<< Return to the news list

MP Motorsport confirms duo to complete 2019 grid

Published on 22 Mar 2019 17:16
0
By: Fergal Walsh

MP Motorsport has confirmed its driver line-up for the 2019 FIA Formula 2 championship, which finalises the grid ahead of the first round in Bahrain next weekend.

Jordan King and Mahaveer Raghunathan will compete for the Dutch team this year.

King returns to MP Motorsport having spent a year away racing in IndyCar in 2018.

After spending two seasons in the formerly named GP2 Series with Racing Engineering, King joined MP Motorsport for the 2017 season, when the championship was re-branded to Formula 2.

“It is great to be working with and supporting the team at MP Motorsport again."I only have good memories of working with everyone at MP and I’m delighted the team have put their trust in me to help them progress as much as possible – and I’m sure we’ll reach our full potential together.

“My full focus has been on my debuts in WEC and the Indy 500 but I’m proud to be coming back into the MP and F2 families. Formula 2’s turbo car was new to me, as I only have experience with the old GP2 car, so I used the six days well to familiarise myself with the new machine. It’s a great car and I’m certain we can do well.”

Indian Raghunathan joins the squad having driven for it at the pre-season Barcelona test earlier this month. He has previous experience racing in the FIA European Formula 3 championship and the GP3 Series

“I’m very happy with this great opportunity”, said Raghunathan. “We had a positive test at Barcelona, and I will use that experience to make a good start to the season. Having such an experienced teammate as Jordan will be invaluable as I’m aware that I’m on a steep learning curve.”

Sander Dorsman, MP’s team manager, added: “I welcome both Jordan and Mahaveer to the team. Jordan is a known quantity, as was proven when we got back into the groove at Jérez. Mahaveer, meanwhile, has the speed to be part of F2. He’s only had three days of testing, so I’m sure we will see vast improvements as the season comes along.”

Boccolacci to race with Campos

Campos previously confirmed that Dorian Boccolacci would join Jack Aitken at the team for the upcoming season.

“I am finally really happy to say that I will take part of the FIA F2 Championship this season with Campos Racing! It was not easy to arrive at this stage but we finally made it, thanks to everyone who make it possible.

"I am sure we can make a good job this season together! The team is really professional and we have the same target so we will work as much as possible to get it as soon as possible.

"I really like the mentality of the team, I am half Spanish from my mother side, so I can speak Spanish with all the team! It’s easier to feel even more confident with the relation in the team.”

Team	Driver	Driver
Carlin	Nobuharu Matsushita	Louis Deletraz
ART Grand Prix	Nikita Mazepin	Nyck de Vries
DAMS	Sergio Sette Camara	Nicholas Latifi
UNI-Virtuosi Racing	Guanyu Zhou	Luca Ghotto
Prema Theodore Racing	Mick Schumacher	Sean Gelael
Charouz Racing System	Callum Ilott	Juan Manuel Correa
Campos Racing	Jack Aitken	Dorian Boccolacci
MP Motorsport	Jordan King	Mahaveer Raghunathan
HWA Arden	Anthoine Hubert	Tatiana Calderon
Trident	Giuliano Alesi	Ralph Boschung