Jüri Vips suspended from Red Bull Junior Team!

In the space of a few weeks, Jüri Vips went from dream to nightmare. Promoted to the seat of the Red Bull RB18 on the occasion of free practice for the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix de Formula 1 because of his excellent performances in Formula 2, the Estonian driver has since gotten confused, accumulating driving errors until he went off the road this Tuesday, June 21, on his Twitch account.

The resident of the Hitech GP team, 7th in the FIA ​​F2 season after the meeting in Baku (Azerbaijan), has the habit of “steaming” live videos of his video game sessions on the online platform . During a live on Call of Duty with Liam Lawson (10th in the 2022 season after Baku with the Carlin team), Jüri Vips said the word twice “nigger”, an extremely taboo word in the United States and more generally in the English language:

liam and whoever the other guy is laughing after jüri said the n word.. what's so funny guys pic.twitter.com/6SIHA2hiMO

— leo🐋 (@formuleo_) June 21, 2022

Social networks quickly hyped this sequence, and in the space of a handful of hours, his employer, the Red Bull Junior Team reacted. “ Red Bull Racing has suspended junior driver Juri Vips from all team duties with immediate effect, pending a full investigation into the incident, said the press release. As an organization, we condemn abuse of any kind and have a zero-tolerance policy for racist language or behavior within our organization. »

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- Oracle Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) June 21, 2022

Aged 21, Jüri Vips is suspended by the Austrian brand. This dramatic outcome for the Estonian is reminiscent of the banning of the American star Kyle Larson, fired by Nascar following identical remarks during an Esport event in April 2020.

The future of Jüri Vips could fall into complete fog following this temporary suspension from Red Bull. A young hopeful the energy drink could potentially replace the Estonian in Formula 2 if he were to be permanently suspended. Very satisfying, even impressive according to some members of the paddock, the Frenchman Isack Hadjar (17 years old) is in fourth place in the FIA Formula 3 for his first season opening the Grands Prix and won a race in Bahrain. In addition, the Habs work in the same team as Jüri Vips, Hitech GP. Enough to help build relationships with your bosses. Red Bull can also bet on Jak Crawford (17), third in the FIA ​​F3 after Barcelona within Prema. His other Junior Team residents drive in F4 France or FRECA.

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