Piquet earlier apologised to Hamilton for using a racial slur Nelson Piquet used homophobic language against Lewis Hamilton, a new report has claimed. An interview with Piquet on a Brazilian podcast from last year surfaced this week, in which he twice used a racially offensive expression when referring to Hamilton. On Friday, Sky News said […]

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Piquet is now also banned from the F1 paddock Former three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet has apologised after making a racially offensive comment towards Lewis Hamilton last year. The 69-year-old used a racially abusive term when describing Hamilton last year Piquet used a racially offensive term when speaking about the Mercedes driver on […]

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‘I’ve been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life’ Lewis Hamilton has called for action and insisted that ‘archaic mindsets need to change’ after Nelson Piquet was condemned for using racially abusive language in reference to the British driver. Piquet, who won the world title on three occasions, used a racially offensive term about […]

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Piquet used a racially offensive term in referring to Hamilton  Formula 1 has condemned former world champion Nelson Piquet for using racially abusive language in reference to Lewis Hamilton. The 69-year-old, who won the world title on three occasions, used a racially offensive term about the Mercedes driver on a podcast. Speaking about the first lap […]

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