98 Facts About Richard Verschoor

Richard Verschoor previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for two years with MP Motorsport.

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

Richard Verschoor is a former Red Bull Junior Team member, the 2016 SMP F4 and Spanish F4 champion, where he won both single-seater championships in his debut year.

Richard Verschoor raced in several national karting series in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2013.

In 2014, Richard Verschoor moved to the European series where he won the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy.

Richard Verschoor remained victorious in 2015, when he won German Karting Championship.

Richard Verschoor moved to single-seaters in 2016, joining the SMP F4 Championship at 15 years old.

Richard Verschoor won the opening race of the season at Sochi, taking his first single-seater victory.

Richard Verschoor contested the other Koiranen GP's series, the maiden F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport.

Richard Verschoor won the first race of the campaign, and proceeded to claim his second title in dominant form, winning all but three races.

Richard Verschoor had part-time campaigns in ADAC Formula 4 with Motopark and Italian F4 with Bhaitech Engineering.

Richard Verschoor took two podiums in the opening round to take the championship lead early on.

Richard Verschoor picked up his first win in the series at Teretonga after Thomas Randle picked up a post-race penalty.

Richard Verschoor eventually lost out on the championship and ultimately ended third in the standings.

Richard Verschoor returned to the Toyota Racing Series in 2018, with M2 Competition.

Richard Verschoor won the opening races in the first three rounds, putting him in a championship fight.

In January 2017, it was announced Richard Verschoor would continue his relationship with MP Motorsport and step up to Formula Renault Eurocup alongside new Red Bull Junior Neil Verhagen.

Richard Verschoor had one podium in the penultimate race of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and finished the season ninth.

Richard Verschoor then secured a fourth place in Paul Ricard, before earning his maiden podium in the series with a third, at the final round in Barcelona.

Richard Verschoor took part in a part-time campaign in the Northern European Cup that year.

Richard Verschoor made his debut in Assen, where he took a second place and a victory.

Richard Verschoor achieved another podium in Hockenheim to rank ninth overall.

Richard Verschoor competed as a guest driver in the Northern European Cup, in one round at Spa-Francorchamps.

Richard Verschoor entered the GP3 Series at the round 6 in Spa-Francorchamps.

Richard Verschoor scored his first points in just his second race with seventh, having been excluded from qualifying.

Richard Verschoor scored four more points finishes over the next three rounds, including a third place podium in Sochi.

In 2019 Richard Verschoor was announced to continue his relationship with MP Motorsport in the newly formed FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Richard Verschoor did not score any points and lacked pace to finish 19th in both races.

However in the second race, Richard Verschoor had great pace overtaking car after car to finish fourth.

Richard Verschoor would go on and not score any points for the next three rounds.

In Hungary, Richard Verschoor started 16th and cruised his way up to 13th in the first race.

Richard Verschoor made a decent comeback to finish 17th in Race 2.

Richard Verschoor took the lead in a multi-car battle on lap 4, but Marcus Armstrong passed him just moments later.

Richard Verschoor followed it up with fourth in Race 2, one place behind teammate Lawson.

Richard Verschoor was announced to compete in the Macau Grand Prix for MP Motorsport.

Richard Verschoor finished fifth and four in qualifying and the qualification race.

Richard Verschoor overtook Robert Shwartzman and Christian Lundgaard for second and sat behind Juri Vips.

On lap 8 out of 15, Richard Verschoor passed Vips and despite defending from him late in the race, Richard Verschoor pressed on to win the Macau Grand Prix.

In doing so, Richard Verschoor become the first Dutch driver to win the Macau Grand Prix and the first rookie to win the event since Keisuke Kunimoto in the 2008 edition.

Richard Verschoor remained in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, still with MP Motorsport and was partnered alongside Bent Viscaal and Lukas Dunner.

Later during the race, Richard Verschoor overtook David Beckmann and Clement Novalak to claim second and his maiden podium in the series.

Richard Verschoor cleared the chaos at the start, and managed to finish fifth in the end before being promoted to fourth due to a penalty from Logan Sargeant.

Richard Verschoor achieved fifth place in the second race, this time inheriting a penalty from teammate Viscaal.

Richard Verschoor finished just outside the points, in eleventh for the first race, and scored points in the second race in ninth.

Richard Verschoor had an uneventful race, making up a position to finish ninth.

Richard Verschoor would remain there for the whole of the race.

Richard Verschoor stayed in the lead until lap 3, where Sargeant passed him on the Kemmel Straight.

Richard Verschoor would fall down the order and finish seventh.

Richard Verschoor achieved a total of thirteen top 10 finishes and was the highest of all MP drivers.

Richard Verschoor took part in Formula 2 pre-season testing with MP Motorsport.

Richard Verschoor was to continue his relationship with them for the 2021 Formula 2 Championship, partnering F3 graduate Lirim Zendeli.

Richard Verschoor made a brilliant recovery in sprint race 2, making up eight positions in the last six laps to finish fifth.

Richard Verschoor pitted under the safety car for softs, and sat in third place.

Richard Verschoor then passed Marcus Armstrong and then a lap later, on Oscar Piastri to take the lead of the race on lap 20.

Richard Verschoor's lead lasted eight laps before he was overtaken by Guanyu Zhou.

Richard Verschoor began struggling with his tyres and lost positions to Ticktum and Liam Lawson, and eventually finished fourth.

Richard Verschoor retained his seat for the third round in Baku and qualified 16th.

Richard Verschoor had a weekend to forget, finishing the first sprint in 13th and retiring in the second sprint after Roy Nissany hit the back of him, sending Verschoor into the wall.

Richard Verschoor finished tenth in the first sprint, and got reverse pole for the second sprint.

Richard Verschoor went on to pick up his first F2 win, ahead of Marcus Armstrong.

Richard Verschoor eventually hailed his getaway as "by far the fastest".

Richard Verschoor put up some clean overtakes in the second sprint to finish 14th.

Richard Verschoor made a charge to finish seventh, however all effort would be undone as he was disqualified, due to his car weight being below requirement.

However, Richard Verschoor was called in to replace Enzo Fittipaldi at Charouz Racing System for the final round in Abu Dhabi, as the Brazilian was injured following a crash in the Jeddah round.

Richard Verschoor scored a point in the feature race with tenth.

Richard Verschoor finished the season in 11th place, with 56 points.

Richard Verschoor started his season in perfect fashion, taking the lead from Felipe Drugovich and winning the first sprint race of the year, taking Trident's first win in the series in the process.

Richard Verschoor got his first feature race podium after finishing second behind pole sitter Drugovich in the feature race.

Richard Verschoor's excellent start saw him jump to third in the standings, only behind Drugovich and Liam Lawson.

Richard Verschoor made great overtakes in the tight circuit to place 13th and 12th in the sprint and feature races respectively.

In Baku Richard Verschoor was back on form to qualify in sixth.

In Silverstone, Richard Verschoor finished tenth in the sprint and 14th in the feature race, having started 15th.

Tragically, Richard Verschoor was disqualified for having too little fuel in his car, thus promoting Logan Sargeant to victory.

Richard Verschoor stalled during the start of the sprint race, and his car developed a technical issue.

In Hungary, Richard Verschoor started 14th and in the sprint race, finish 16th.

Richard Verschoor defended from Theo Pourchaire but ultimately the Frenchman was unable to pass him.

Richard Verschoor then scaled through for second place and a home podium.

Richard Verschoor ended the year 12th in the standings with 103 points, claiming one win and three more podiums.

Richard Verschoor participated in the post-season test with Van Amersfoort Racing.

Richard Verschoor again started his season in Bahrain positively, qualifying third.

Richard Verschoor failed to score points in the sprint race and chances of them were dashed after a lap 1 feature race spin caused by Frederik Vesti.

In Jeddah, Richard Verschoor looked to be on the pace, however a mistake in qualifying meant he started 19th and 20th in the sprint and feature race respectively.

In Melbourne Richard Verschoor was unlucky in qualifying with an ill timed red flag, which meant he had to start 18th for both races.

Richard Verschoor managed to finish tenth in the sprint race, and drove to seventh in what was a chaotic feature race.

Monaco was a good round for Richard Verschoor, finishing fourth in both races due to rivals ahead suffering problems of their own.

Richard Verschoor bounced back from the disappointment with a sixth placed finish in the feature race.

Richard Verschoor was classified 12th in the aborted sprint race but benefitted from multiple retirements especially from the championship contenders to finish fourth in the feature race.

Richard Verschoor got overtaken at the start of the sprint by Vesti and later got passed by Victor Martins but held off Theo Pourchaire for third place, redeeming himself for the disqualification in the Belgium sprint.

Richard Verschoor would retire from the feature race due to an engine issue meaning he missed out the opportunity to jump Dennis Hauger for eighth in the standings.

Richard Verschoor finished ninth in the drivers championship with 108 points compared to teammate Juan Manuel Correa's 13.

Richard Verschoor returned to Trident as he competes in his fourth Formula 2 season in 2024, partnering Roman Stanek.

Richard Verschoor secured his first F2 pole in Monaco, despite stating that it was not a "perfect car".

In Spa-Francorchamps, Richard Verschoor got another podium with third place during a sprint race cut short by treacherous rain.

Richard Verschoor emerged first again during the pit stops, allowing him to finally cruise to his first win of the season.

Ahead of the round in Qatar, Richard Verschoor announced that he would return to MP Motorsport for the final two rounds, replacing Dennis Hauger and racing for the team during the full 2025 season.

Qualifying fifth for that event, Richard Verschoor secured a return podium with third place in the sprint race after good tyre management.

Richard Verschoor is partnered by Oliver Goethe at MP Motorsport in 2025 for his fifth season, with the Dutchman stating he is "aiming for the championship".

In 2016, following his maiden single-seater victory, Richard Verschoor was one of four to be added into the Red Bull Junior Team that year.