A week ago, an unpleasant story happened, which will apparently end the career of Estonian Juri Vips, by the way, not the worst representative of his generation of riders.
While playing Call of Duty online, while broadcasting on the Twitch platform, he made statements that could be interpreted as racist.
Although Vips immediately apologized for his words, Red Bull decided to remove him from racing during a detailed investigation into the incident – he was accepted into the Austrian company’s youth program in 2018, has been playing in F2 since 2020 and already has a pilot. Formula 1 car more than once Red Bull Racing teams in testing and practice.
Red Bull Racing today released a new statement on the further fate of the Estonian driver: “Following an investigation into the incident involving Jüri Vips, Red Bull Racing has canceled his contract as test driver and reserve driver.
The team cannot tolerate any form of racism.”
The Hitech Grand Prix team, for which Vips played in Formula 2, have not yet commented on this and have announced who can replace the Est on the Silverstone stage and in the rest of the season’s races, as they are here eight in July only.
Source: F1 News
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