One mistake too many for Jüri Vips

By making a mistake in the winding castle sector, even though he had won the main race, the Red Bull protégé once again shot himself in the foot, after having already made two big mistakes at Imola and Barcelona . He has undoubtedly just said goodbye to a seat in Formula 1.

Published on 15/06/2022 à 09:00

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Sitting on the edge of Gosha Gala Gapysy, the characteristic fortress of the old city of Baku, Jüri Vips (Hitech GP) had just extricated himself from his car accident and to climb over the barriers. Prostrate, he couldn't believe it. With his head in his hands, his face grimacing and his features closed, the Estonian was beginning to realize his mistake. The one too many. He was thinking again. What was he really thinking? To his front left wheel which touched the wall at the start of the castle sector and which precipitated his loss? Or did he see this tub disappear in F1 from which he seems to move a little further away every weekend?

While he was leading the main race, and with only six minutes left on Sunday (the race was so chaotic that the time limit signaled the end of hostilities), Vips made a mistake in turn 8 , the one in which Charles Leclerc had smashed his Ferrari in qualification in 2019. May