Max Verstappen said he believed that Juri Vips, who had been fired from the Red Bull F1 program, deserved a second chance and that he understood what he had done wrong.
Juri Vips has been terminated from the Red Bull F1 contract after using racist language during livestreaming on Twitch, but retains his seat at the F2 team’s high-tech GP.
Red Bull Racing’s F1 team representative Christian Horner made a misleading comment that “we will support him from a mental health and educational perspective,” and believes that Juri Vips will stay on the team to some extent. It had been, but was later denied by Helmut Marko.
Max Verstappen said he knew 21-year-old Juri Vips better than anyone else and felt that he “deserved a second chance.”
“He is not a member of Oracle Red Bull Racing as a reserve and test driver,” Max Verstappen told GPFans.com.
“I feel that people deserve a second chance. It may not be the third time, but I carelessly say it without even thinking about how badly it can actually hurt someone. Sometimes”
“I know Yuri a little more than the average person. He’s actually a very nice person, and I think he understands that he really did the wrong thing. He’s in his career. And everyone is in a difficult time to judge him. To be fair enough, he wasn’t right. “
“I think he definitely deserves a second chance. I read the statement from F2 and they wouldn’t have done the same, but he showed what he had learned from what he did wrong. , Deserves a second chance to get out there and show that you can be a better person, or at least show that you are a little more educated. “
But Red Bull F1 motorsport adviser Helmut Marko says the team is no longer backing, and if Yuri Vips is given a second chance, it has nothing to do with Red Bull F1. Will be.
“I want to be clear,” Helmut Marko told ORF Tirol.
“Juri Vips is no longer receiving any support from Red Bull. We have to take responsibility for our actions, and as a result, our cooperation has ended.”
However, Helmut Marko expressed some regret about the severity of the impact on young drivers.
“Of course, language is not a reason to destroy the careers of talented athletes,” said Helmut Marko.
“Especially when he apologized, but these are global trends.”
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