Richard Verschoor

[4] He 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.

[11] Following this, he had a series of ten consecutive wins and took the championship title with three races to spare, nearly 70 points ahead of fellow Dutch racer Jarno Opmeer.

[26][27] In January 2017, it was announced Verschoor would continue his relationship with MP Motorsport and step up to Formula Renault Eurocup alongside new Red Bull Junior Neil Verhagen.

He then secured a fourth place in Paul Ricard,[30] before earning his maiden podium in the series with a third, at the final round in Barcelona.

In December 2017, it was announced that he would switch to Josef Kaufmann Racing, the team which won the last two Eurocup driver titles with Lando Norris and Sacha Fenestraz.

[45] At the Red Bull Ring, Verschoor qualified 12th and finished tenth, scoring a point after overtaking Niko Kari in the final two laps of the first race.

He would lose more places to Robert Shwartzman, Jehan Daruvala and Yuki Tsunoda to finish fifth, but was promoted to fourth following Armstrong's penalty.

[55] 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, Verschoor overtook David Beckmann and Clément Novalak to claim second and his maiden podium in the series.

In the second race, Verschoor dropped two positions to sixth at the start, but finished in fourth as Lawson and Jake Hughes collided during the final few laps.

He 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.

Lining up second for Race 2, Verschoor lost positions to Alex Peroni and Oscar Piastri to slip to fourth.

[87] Unfortunately for Verschoor, due to budgetary issues, he was replaced for the last two rounds of the season by 2021 Formula 3 vice-champion Jack Doohan.

While battling for third with Lawson on the third last lap of the sprint race, Verschoor outbraked himself, sending him into the barries and damaging his front suspension.

[107] During the feature race, Verschoor battled his way to ninth before a powertrain issue saw him retire on the final lap, throwing away points in the process.

[115] In Monza, Verschoor qualified fifth and finished in the same position in the sprint race, but was demoted to eighth place for gaining an advantage off-track.

[116] In the feature race, he ran on the alternate strategy but a safety car and red flag mid-race ruined his chances of a good result.

Despite that, a pass late in the race on Marino Sato sealed tenth place,[117] before being promoted to ninth following Ayumu Iwasa's disqualification.

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

He would inherit the lead of the sprint race after Jehan Daruvala's headrest came loose, and would maintain it until the penultimate lap where Enzo Fittipaldi would pass him, and Verschoor settled with second place.

[138] The feature race however would end in disaster as he finished fourth but dropped to 12th due to a five-second penalty for an unsafe release at his pitstop.

In the sprint he moved into second at the start but was overtaken by Frederik Vesti halfway through the race forcing him to settle for third place, his third podium of the season.

[140] He 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.

[145] However, he would be disqualified from the race due to an incorrect throttle pedal progressivity map, making it the second time in Formula 2 that he had been stripped from a win.

[152][153] However, he was void of luck during the feature race as his car started to fail mid-race and he slowly slipped down the order, before retiring on lap 31.

[157] Despite that, he bounced back with third place in the feature race with a comeback towards the end, surpassing Gabriel Bortoleto on the last lap for the podium.

[160] Qualifying down in 19th for Monza, a timed safety car during the feature race allowed him to pit, re-joining in a net third place which would be where he finished.

[172] In the feature race, a successful alternate strategy improved him to the top positions, before passing Victor Martins on the last lap for third place.

[173] With a total of one win and six podiums, as well as 106 points, Verschoor finished eighth in the standings, his highest placing in the series to date.

[174] Verschoor is expected to be partnered by Oliver Goethe at MP Motorsport in 2025 for his fifth season, with the Dutchman stating he was "aiming for the championship".

Verschoor racing in the 2017 Formula Renault Eurocup
Verschoor racing in the 2018 Formula Renault Eurocup
Verschoor at the 2019 Macau Grand Prix
Verschoor after winning a race in the 2021 Silverstone Formula 2 round (car behind)
Verschoor (center) winning the feature race in Austria before his disqualification.
Verschoor at the 2023 Macau Grand Prix