Quick Dutch racer Laurens van Hoepen has joined MP Motorsport for a second full season in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The 21-year-old from Wassenaar is moving over to the team from his home country following a highly promising debut season.
Remarkably, it’s the first time in Van Hoepen’s single-seater career that the young Dutchman teams up with MP Motorsport, despite having grown up close to MP’s headquarters at Westmaas. Having already claimed a pole position and five podiums in his first full season in Formula 2, Van Hoepen is aiming for race wins and the title as he moves into his second season in the category. He is the first driver to be announced in MP’s two-car line-up for the 2027 FIA Formula 2 Championship.
“It’s good to finally join forces with a team that has been on my doorstep since my karting days”, said Van Hoepen. “I have witnessed their incredible success first-hand, especially in my last five seasons in FRECA and FIA F3, and with the experience of a season of Formula 2 under my belt, I’m confident that I can add more prizes to their impressive trophy cabinet. MP is a team of many nationalities now, but it still feels like a natural move to join the home team and race in the orange home colours.”
“I’m incredibly pleased that Laurens has become a member of our MP family“, said Sander Dorsman, MP Motorsport’s team principal. “A Dutch driver with a Dutch team is always going to be special, and with Laurens’ obvious talent and the debut season that he’s had, it was a matter of time before we put two and two together. With Laurens on board as the first of our F2 drivers, we are aiming to continue our frontrunning F2 form in 2027.”
Building on a strong career in karting, Van Hoepen shot up the single-seater ladder by jumping Formula 4 and making his formula racing debut in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. Having acquitted himself well for two seasons, the young Dutchman moved up to FIA Formula 3 where he accumulated several podiums and a pole position, before making his FIA Formula 2 debut towards the end of the 2025 season.
