Juri Vips: Red Bull suspends junior and F1 test driver after racial slur
Vips was heard saying “bitch n*****” while live streaming 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 also 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 investigation into the incident,” a Red Bull team statement ♊said.
“As an organisation we condemn abuse of any kind and have a zero-tolerance policy to rac𒆙ist language or behaviour within our organisation.”
Vips has issued an apology, in which🥃 he said: “I wish💎 to unreservedly 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 𝔉with the investigation fully.”
T🍬he 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 r🦄ounds.
Vips, who is Red Bull’s nominated reserve and test driver, recently made his F1 weekend debut driving for Red Bull during opening practice at the 2022 Sp🤡anish Grand Prix.
He also regularly completed🍎 days o💝f official F1 testing with Red Bull in end-of-season tests in Abu Dhabi.
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