I’ve been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. “These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. In a tweet on Tuesday, Hamilton responded by saying it was time for these “archaic mindsets” to change – and added that they had been targeted “by these attitudes to my whole life”. Piquet, 69, twice used racist language in an interview last November when describing Hamilton as he gave his verdict on the Mercedes star’s crash with Verstappen during last year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Red Bull’s statement comes on the same day three-time world Champion Piquet – who is the father of Max Verstappen’s girlfriend Kelly Piquet – was criticized by senior bodies across Motorsport after racist language he used resurfaced.
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Vips became the first Estonian driver to take part in a Formula 1 race weekend in May when he took over from Sergio Perez in the Red Bull RB18 in the first practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix. I will co-operate with the investigation fully. “I Deeply regret my actions and this is not the example I with to set. This language is entirely unacceptable and does not portray the values and principles that I hold. He said: “I wish to unreservedly apologize for the Offensive language used during a live gaming stream earlier today. Vips, currently in his third F2 season, took to his Instagram account last week to apologize for his “unacceptable” language. “The team doesn’t condone any form of racism.” “Following its investigation into an online incident involving Juri Vips, Oracle Red Bull Racing has terminated Juri’s contract as its test & reserve driver,” the team said in a statement on Twitter. Now – on the same day three-time world Champion Nelson Piquet was Condemned for using a racial slur to describe Lewis Hamilton – Red Bull have acted and dropped Vips as test and reserve driver. The current constructors leaders had last week stood down the 21-year-old from team duties with an investigation surrounding the Estonia and the incident set to take place. Red Bull has dropped test and junior driver Juri Vips after he used racist language during a live gaming stream.
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