Red Bull to keep ‘supporting’ Juri Vips despite ending contract after racial slur

Juri Vips remains part of the Red Bull junior team despite having his contract as  the team’s F1 test and reserve driver terminated over his use of a racial slur. 
Vips to remain part of Red Bull junior team despite losing F1 test role

Ahead of the British Grand Prix, Red Bul🔥l Racing announced the termination of Vips contract as the team’s ജtest and reserve driver after he was heard using racist language during a live stream of a video game. 

He w🌃as immediately suspended while Red Bull carried out a full investig🎀ation into the incident. 

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wuqian0821.com understands that while Vips’ asso🐬ciation with Oracle Red Bull Racing has come to an end, the 21-year-old Estonian is being retained by Red Bull’s young driver programme, despite having his profile removed from their official website. 

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has confirmed the Milton Keynes ouᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtfit will support Vips “from a mental health and educational perspe🥂ctive”. 

“We have cancelled our agreement with him and that will undoubtedly give him time for reflecti🍨on,” Horner told the Press Association. 

“Everybody at some point deserves a second chance, if they can show that they ꧑have really learnt from their mistakes.

“He is a ♎young guy, a young kid, and we will be supporting him – even though he has had his agreement terminated – from a mental health and educational perspective. Hopefully he will learn from🍒 it.”

Vips to remain part of Red Bull junior team despite losing F1 test role

Vips wi🐎ll complete the 2022 F2 season with Hitech and raced with a plain black helmꦓet - without any Red Bull sponsorship - during last weekend’s round at Silverstone. 

“That is their [Hitech’s] decision and we are not funding that drive in any way,” Horner adﷺded. “That is purely the choice of that F2 tea🐻m and they have their own reasons for the actions they have taken.”

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