MP Motorsport

Netherlands MP Motorsport
Founded 1995[1]
Base Westmaas, Netherlands
Team principal(s) Sander Dorsman
Current series GP2 Series
SMP F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Former series Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands
Dutch Formula Ford
Auto GP
Current drivers United Kingdom Oliver Rowland
Netherlands Daniël de Jong
Drivers'
Championships
Dutch Formula Ford season:
2000: Patrick Koel
2002: Jaap van Lagen
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".

Background

MP Motorsport were founded in 1995. The squad competed in local Benelux and Dutch Formula Ford championships.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

MP Motorsport joined GP2 Series in 2013,[4] replacing Scuderia Coloni.[5] 2012 Auto GP World Series champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs will race for the team[6] 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.[4][6] 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.

In November 2016, it was announced MP would go into the 2017 season with Red Bull Junior driver Sérgio Sette Câmara.[7]

Results

GP2 Series

Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F.L. Points D.C. T.C.
2013 Dallara-Mecachrome Netherlands Daniël de Jong 22 0 0 0 3 24th 10th
United Kingdom Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 12 0 0 0 56 13th
Spain Dani Clos 10 0 0 1 25 18th
2014 Dallara-Mecachrome Netherlands Daniël de Jong 22 0 0 0 2 28th 8th
United Kingdom Jon Lancaster 2 0 0 0 6 23rd
Cyprus Tio Ellinas 6 0 0 0 7 22nd
Denmark Marco Sørensen 14 1 0 0 47 11th
2015 Dallara-Mecachrome Spain Sergio Canamasas 6 0 0 0 27 15th 11th
Canada Nicholas Latifi 7 0 0 0 0 27th
United Kingdom Oliver Rowland 4 0 0 0 3 20th
Netherlands Daniël de Jong 14 0 0 0 1 23rd
Netherlands Meindert van Buuren 1 0 0 0 0 NC
Austria René Binder 7 0 0 0 2 22nd
2016 Dallara-Mecachrome United Kingdom Oliver Rowland 22 0 0 0 107 9th 7th
Netherlands Daniël de Jong 22 0 0 0 6 21st

* Season still in progress.

Timeline

Current series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2008–2015, 2017
GP2 Series 2013-2016
SMP F4 Championship 2016
F4 Spanish Championship 2016
Former series
Benelux Formula Ford 1800 1996–2002
Duth Formula 1800 1996–2002
Formula Renault 2.0 Masters 2003
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands 2003–2005
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 2005
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2006–2015
Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup 2008
Auto GP 2011–2013

References

  1. 1 2 "SUCCESS SINCE 1996". MP Motorsport. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. "MP Motorsport and De Jong join Auto GP". AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. Rubino, Jacopo (27 January 2012). "Eurocup – Manor molla la serie britannica e si allea con MP Motorsport" [Eurocup – Manor leaves British series and joins forces with MP Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 "MP Motorsport joins GP2 Series". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  5. Mills, Peter (21 February 2013). "Quaife-Hobbs backs Manor MP to shine in rookie GP2 year". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications.
  6. 1 2 "LINE-UP: Nederlands GP2-team onthult tweede rijder; line-up bol van talent". RaceXpress (in Dutch). 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  7. Simmons, Marcus (November 27, 2016). "Sergio Sette Camara secures MP Motorsport seat for 2017 GP2 season". Autosport. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
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