The young pilot Red Bull, after making his Formula 1 debut in free practice in Spain, has been suspended with immediate effect. The news came with a official announcement of the Austrian team that own did not tolerate the behavior of the 21 year old Estonian. Let's find out why.
Red Bull's press release
The behavior of pilots, especially young ones, is one of the most difficult aspects to control. Everything is fine password, gesture, it goes around the world and back with very powerful effects. From gossip to the condemnation of certain behaviors that violate social norms. THE team, which first and foremost they are brand who reach millions of people with a message, take with great effort and attention the social themes and a discriminatory behavior, which goes against values of these, and against the policy of inclusion that unites all realities - sporting and otherwise - must obviously be condemned. And that's exactly what he's doing Red Bull following the behavior of the young driver Formula 2, Juri vips.
" Red Bull Racing ha suspended the junior driver Juri vips from all team tasks with immediate effect, pending a full investigation into the incident. “As an organization we condemn any type of abuse and we have one zero tolerance policy towards the language or of behavior racist within our organization.”
The offending match
It all started from a quiet online game of Call Of Duty with Liam Lawson., connect both in Formula 2 than in the Red Bull academy. As most young people do, especially if they are famous, the two boys broadcast live on Twitch, with thousands of spectators coming from all over the world. During the live show, one of Vips, perhaps taken by too much light-heartedness, "escapes". racist word. Not having already realized the bad situation he had gotten himself into, the young man then leaves another expression, which inevitably worsens his position. The second expression comes when Vips refuses to wear a pink hat, offered to him by Lawson, adding a homophobic clarification. La Lawson's response anticipates the measure then taken by Red Bull. “You can't say that”, says the New Zealander.
La Red Bull did not tolerate the driver's behavior and he specified that he wanted to get to the bottom of the matter with some investigations.
Apologies on social media
La suspension of Juri Vips from every Red Bull-related activity he has done indignation and explode i social, on which the Estonian driver wanted himself excuse for what happened.
"I'm sorry without reserve for offensive language used during a live broadcast of the game. This language is completely unacceptable and does not represent the values and principles I hold. I deeply regret it of my actions and this is not the example I want to set. I will cooperate fully with the investigation."
Future in F1 in the balance?
After this affair, the arrival of VIPs in the top category seems even more complicated. The young driver is not shining. In his second season in Formula 2, he is struggling more than expected and has made numerous mistakes in the race, the last one in the Feature Race by Baku when he crashed at the Chateau chicane while firmly in the lead. His career, and the arrival in Formula 1, with the many talents pushing to enter, and the age that decreases year after year, risks running aground, even before setting off. These light-heartednesses then lead in one direction: home.
