Nelson Piquet, who is the father of Max Verstappen’s partner, Kelly Piquet and a three time F1 world champion was on a podcast last November discussing the collision between Hamilton and Verstappen during the 2021 British GP, when he used a racially offensive expression in Portuguese.
The comments have only now came to light, and Piquet has been condemned by Formula 1, Hamilton’s Mercedes team and the FIA.
Let’s focus on changing the mindset. It’s more than language. These archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. I’ve been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. There has been plenty of time to learn. Time has come for action.
Lewis took to social media.
This isn’t the first time Piquet has made unsavoury and unpleasant statements. During his driving career, he publicly questioned Ayrton Senna’s sexuality and called his rival “the Sao Paulo taxi driver”. As well as this, he made offensive comments about Nigel Mansell and the Briton’s wife when they were team mates at Williams.
Whether your an ex F1 driver, a junior of a F1 team or just a normal person, using racist language is never the way to go forward. I hope we see something done about this as Lewis shouldn’t be having to deal with this…
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