Richard Verschoor has confirmed that he will be dropped by the Red Bull junior programme at the end of the year. The 16-year-old competed in the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship, finishing ninth in the standings with one podium.

Verschoor is the second Red Bull junior to be dropped this year, after the Austrian company previously announced it would let GP3 driver Niko Kari go at the end of the season. During the final round of the season in Spain, he revealed he received the decision from Dr Helmut Marko.

“I got the message from Red Bull before Barcelona when I called Helmut,” Verschoor told Autosport.

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