Founded 1995 Team principal(s) Sander Dorsman | Base Westmaas, Netherlands | |
Current series FIA Formula 2 Championship
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
SMP F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship Former series GP2 Series
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands
Dutch Formula Ford
Auto GP
V de V Challenge Monoplace Current drivers Jordan King
Sérgio Sette Câmara
Jarno Opmeer
Neil Verhagen
Richard Verschoor
Tristan Charpentier
Lukas Dunner
Christian Lundgaard
Bent Viscaal | ||
MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team, which is currently competing in the GP2 Series starting in 2013. The team is also participating in Auto GP, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in conjunction with Manor Motorsport, using the name "Manor MP Motorsport".
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Background
MP Motorsport were founded in 1995. The squad competed in local Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford championships.
In 2003, 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 teams debut in the Series at Spa Francorchamps
In 2011, MP Motorsport graduated to Auto GP. For the next year team joined forces with Manor Motorsport 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 will race for 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 of 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 2017, MP also made its return to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship, fielding Verschoor and new Red Bull Junior Neil Verhagen. For the SMP F4 Championship, MP signed Tristan Charpentier, Lukas Dunner, Bent Viscaal and Christian Lundgaard.