Red Bull junior driver Juri Vips took the wheel of championship-winning RB16B in Abu Dhabi today. The Estonian driver was a part of young driver testing in the Yas Marina Circuit.
However, the F2 driver did not have a great outing in the F1 machinery. He went into the barriers during his morning testing gig at turn 14. Interestingly, his crash was a replica of Nicolas Latifi‘s seismic crash in the Abu Dhabi GP. The Williams of Latifi found the barriers going into turn 14 and that simply changed the course of the championship.
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World Champion @Max33Verstappen is back behind the wheel today with Juri Vips alongside him for the first day of tyre and young driver testing in Abu Dhabi 👊 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/goOKXDnJkh
— Red Bull Racing Honda (@redbullracing) December 14, 2021
Twitter reactions to Juri Vips crash in Red Bull F1 car
The uncanny resemblance of Vips’ crash to that of Latifi invited a storm of hilarious Twitter reactions. The fact that Mercedes are still planning on appealing against the Stewards’ decision also unleashed the creative horses of Twitteratis. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
juri vips trying to replicate latifi’s crash so red bull can use it as evidence when they go to court pic.twitter.com/vx6P7lFcTA
— jake🎄 (@LeclercVZN) December 14, 2021
A Twitter user took a dig at the Milton Keynes-based outfit saying, “Juri Vips trying to replicate Latifi’s crash so red bull can use it as evidence when they go to court”
Impresionante el homenaje de Juri Vips a su amigo Latifi, para solidarizarse con él en estos momentos en los que sigue siendo acosado por las hordas de fans de Sir Lewis.
Por más amigos como Vips❤️ https://t.co/cSDeZSZ7IP
— David Moreno ✨ (@_DMS16) December 14, 2021
Another tweet read, “Juri Vips’s tribute to his friend Latifi is impressive, to show solidarity with him at this time when he continues to be harassed by the hordes of Sir Lewis fans.” (Translated via Google Translate)
Achei muito legal a Red Bull ter pedido pro Juri Vips refazer a linha do Latifi no teste de hoje https://t.co/QBghRx9mAy
— Felipe Giacomelli (@daewlz) December 14, 2021
Another tweet read, “I thought it was really cool that Red Bull asked Juri Vips to redo Latifi’s line in today’s test” (Translated via Google Translate)
Juri Vips spotkał w z barierką w bardzo ironicznym miejscu #F1pl #ElevenF1 https://t.co/xh1s1lBtNh
— Grzegorz Piotrowicz (@greg_piotro66) December 14, 2021
Another user pointed out the irony in Vips’ crash. “Juri Vips met with the railing in a very ironic place” (Translated via Google Translate)
listening to taylor swift’s discography while staring at juri vips testing pics 😭 is this a new low or my all time high
— mika (@mikamclaren) December 14, 2021
A few Twitter users were disappointed and sad with the young Estonian’s crash. “listening to Taylor swift’s discography while staring at Juri vips testing pics is this a new low or my all-time high,” read a tweet.
World champion Verstappen was also back on the track for the tire tests, less than two days after the final race of the 2021 season. His teammate Checo Perez will join the testing on Wednesday. The teams are looking forward to adapting to the new cars for 2022, starting with the 18-inch tires in post-season testing. What are your opinions on the new regulations in the sport?
