Verschoor to replace Fittipaldi in Abu Dhabi for the final round of the season

Charouz Racing System have announced that Richard Verschoor will replace Enzo Fittipaldi for the final round of the season at Yas Marina.

Fittipaldi suffered a broken heel and a lesion to his left eyebrow during a collision with Theo Pourchaire at the start of the Feature Race in Jeddah and will be unable to compete in Abu Dhabi.

Verschoor drove for MP Motorsport in the first six rounds of the season, taking 55 points in total. Sitting 10th in the Drivers’ Championship, Verschoor scored his first win in Sprint Race 2 at Silverstone.

“First of all, I would like to express my thoughts to Enzo,” said Verschoor. “I hope he will recover well and very soon.

"I’m happy to be back racing and excited to do so with Charouz Racing System, hopefully, we can end this season together on a high.”

After making the step up to single-seaters in 2016, Verschoor won both the SMP and Spanish Formula 4 Championships in his maiden season.

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The Dutchman gained experience in ADAC F4, Italian F4, Formula Renault Eurocup and the Toyota Racing Series, before spending two seasons in Formula 3 with MP. At the end of the 2019 campaign, Verschoor won the Macau Grand Prix with the team.

Team owner Antonin Charouz added: "On the eve of the last round of the year, we have been forced to change our line-up, as a consequence of Enzo's injury in Jeddah. On behalf of the whole team, I wish him again a speedy recovery, hoping to see him return on track as soon as possible.

“At the same time, I’m glad Richard will join our squad for this weekend in Abu Dhabi. We saw him racing during this year in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and I have to say he delivered some very interesting performances.

“At the wheel of the other car, we'll continue to count on Guilherme, and we'll do our best to support his hunt to first personal points in the series.”