Juri Vips: Red Bull suspends junior and F1 test driver after racial slur
Vips was heard saying “bitch n*****” while live stre༒aming a game of Call of Duty on Twitch. Footage of the incident has been shared on social media.
Fellow Red Bull junior and F2 rival Liam Lawson was a▨l🌳so playing with Vips at the time.
“Red Bull Racing has suspended junior driver Juri Vips from all team duties with immediate effect, pending a full investiꦉgation into the incident,” aཧ Red Bull team statement said.
“As an organisation we condemn abuse of ꦇany kind and have a zero-tolerance policy to racist language or behaviour within our organisation.”
Vips has issued an apology, in which he said: “I wish to unres♛ervedly apologise for the offensive language used during a live gaming stream earlier today.
“This language is entirely unacceptable and does not portray the values and principles that I hold. I deeply regret my actions and this is not the example I wish to set. I will co-operate with💙 the investigation fully.”
The Estonian is currently competing in 💧his third full season in F2 with Hitech Grand Prix is seventh in the drivers’ championship after 🌠the opening six rounds.
Vips, who is Red Bull’s nominated reserve and test dr💜iver, recently made his F1 weekend debut driving for Red Bull during opening practice at the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix.&nb♚sp;
He also r♔egularly completed days of official F1 testing with Red Bull in end-of-season tests in Abu Dhabi.
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