Pink Bull have cancelled the contract of junior driver Juri Vips after he used a racial slur throughout a livestream, the crew introduced on Tuesday.
Vips, who apologised for his behaviour, was initially suspended on June 22 whereas the crew carried out an investigation, which has now been concluded.
“Following its investigation into a web-based incident involving Juri Vips, Oracle Pink Bull Racing has terminated Juri’s contract as its check and reserve driver. The crew doesn’t condone any type of racism,” Pink Bull stated in a press release.
Vips has been racing in Components Two with British-based Hitech Grand Prix and final month drove Pink Bull’s Components One automobile throughout first Friday apply on the Spanish Grand Prix.
“I want to unreservedly apologize for the offensive language used throughout a dwell gaming stream earlier at the moment,” Vips wrote on Instagram final week.
“This language is fully unacceptable and doesn’t painting the values and ideas that I maintain. I deeply remorse my actions and this isn’t the instance I want to set.”
Data from Reuters contributed to this report.