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Racing driver says suspended Juri Vips ‘not racist'

Jun.24 British-Pakistani racing driver Enaam Ahmed has leapt to the defence of suspended Red Bull junior Juri Vips. Estonian Vips, 21, was the Red Bull junior who was arguably closest to getting the call-up to the Formula 1 grid and a frontrunner in Formula 2. This week, the energy drink company revealed that it has suspended Vips 'from all team duties with immediate effect' while it investigates an incident that occurred during a live stream on Twitch. He is said to have casually used the ‘n-word' while playing Call of Duty, and later joked that he didn't want to wear a pink hat because 'it's gay'. 'As an organisation we condemn abuse of any kind and have a zero-tolerance policy to...
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