Founded | 1995 |
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Base | Westmaas, Netherlands |
Team principal(s) | Sander Dorsman |
Current series |
GP2 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SMP F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship |
Former series |
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands Dutch Formula Ford Auto GP |
Current drivers |
Jordan King Sérgio Sette Câmara Neil Verhagen Richard Verschoor |
Drivers' Championships |
Dutch Formula Ford season: 2000: Patrick Koel 2002: Jaap van Lagen SMP F4 Championship: 2016 Richard Verschoor F4 Spanish Championship: 2016 Richard Verschoor |
Website | http://manormpmotorsport.net/ |
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".
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.