Professional Race Car Driver Suspended from Team After Saying Slur While Streaming Call of Duty Warzone
When streaming, people are under a microscope. At any time, many people are watching them play games and everything that that entails. Even as high-profile people and streamers get public relations training and other resources, streamers keep slipping up and those slip-ups have consequences. Now a streaming incident will be causing problems for someone's career as a young professional race car driver is finding out.
Formula 2 driver Juri Vips has been suspended by Oracle Red Bull Racing after a clip from teammate Liam Lawson's Twitch stream began circulating where someone was recorded using the n-word. While playing Call of Duty Warzone, with Red Bull Junior Team teammate Liam Lawson and one other person, Vips apparently was downed and blurted out the n-word in frustration. Lawson and the other person partially check him by calling his name without directly mentioning what was said followed by nervous laughter.
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Formula 2 is the developmental series that feeds talent into Formula 1. Red Bull Racing and the Red Bull brand are massive entities in both sports, gaming, and internet culture. It fields various teams across a myriad of racing disciplines including current F1 Champion Max Verstappen and does the same in the esports scene. With millions of followers on social media, the organization was quick to act once it received word of the incident.
Vips, an Estonian, has already shared an apology on his Instagram. Oracle Red Bull Racing also condemned the incident in its press release that announced his suspension. It's currently unclear how long he will be out of his Formula 2 car with Hitech GP and away from the Red Bull Junior Team. He's currently 7th in the Formula 2
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