Lewis Hamilton called a racist name by Nelson Piquet

Lewis Hamilton called a racist name by Nelson Piquet

 

 

 
The insult happened in an interview that Piquet gave in November 2021, when talking about last year’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, but has only just come to light.Former driver Piquet, from Brazil, criticised Hamilton for his clash with Max Verstappen and called him a racist word, in his native language. The rough translation, as provided by Brazilian media, is: “The [racist term] put the car in and left because there was no way to get past two cars at that corner. He did dirty.”The quotes have been reported by many of Brazil’s biggest outlets including CNN, O Globo, Yahoo and Folha de Sao Paulo.The interview was given to journalist Ricardo Oliveira to a Brazilian outlet called Motorsport Talk.Related F1 22 game driver ratings – are they fair? | Our first impressions… 2023 F1 driver line-up: Who is signed up for next season and beyond?The incident in question, from the 2021 F1 British Grand Prix, is when Hamilton and Verstappen bumped. Hamilton went on to win the race.They return to Silverstone this weekend.Piquet, who won three F1 world championships in the 1980s, is also the father of Verstappen’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet.Piquet was in the public eye last year when he drove a Rolls-Royce for Brazil’s controversial president, Jair Bolsonaro, at the country’s Independence Day.Related Bernie tells Hamilton to take £20m payoff | Injury claim “b*******” How to live stream the 2022 F1 British Grand Prix for free onlineBernie Ecclestone tells Lewis Hamilton to accept £20 retirement fee | Injury claim is “bull****”In response to Piquet’s comments, F1 released a statement on Tuesday morning.“Discriminatory or racist language is unacceptable in any form and has no part in society. Lewis is an incredible ambassador for our sport and deserves respect. His tireless efforts to increase diversity and inclusion are a lesson to many and something we are committed to at F1,” the statement read.”4 

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