 t Dennis Hauger 26 2 0 1 4 8th 113 6th 172 Jehan Daruvala 24 0 0 0 3 12th 59 Franco Colapinto 2 0 0 0 0 25th 0 2024 DallaraF2 2024 MecachromeV634T V6 t Dennis Hauger 24 1 2 2 5 11th 85.5 3rd 220.5 Richard Verschoor 4 0 0 2 2 8th 25 Franco Colapinto 20 1 0 3 3 9th 96 Oliver Goethe 8 0 0 0 0 23rd 142025 DallaraF2 2024 MecachromeV634T V6 t Oliver Goethe 27 0 0 2 0 15th 37 5th 207 Richard Verschoor 27 4 0 3 6 3rd 170 DallaraF2 2024 MecachromeV634T V6 t Gabriele Minì 25 2 0 0 9 4th 163 4th 200* Oliver Goethe 25 0 0 1 2 15th 37
* Season still in progress.
In detail (key) Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Points BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR JERFEA JERSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 6th 109 Sérgio Sette Câmara 13 18F 14 15 Ret 14 13 9 16 10 13 15 16 13 6 1 6 2 10 14 9 8 Jordan King 4 5 9 5 9 8 6 DSQ 9 6 7 Ret 15 11 Ret 14F 10 20F 6 Ret 8 RetF BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 8th 61 Roberto Merhi DNS 11 8 7 13 Ret 3 7 DSQ 15 4 16 11 9 11 5 Dorian Boccolacci 15 18 Ret 7 13 8 12 11 Ralph Boschung 10 7 7 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16F Ret 15 9 8 18F Ret Ret 12 8 Ret Niko Kari Ret Ret 15 Ret BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 7th 96 Jordan King 17 8 3 Ret 7F 7 6 11 8 7 10 9 6F 4 C C 6 2 12 9 12 9 Artem Markelov 6 4 Mahaveer Raghunathan 18 19 11 13 16 19 15 Ret 12 18EXEX 15 18 17 19 C C 10 13 17 17 Ret 15 Patricio O'Ward 19 14 RBRFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SILFEA SILSPR SILFEA SILSPR CATFEA CATSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MUGFEA MUGSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 6th 167 Nobuharu Matsushita 9 6 17 11 12 11 10 7 11 18 1F 5 Ret DNS 15 11 11 14 Giuliano Alesi 14 16 17 13 15 6 Felipe Drugovich 8 1F 13 13 5 16 7P 6 10 12 7 1 DSQ 13 16 Ret 4 15 Ret 20 1 8 3 8 BHRSP1 BHRSP2 BHRFEA MONSP1 MONSP2 MONFEA BAKSP1 BAKSP2 BAKFEA SILSP1 SILSP2 SILFEA MNZSP1 MNZSP2 MNZFEA SOCSP1 SOCSP2 SOCFEA JEDSP1 JEDSP2 JEDFEA YMCSP1 YMCSP2 YMCFEA 6th 75 Richard Verschoor Ret 5 4 13 6 10 12 Ret 14 10 1 4 Ret 13 DSQ 8 C 8 Jack Doohan 11 5 13 11 8 Ret Lirim Zendeli 9F Ret 18 15 7 Ret 13 Ret 10 11 9 9 15† 12 7 10 C 16 Clément Novalak 14 Ret 19 17 14 14 BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA CATSPR CATFEA MONSPR MONFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA SILSPR SILFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA LECSPR LECFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 1st 305 Felipe Drugovich 5 6 3 1P 5 10 1F 1 Ret 1P 5 3 5 4 4F 11 3 4F 4 9 4 2P 10F 1P Ret 6 3 2 Clément Novalak 18 Ret 11 14 19 4 14 5 Ret Ret 14 Ret 13 13 15 17 17 8 20 12 17 9 2 Ret Ret 8 14 12F BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA ALBSPR ALBFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA MCOSPR MCOFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 6th 172 Dennis Hauger 2 Ret 8 5 1F 19† 12† 6 15 5 4 8 6 11 12 14 1 7 3 DSQ 9 5 12 5 4 7 Jehan Daruvala 6 17 3 3 17 6 14† 14 2 13 19† 14 Ret 10 11 6 5 11 Ret Ret 10 17 17 7 Franco Colapinto 19 Ret BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA ALBSPR ALBFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MCOSPR MCOFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA LUSSPR LUSFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 3rd 220.5 Dennis Hauger 8 8F 1 3 2 RetP Ret 12 3 6F 12 Ret 5 12P 7 9 4 6 2 12 8 Ret 14 9 Richard Verschoor 3F 17 7 3F Franco Colapinto 18 6 11 Ret 4 DSQ 1F 5 5 13 18 2 11 2F 5 4F 5 13 8 Ret Oliver Goethe Ret 16 21 Ret Ret 4 9 9 ALBSPR ALBFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MCOSPR MCOFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA LUSSPR LUSFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 5th 207 Oliver Goethe 11 C 4 11 11 14 10 7 12 10 18 16 11 17† 11 11 4 13 7 8 18F 16F Ret 12 14 Ret 5 5 Richard Verschoor 4 C 2 6 4F 1F 22 9 5 Ret 1 3 4 1 7 7 Ret 18 6 5 4 8 6 8 1F 6 11 13 ALBSPR ALBFEA MIASPR MIAFEA MTLSPR MTLFEA MCOSPR MCOFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA MADSPR MADFEA BAKSPR BAKFE1 BAKFE2 LUSSPR LUSFEA YASSPR YASFEA 4th 200* Gabriele Minì 6 8 7 1 2 3 3 11 2 3 5 2 2 6 Ret 5 1 9 10 11 9 7 14 6 9 Oliver Goethe 18 4 11 Ret 10 15† Ret 14 11 Ret Ret 3F 16 18 8 Ret 12 18 3 9 12 Ret 16 14 11
* Season still in progress.
FIA Formula 3 Championship Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles Podiums 2019 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Liam Lawson 16 0 0 0 2 11th 41 6th 77 Simo Laaksonen 16 0 0 0 0 23rd 2 Richard Verschoor 16 0 0 0 0 13th 34 2020 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Richard Verschoor 18 0 0 0 1 9th 69 6th 109 Bent Viscaal 18 1 0 1 2 13th 40 Lukas Dunner 18 0 0 0 0 27th 0 2021 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Victor Martins 20 1 0 4 6 5th 131 4th 224 Caio Collet 20 0 0 0 2 9th 93 Tijmen van der Helm 20 0 0 0 0 26th 0 2022 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Caio Collet 18 2 1 2 5 8th 88 4th 195 Alexander Smolyar 16 1 2 1 3 10th 76 Filip Ugran 2 0 0 0 0 36th 0 Kush Maini 18 0 0 0 1 14th 31 2023 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Franco Colapinto 18 2 0 0 5 4th 110 3rd 194 Mari Boya 18 0 0 0 1 17th 29 Jonny Edgar 18 1 0 0 1 13th 55 2024 DallaraF3 2019 MecachromeV634 V6 Tim Tramnitz 20 1 0 0 4 9th 81 6th 137 Kacper Sztuka 20 0 0 0 0 27th 6 Alex Dunne 20 0 0 0 2 14th 50 2025 DallaraF3 2025 MecachromeV634 V6 Tim Tramnitz 19 1 0 0 3 4th 94 3rd 177 Bruno del Pino 19 0 0 0 1 23rd 16 Alessandro Giusti 19 0 0 1 2 10th 67 2026 DallaraF3 2025 MecachromeV634 V6 Mattia Colnaghi 19 0 0 0 0 13th 54 3rd 208 Tuukka Taponen 19 1 2 3 3 3rd 109 Alessandro Giusti 19 0 0 0 0 15th 45
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