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Juri Vips: I apologise, language I used entirely unacceptable

Red Bull Racing suspended highly-rated Formula 2 driver Juri Vips pending an investigation after the Estonian uttered a racial slur during a live stream, the team confirmed on Tuesday. Vips uttered the racial slur on the Twitch streaming platform and was suspended by the energy drinks organisation after the video (below) appeared on social media. The team of F1 World Champion, Max Verstappen said in a statement: 'Red Bull Racing has suspended junior driver Juri Vips from all team duties with immediate effect, pending a full investigation into the incident.' 'As an organisation, we condemn abuse of any kind and have a zero-tolerance policy to racist language or behaviour within our...
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