Juri Vips suspended from Red Bull racing after racist slur
Red Bull Racing has suspended junior driver Juri Vips after he used a racial slur throughout a reside gaming stream on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old, who has since apologized for the incident, was relieved of all crew duties with rapid impact pending a full investigation, Pink Bull stated in a statement.
“As a corporation we condemn abuse of any type and have a zero-tolerance coverage to racist language or behaviour inside our organisation,” it added.
Vips, who’s racing in Formulation 2 this season, admitted the language used was “totally unacceptable” in a publish on his personal Instagram account on Tuesday.
“I want to unreservedly apologise for the offensive language used throughout a reside gaming stream earlier at present,” Vips wrote.
“This language is totally unacceptable and doesn’t painting the values and rules that I maintain.
“I deeply remorse my actions and this isn’t the instance I want to set. I’ll cooperate with the investigation totally.”
The Estonian at the moment races with the British-based Hitech GP crew and sits seventh within the Formulation 2 standings.
Earlier this 12 months, he changed Sergio Pérez to drive Pink Bull’s F1 automotive in a observe session forward of the Spanish Grand Prix.
