Red Bull decided the fate of the young pilot of the Academy, Juri vips. The pilot of F2 he had already been suspended from the team a week ago, after letting himself go, possibly with too much lightness, to a language homophobic and racist. All while she was candidly live on Twitch. The Austrian team has immediately condemned the incident reiterating the “zero tolerance” approach to this type of behaviour. Also stating, that he would investigated thoroughly on what happened to then take a final decision on the future of the young driver.
The decision is drastic
The wait is over, and bad news has arrived for Vips. Le apologies of the pilot, arrived after the explosion on social media of the case involving him, they wouldn't be in fact enough.
La Red Bull, communicated with a tweet il truncated dismissal of the pilot. “After the investigation into the online incident involving Juri Vips, Oracle Red Bull Racing ha decided to terminate the contract with the tester and reserve driver. The team condemns all forms of racism" reads the team's press release, which arrived at the end of a long afternoon of discussions and debates on the case Piquet-Hamilton.
Racism: the controversy continues
Yes, because just a few hours before the announcement of Vips' dismissal, another episode of racism, came to the surface arousing quite a few controversies. Even if in this case it was not a 21-year-old boy who pronounced them but a multi-world champion adult, i.e. Nelson Piquet. The three-time world champion, as Vips used the word nigger, referring to Hamilton. Without remorse and with a much more serious dose of intentionality.
Although i messages of solidarity to Lewis have come from most of the teams, one in particular has preferred to remain silent. It's not hard to figure out which one it is. The vow of silence undertaken by Red Bull, broke with the communication on the future of Vips has put the team reputation, which he professes against racism only in certain situations and conditions. Not so different the behavior of F1 e FIA, accused of having Piquet's name censored in communicated pro-Lewis, just for convenience.
In short, the climate in the paddock on the eve of Silverstone, it's not really the best but we hope that in the next few days we'll get back to talking about track battles. Why this season, currently disputed between Red Bull e Ferrari, it is still long and full of surprises.
