Red Bull has suspended its Junior Team member Juri Vips after video emerged of him appearing to use a racial slur on a live video stream.
Footage of the 21-year-old exclaiming “bitch n*****” during a game of Call of Duty appeared on social media today. Among those Vips was playing with, who expressed surprise at his use of the term, was his fellow Red Bull Junior Team member and Formula 2 rival Liam Lawson.
Red Bull issued the following statement: “Red Bull Racing has suspended junior driver Juri Vips from all team duties with immediate effect, pending a full investigation into the incident.
“As an organisation we condemn abuse of any kind and have a zero-tolerance policy to racist language or behaviour within our organisation.”
Vips drove for Red Bull’s Formula 1 team in the first practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix last month. He has also driven for them in test sessions during 2020 and 2021.
He joined the Red Bull Junior Team in 2018 ahead of the Macau Grand Prix. The native of Tallinn, Estonia had won the German Formula 4 championship the year before. He raced in the Formula Regional European Championship and Formula 3 for Red Bull before moving into F2 full-time in 2021.
This article will be updated.
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