Nelson Piquet used additional unsavoury remarks towards Lewis Hamilton in resurfaced interview

On Friday, Nelson Piquet confronted sheer criticism after video proof got here out disclosing him utilizing homophobic language towards Lewis Hamilton. “We are appalled at Nelson’s comments from an interview from some time ago,” acknowledged Horner whose staff despatched away reserve driver Estonian Juri Vips for utilizing an identical expression.

After Nelson Piquet racial slur towards Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time champion lastly gave a response on social media. “What if Lewis Hamilton just tweeted ‘Who the f*** is Nelson Piquet?’ then closed Twitter,” wrote a fan on Twitter to which Hamilton ‘retweeted’ and added: “Imagine..”

After this, the 37-year-old driver posted one other tweet that learn: “Let’s focus on changing the mindset.” Hamilton’s feedback got here after F1 and FIA condemned the racist language by Piquet. The solely Black driver in F1, Hamilton has campaigned tirelessly to battle racism and has been outspoken on human rights abuses in international locations the place F1 goes racing.

Hamilton has confronted the brunt of racist feedback earlier as nicely. 13 years in the past, he was focused by racists throughout a pre-season take a look at in Barcelona. But the 37-year-old mentioned that no motion was taken.

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