Nelson Piquet’s relative Rodrigo has offered a somewhat ludicrous explanation for his racial slur aimed at Lewis, and his daughter Kelly liked the post.
Hours after Piquet’s Hamilton racial slur got the whole F1 world into an uproad, Red Bull has decided to terminate Juri Vips’ contract for using racist language.
Mercedes’ Chief Technical Officer James Allison says the team “doesn’t dare say it”, but is “cautiously optimistic” about their British Grand Prix chances.
Several F1 teams, the FIA and F1 journalists have expressed their solidarity with Lewis Hamilton after Nelson Piquet used a racial slur when referring to him.
F1 journalist Chris Medland received word that Red Bull doesn’t plan to issue a statement on Nelson Piquet’s use of a racial slur when referring to Lewis.
Lewis Hamilton responds to Nelson Piquet’s use of a racial slur, when referring to Lewis while commenting on his 2021 British GP collision with Max Verstappen.
In an interview from 2021 that surfaced recently, Nelson Piquet used a racial slur when referring to Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes and F1 have issued statements.