Vips and Lawson join Hitech in F2 for 2021 season

Red Bull junior duo Juri Vips and Liam Lawson will compete in Formula 2 for Hitech GP in 2021.

Both Vips and Lawson have driven for Hitech in F3 in the past, in 2019 and 2020 respectively, and tested the squad’s F2 car in Bahrain last month.

2021 would mark Vips’ first full season in F2 after the Estonian appeared in four rounds last year for DAMS, taking a best finish of third in the Mugello sprint race.

The 20-year-old was originally due to race in Super Formula last season, but was forced to cancel those plans due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead ending up competing selected rounds in both F2 and F3 Regional Europe.

“I’m really looking forward to working with Hitech again,” said Vips.

“We had a good year in F3 back in 2019, but we have some unfinished business together. They had a great season in their first year in F2 and I’m confident we will be able to fight for the title this season!”

Source: https://www.autosport.com/f2/news/154584/vips-and-lawson-join-hitech-in-f2