Verstappen believes Vips deserves second chance: 'He's learnt his lesson'

Juri Vips' future as a racing driver is far from certain after the Red Bull Racing talent received a suspension and saw his contract with Red Bull ripped up. Christian Horner has since revealed that Vips will continue to receive some form of support, albeit more mental than anything else. Max Verstappen fully agrees with his team boss and believes everyone deserves a second chance.

Vips is currently no longer part of Red Bull Racing as a test and reserve driver and Verstappen believes the Estonian driver has learned his lesson by now. "I do feel that people deserve a second chance. Probably not a third, but things can be very easily said probably sometimes not even really thought about how badly it can hurt someone," said the Dutchman according to FormulaRapida.net.

Verstappen thinks Vips deserves second chance

The championship leader added that he knows Vips quite well and that he is a "super nice guy". "I think he really understood what he did wrong because, of course, he is also now in a very difficult moment now in his career," Verstappen continued. He points out that the Formula 2 driver is currently being judged by everyone and rightly so given his statements, but maintains that Vips also deserves a second chance.

"I think people deserve that second chance to show that they learnt from what they did wrong and actually go out there and show that you can be a better person or at least be more educated about what you are going to say," Verstappen concluded.