Richard Verschoor
Richard Verschoor is a Dutch racing driver who is set to compete in the 2026 European Le Mans Series with Duqueine.
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.
Career
Karting
Verschoor started karting in 2011. He raced in several national karting series in the Netherlands from 2011 to 2013. In 2014, Verschoor moved to the European series where he won the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy. He remained victorious in 2015, when he won German Karting Championship. Also in 2015, he finished sixth and third in the World and European CIK-FIA KF Championship respectively.Formula 4
Verschoor moved to single-seaters in 2016, joining the SMP F4 Championship at fifteen years old. He won the opening race of the season at Sochi, taking his first single-seater victory. 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.Verschoor also contested the other Koiranen GP's series, the maiden F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport. He won the first race of the campaign, and proceeded to claim his second title in dominant form, winning all but three races. He also had part-time campaigns in ADAC Formula 4 with Motopark and Italian F4 with Bhaitech Engineering.
Toyota Racing Series
2017
In 2017, before Verschoor's main campaign, he participated in the Toyota Racing Series with Giles Motorsport. He took two podiums in the opening round to take the championship lead early on. He picked up his first win in the series at Teretonga after Thomas Randle picked up a post-race penalty. A further win in the third race stretched his lead even more. However, he would get one more win and another podium for the rest of the season. He eventually lost out on the championship and ultimately ended third in the standings.2018
Verschoor returned to the Toyota Racing Series in 2018, with M2 Competition. He won the opening races in the first three rounds, putting him in a championship fight. Despite winning two races in the final round, he placed as runner-up in the championship, losing out by five points to champion Robert Shwartzman.Formula Renault Eurocup
2017
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 scored points in the first two rounds. He had one podium in the penultimate race of the season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and finished the season ninth. However, he had a streak of seven consecutive non-scoring finishes from Hungary to Austria. He 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. Overall, he ended ninth overall in the standings, and fourth in the rookies'.Verschoor also took part in a part-time campaign in the Northern European Cup that year. He made his debut in Assen, where he took a second place and a victory. He achieved another podium in Hockenheim to rank ninth overall.
2018
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. However, in his first year without Red Bull, his season was not to be promising. His highlight of the season was mainly a second place in a red-flagged race at the Red Bull Ring. Three more points finishes followed, before he was dropped by the team. He was not replaced. Verschoor ended his season 13th overall, with one podium.Verschoor competed as a guest driver in the Northern European Cup, in one round at Spa-Francorchamps. He finished the races in eighth and tenth.
GP3 Series
On 22 August 2018, Roberto Merhi left the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship. Dorian Boccolacci was promoted to replace him at MP Motorsport, leaving a vacancy in the GP3 seat. Verschoor entered the GP3 Series at the round 6 in Spa-Francorchamps. He scored his first points in just his second race with seventh, having been excluded from qualifying. He scored four more points finishes over the next three rounds, including a third place podium in Sochi. Overall, finished 15th in the standings, with 30 points.FIA Formula 3 Championship
2019
In 2019 Verschoor was announced to continue his relationship with MP Motorsport in the newly formed FIA Formula 3 Championship.In the first round in Barcelona, Verschoor qualified 15th. He did not score any points and lacked pace to finish 19th in both races. In France, Verschoor qualified 13th and finished a place down in the first race. However, in the second race, Verschoor had great pace overtaking car after car to finish fourth. 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. In the second race, he dropped to twelfth, despite being in sixth position at the start of the race. Verschoor would go on and not score any points for the next three rounds. Starting 18th in Silverstone, Verschoor finished 17th and 21st in the races. In Hungary, Verschoor started 16th and cruised his way up to 13th in the first race. But on the final lap, Verschoor was forced to retire with an issue. He made a decent comeback to finish 17th in Race 2. He finished 17th and 11th in Spa-Francorchamps. The next two rounds were much more successful for Verschoor. He qualified eighth in Monza but started third due to penalties. He took the lead in a multi-car battle on lap 4, but Marcus Armstrong passed him just moments later. 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. Verschoor followed it up with fourth in Race 2, one place behind teammate Lawson. In the final race in Sochi, Verschoor started 13th and worked his way up to tenth, scoring a point in the first race. In Race 2, he improved to seventh. Overall, Verschoor finished 13th in the championship with six points scoring finishes, racking up a total of 34 points.
Verschoor was announced to compete in the Macau Grand Prix for MP Motorsport. He finished fifth and four in qualifying and the qualification race. He overtook Robert Shwartzman and Christian Lundgaard for second and sat behind Jüri Vips. On lap 8 out of 15, Verschoor passed Vips and despite defending from him late in the race, Verschoor pressed on to win the Macau Grand Prix. In doing so, 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. After the race, Verschoor revealed that he raced with bent steering after he clouted the wall whilst taking the lead.
2020
Verschoor remained in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, still with MP Motorsport and was partnered alongside Bent Viscaal and Lukas Dunner.Verschoor qualified ninth in the first race weekend at the Red Bull Ring and finished eighth in the first race, Lining up third for the second race, he lost a position at the start to former teammate Liam Lawson. Later during the race, Verschoor overtook David Beckmann and Clément Novalak to claim second and his maiden podium in the series. Verschoor qualified 11th for the second Red Bull Ring round. In treacherous conditions during the first race, he worked his way up to seventh before the race was stopped. 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. Verschoor started Race 1 in Hungary eighth. 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. He achieved fifth place in the second race, this time inheriting a penalty from teammate Viscaal.
Verschoor qualified 15th for Silverstone. He finished just outside the points, in eleventh for the first race, and scored points in the second race in ninth. For the second Silverstone round, Verschoor qualified all the way down in 27th. His low position meant he only finished 19th and 18th in the races. In Barcelona, Verschoor started tenth for Race 1. He had an uneventful race, making up a position to finish ninth. Lining up second for Race 2, Verschoor lost positions to Alex Peroni and Oscar Piastri to slip to fourth. He would remain there for the whole of the race.
For the Spa-Francorchamps round, Verschoor qualified a season best sixth. However, he dropped to tenth in the first race, giving him reverse pole. He stayed in the lead until lap 3, where Sargeant passed him on the Kemmel Straight. He would fall down the order and finish seventh. Verschoor qualified 17th in Monza but started 14th due to penalties. However, due to an issue he finished 27th. In a chaotic race, Verschoor charged from the back to finish tenth. For the Mugello season finale, Verschoor started 14th and finished Race 1 in 12th place, before following it up with fifth in the second race. Overall, Verschoor scored 69 points throughout the season to rank ninth in the standings. He also achieved a total of thirteen top 10 finishes and was the highest of all MP drivers.