Dutch auto racing team
MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship , FIA Formula 3 Championship , Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine , Eurocup-3 , Spanish Formula 4 Championship and the newly established F1 Academy in 2023. The team has also participated in 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 C.Kool as MyPromo.com Racing for his son Ferdinand Kool to race in karts. The squad competed in local Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford championships.[ 1]
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 .[ 2] [ 3]
MP Motorsport joined GP2 Series in 2013 , replacing Scuderia Coloni .[ 4] 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 .[ 5] [ 6] Monaco , with Quaife-Hobbs finishing second behind race winner Stefano Coletti from Rapax .[ 7]
Daniël de Jong , driving for MP Motorsport during GP2 Series race at Silverstone in 2014 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 .[ 8]
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 .[ 9] Jordan King joined the team.[ 10] Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship, fielding Verschoor, Opmeer and new Red Bull Junior Neil Verhagen .[ 11] 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 .[ 12] [ 13] Spanish F4 Championship with Lundgaard, Dunner, Viscaal and other Renault junior Marta García.[ 12] [ 14]
The team remained in Formula 2, signing Ralph Boschung and Roberto Merhi as their drivers.[ 15] [ 16] GP3 Series , replacing DAMS .[ 17] Dorian Boccolacci and Niko Kari .[ 18] [ 19] Will Palmer in the first round.[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] Max Defourny , Christian Lundgaard and Alex Peroni will join the squad in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 .[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] 2018 SMP F4 Championship and 2018 F4 Spanish Championship , with Cordeel claiming the latter title.[ 26] [ 27]
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 .[ 28] [ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] 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.[ 34] [ 35] [ 36] 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.[ 37]
Current series results
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† Ineligible to score points in the Drivers' Championship as a guest driver.
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* Season still in progress.
F4 Spanish Championship
24H GT Series - GT3
Eurocup-3
† Zhuravskiy drove for Drivex until round 6.
F1 Academy
GP2 Series
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GP3 Series
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SMP F4 Championship
F3 Asian Championship
Toyota Racing Series
† Ptáček drove for R-ace GP until Round 7.
Timeline
Notes
^ Points scored whilst racing for MP Motorsport. Merhi scored 20 points for other teams.
^ Points scored whilst racing for MP Motorsport. Alesi scored 8 points for other teams.
^ Points scored whilst racing for MP Motorsport. Verschoor scored 1 point for other teams.
^ Points scored whilst racing for MP Motorsport. Verschoor scored 81 points for other teams.
^ 64 points scored for other teams.
^ 1 point scored for other teams.
^ Nazim Azman raced with Drivex for the first round, scoring 38 of his 179 points.^ Adrian Quaife-Hobbs raced for Hilmer Motorsport for 10 races in 2013 scoring 33 of his 56 points.^ Jon Lancaster raced for Hilmer Motorsport for 6 races in 2014 scoring a points finish at Hockenheimring .
References
^ a b "SUCCESS SINCE 1996" . MP Motorsport. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014 .^ "MP Motorsport and De Jong join Auto GP" . AutoGP.org . Auto GP . 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2012 .^ Rubino, Jacopo (27 January 2012). "Eurocup – Manor molla la serie britannica e si allea con MP Motorsport" [Manor leaves British series and joins forces with MP Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2012 . ^ "MP Motorsport joins GP2 Series" . GP2 Series the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012 .^ Mills, Peter (21 February 2013). "Quaife-Hobbs backs Manor MP to shine in rookie GP2 year". Autosport.com . Haymarket Publications . ^ "Quaife-Hobbs joins GP2 with MP Motorsport" . gpupdate.net . SportUpdate B.V. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018 .^ "Coletti wins on home soil to extend lead" . GPUpdate.net . SportUpdate B.V. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018 .^ Esler, William (12 October 2014). "Marco Sorensen took his maiden GP2 victory in the Russian Sprint Race" . skysports.com . Sky Sports . Retrieved 2 March 2018 . ^ Simmons, Marcus (27 November 2016). "Sergio Sette Camara secures MP Motorsport seat for 2017 GP2 season" . Autosport . Retrieved 27 November 2016 . ^ "Jordan King joins MP Motorsport for 2017 GP2 Series season" . 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017 .^ "Red Bull adds Ticktum, Verhagen to Junior Team for 2017" . 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017 .^ a b "MP Motorsport voor nieuw F4-seizoen met vier talenten in zee" . 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017 .^ "LUNDGAARD, 2017 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPION" . 20 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017 .^ "MARTA GARCIA, RENAULT SPORT ACADEMY DRIVER IN 2017 SPANISH F4" . 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017 .^ "Boschung secures F2 return with MP" . Motorsport.com Motorsport Network . 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018 .^ Horton, Philip (4 April 2018). "Ex-F1 driver Roberto Merhi completes 2018 F2 grid" . motorsportweek.com . Motorsport Media Services. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018 . ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (16 October 2017). "MP Motorsport to replace DAMS in GP3 in 2018" . Motorsport.com Motorsport Network . Retrieved 16 October 2017 . ^ Allen, Peter (2 February 2018). "Dorian Boccolacci moves to MP Motorsport for 2018 GP3 season" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2 February 2018 . ^ Wood, Elliot (15 January 2018). "Former Red Bull junior Niko Kari remains in GP3 with MP Motorsport drive" . formulascout.com . Retrieved 18 January 2018 . ^ "Palmer completes MP Motorsport lineup" . GP3 Series . Retrieved 2 May 2018 .[dead link ] ^ "Will Palmer :: Official Website" . www.willpalmer.com . Retrieved 2 May 2024 .^ Wood, Ida (3 May 2018). "Will Palmer completes MP Motorsport GP3 line-up" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2 May 2024 . ^ Allen, Peter (1 March 2018). "Max Defourny returns for another Formula Renault Eurocup season with MP" . formulascout.com . Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 March 2018 . ^ "Christian Lundgaard to step up to Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup with MP Motorsport" . mpmotorsport.com . 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018 .^ "Eurocup race-winner Alex Peroni joins MP Motorsport for 2018" . formulascout.com . 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018 .^ Wood, Elliot (14 February 2018). "SMP trio named among first drivers for 2018 F4 NEZ season" . formulascout.com . Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018 . MP Motorsport, which has won the NEZ and Spanish series in both of the last two seasons, has named Isac Blomqvist as the first member of its F4 roster for this year, with the Swedish karting graduate stating he will focus on the NEZ series. ^ "MP MOTORSPORT LINES UP PATRICK SCHOTT FOR NEZ AND SPANISH F4" . 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018 .^ "AMAURY CORDEEL STEPS UP TO FORMULA RENAULT EUROCUP WITH MP MOTORSPORT" . 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019 .^ "LORENZO COLOMBO SIDES WITH MP MOTORSPORT FOR SECOND EUROCUP SEASON" . 9 January 2019. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019 .^ "VICTOR MARTINS MOVES TO MP MOTORSPORT FOR SECOND FORMULA RENAULT EUROCUP SEASON" . 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019 .^ "Simo Laaksonen joins MP Motorsport" . 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019 .^ "Richard Verschoor to race with MP Motorsport" . 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019 .^ "Liam Lawson joins MP Motorsport for debut FIA F3 campaign" . 10 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019 .^ Wood, Elliot (14 March 2019). "Global Racing Service makes first Eurocup and F4 signings" . FormulaScout . ^ "KARTING REVELATION TIJMEN VAN DER HELM MAKES F4 DEBUT WITH MP MOTORSPORT" . 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019 .^ "GLENN VAN BERLO MAKES HIS DEBUT IN FORMULA 4 AS DRIVER OF KNAF TALENT PROGRAMME" . 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019 .^ "F2 Monza: Drugovich wins title despite DNF, Vips wins sprint race" . www.autosport.com . 10 September 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023 .
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