Richard Verschoor (; born 16 December 2000) is a Dutch racing driver who competes in the LMP2 Pro-Am class of the European Le Mans Series with Duqueine Team.
Born in Benschop, Utrecht, Verschoor began karting in 2011, graduating to single-seaters in 2016 where he won the SMP F4 and Spanish F4 that year. He spent two years in Formula Renault Eurocup that yielded little success, before moving up to FIA Formula 3 for and , competing for MP Motorsport. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in with MP Motorsport and spent five seasons in the category, his best being third during his final season in .
Verschoor became the first Dutch driver to win the Macau Grand Prix, winning at his first attempt in 2019. He is also a McLaren Driver Development Programme member. As of 2025, Verschoor currently holds the most starts in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (125).
Junior racing career Karting Verschoor started karting competitively in 2011, contesting various national championships in the Netherlands over the following three years. He stepped up to the European level in 2014 and won the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy. Verschoor continued his success in 2015 by claiming the German Karting Championship, while also finishing third in the European CIK-FIA KF Championship and sixth in the world championship.
Formula 4 Verschoor graduated to single-seaters in 2016, joining the SMP F4 Championship at the age of fifteen. He won on debut in Sochi, and went on to dominate the season with ten consecutive victories, securing the title with three races remaining and finishing nearly 70 points clear of compatriot Jarno Opmeer.
Alongside his SMP campaign, Verschoor contested the inaugural F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport. He won the opening race of the season and comfortably secured a second title after winning all but three races. He also made selected appearances in ADAC Formula 4 with Motopark and in the Italian F4 Championship with Bhaitech Engineering.
Toyota Racing Series 2017 Before beginning his main campaign in Europe, Verschoor competed in the 2017 Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport. He claimed two podiums during the opening round at the Euromarque Motorsport Park to lead the standings early on, before inheriting his maiden victory at Teretonga after Thomas Randle received a post-race penalty. Another victory in the third race strengthened his championship challenge. Although his form faded during the final three rounds of the season, he added one further win and podium, eventually finishing third in the standings.
2018 Verschoor returned to the series in 2018 with M2 Competition. He won the opening race in each of the first three rounds, emerging as a title contender alongside Robert Shwartzman. Despite claiming two victories during the final round at Manfeild, Verschoor ultimately finished runner-up in the championship, five points behind Shwartzman.
Formula Renault Eurocup 2017
In January 2017, Verschoor remained with MP Motorsport to contest the Formula Renault Eurocup alongside fellow Red Bull junior Neil Verhagen. After scoring points during the opening four rounds, his campaign was hindered by a seven-race non-scoring streak between Hungary and Austria. He recovered with fourth place at Paul Ricard, before securing his maiden Eurocup podium with third at the Barcelona finale. Verschoor finished ninth overall in the standings and fourth among rookies.
Verschoor also contested selected rounds of the Northern European Cup that year. On his debut weekend in Assen, he claimed both a podium and a victory. and later added another podium in Hockenheim to also finish ninth overall despite his limited schedule.
2018
Verschoor switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing, for the 2018 season, joining the outfit that had won the previous two Eurocup drivers' titles with Lando Norris and Sacha Fenestraz. However, his campaign proved difficult following his departure from the Red Bull Junior Team. His best result came with second place in a red-flagged race at the Red Bull Ring, while three additional points finishes followed before he departed the team mid-season. Three more points finishes followed, Verschoor ended the year thirteenth in the standings with one podium.
Verschoor also made a guest appearance in the Northern European Cup at Spa-Francorchamps, finishing eighth and tenth across the two races.
GP3 Series Verschoor entered the GP3 Series midway through 2018 after Roberto Merhi left MP Motorsport's Formula 2 lineup, prompting Dorian Boccolacci to move up and vacate the team's GP3 seat. Verschoor joined the championship from the Spa-Francorchamps round onwards. Despite being excluded from qualifying on debut weekend, he scored points with seventh in the sprint race. He added four further points finishes during the remaining rounds, including a podium in Sochi. and concluded the season fifteenth in the standings with 30 points.
FIA Formula 3 Championship 2019
In 2019, Verschoor remained with MP Motorsport for the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship. He endured a difficult start to the season, failing to score points in Barcelona after qualifying fifteenth. In Paul Ricard, he qualified thirteenth and finished fourteenth in the first race, before charging through the field to fourth in Race 2, scoring his first points of the season. Verschoor scored points again at the Red Bull Ring, after overtaking Niko Kari late in Race 1 to finish tenth, but then he went scoreless over the next three rounds. This included a difficult Silverstone weekend where he finished seventeenth and 21st, and a retirement from Race 1 in Hungary after suffering a technical issue on the final lap. After finishing seventeenth and eleventh in Spa-Francorchamps, he qualified eighth in Monza, later starting third due to grid penalties for other drivers. He briefly led a multi-car battle for the lead before eventually finishing fifth, later promoted to fourth after Marcus Armstrong received a penalty. He added another fourth place in Race 2, finishing just behind Liam Lawson. At the Sochi finale, Verschoor finished tenth and seventh across the two races, securing further points finishes. He ended the season thirteenth in the standings with 34 points.
Following the Formula 3 season, Verschoor competed in the Macau Grand Prix with MP Motorsport. After qualifying fifth and finishing fourth in the qualification race, he overtook Robert Shwartzman and Christian Lundgaard early before passing Jüri Vips for the lead on lap eight. Despite sustaining bent steering after clipping the wall during the move, Verschoor held off Vips to become the first Dutch driver to win the Macau Grand Prix, as well as the first rookie winner since Keisuke Kunimoto in 2008.
2020 Verschoor remained with MP Motorsport for the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering Bent Viscaal and Lukas Dunner. He enjoyed a strong start to the season at the Red Bull Ring, qualifying ninth before scoring points in Race 1 with eighth place. Starting third for Race 2, he overtook David Beckmann and Clément Novalak to secure second place and his maiden Formula 3 podium. During the second Spielberg round, Verschoor recovered from eleventh on the grid to seventh in wet conditions during Race 1, before finishing fourth in Race 2 after benefitting from a late collision between Liam Lawson and Jake Hughes. In Hungary, he added further points finishes with fourth and fifth places across the two races, the former coming after Logan Sargeant received a penalty. Verschoor endured a more difficult run over the next rounds. After qualifying fifteenth in Silverstone, he narrowly missed out on points in Race 1 before finishing ninth in Race 2. A poor qualifying result of 27th in the second Silverstone round limited him to nineteenth and eighteenth-place finishes. In Barcelona, he finished ninth in Race 1 and fourth in Race 2 after briefly running in podium contention.
In Spa-Francorchamps, Verschoor recorded his best qualifying of the season in sixth. Although he dropped to tenth in Race 1, it handed him reverse-grid pole for Race 2. He lost the lead to Sargeant on lap three and eventually finished seventh. A difficult Monza weekend followed, where a technical issue left him 27th, although he recovered to tenth in a chaotic second race.but started 14th due to penalties. Verschoor ended the campaign with fifth place in the Mugello finale during the second race. He finished ninth in the standings with 69 points, recording thirteen top-ten finishes and ending the year as MP Motorsport's highest-scoring driver.
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2021
Verschoor participated in Formula 2 pre-season testing with MP Motorsport before joining the team on a round-by-round basis for the opening rounds of the season alongside Lirim Zendeli; from Silverstone onwards, his deal was extended to cover the remainder of the campaign. He made an immediate impression in Bahrain, qualifying sixth before being promoted to fifth after Jüri Vips was disqualified. Although he retired from the opening sprint race after contact with Dan Ticktum, Verschoor recovered strongly in Sprint Race 2 to finish fifth after gaining eight positions in the closing laps. In the feature race, an alternate tyre strategy briefly elevated him into the lead after overtaking Marcus Armstrong and Oscar Piastri, though fading tyre performance dropped him to fourth at the finish. In Monaco, after qualifying fifteenth, he finished thirteenth and seventh in the sprint races before scoring a point with tenth in the feature. In the feature race, he took a solitary point with tenth. A difficult Baku weekend followed, where he qualified sixteenth and failed to score after retiring from the second sprint following contact with Roy Nissany and later colliding with Bent Viscaal in the feature race.
In Silverstone, Verschoor enjoyed his strongest weekend of the season. He qualified third behind Piastri and Zhou Guanyu before claiming his maiden Formula 2 victory in Sprint Race 2 from reverse-grid pole after a strong start. He followed it with fourth place in the feature race after pressuring Piastri for the final podium position in the closing laps. After qualifying twentieth in Monza, he recovered from technical issues in Sprint Race 1 and climbed from the back to seventh in the feature race, only to be disqualified for a technical infringement regarding car weight. In Sochi, he scored points in both races with eighth-place finishes. Due to budgetary issues, MP Motorsport replaced Verschoor with Jack Doohan for the final two rounds of the season. However, he returned for the Abu Dhabi finale with Charouz Racing System, replacing the injured Enzo Fittipaldi. He scored a point in the feature race with tenth and ended the season eleventh in the standings with 56 points.
2022
At the end of February 2022, Verschoor joined Trident for the Formula 2 season alongside Calan Williams, ending a six-year association with MP Motorsport. He made an immediate impact in Bahrain, qualifying ninth before winning the opening sprint race from the front row after a slow start for Felipe Drugovich, securing Trident's maiden Formula 2 victory. However, he retired from the feature race after contact with Enzo Fittipaldi. Verschoor continued his strong form in Jeddah by qualifying second, finishing fifth in the sprint and taking his maiden feature race podium with second place behind Drugovich. The result elevated him to third in the championship standings.