News Details

Piquet could be jailed for Hamilton comments

Jul.5 Nelson Piquet may be facing criminal repercussions and even potential jail time for allegedly racial and homophobic comments made about Lewis Hamilton. The comments found their way into the public sphere just ahead of Hamilton's home British GP, resulting in Silverstone owner the BRDC expelling and banning the triple world champion. Subsequent footage depicted Piquet of apparently aiming a homophobic jibe at the seven time world champion. He is quoted as suggesting Hamilton was 'giving ass at that time' when he lost the 2016 title to Nico Rosberg. There may now be legal consequences for the 69-year-old Brazilian, according to the Rio-based daily sports newspaper ‘Lance!' Three...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Piquet issues apology, denies racial intent of...

On the back of yesterday's social media storm over a 2021 interview Nelson...
2y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Verstappen slams Formula 1 for banning Piquet from the...

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen affirms that education is a better approach...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Piquet issues bizarre apology after racially abusing...

Nelson Piquet has released a confusing apology after being caught...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Red Bull criticised for unusual reaction to Piquet...

Red Bull have been criticised for their reaction to Nelson Piquet...
2y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jorge Martin: Crash out of Indonesian MotoGP Sprint...

Pramac’s Jorge Martin has admitted his crash out of the lead of the...

Andrea Iannone crowned WorldSBK race 1 winner at Aragon

Andrea Iannone cemented his name in the World Superbikes history winner...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanpera tops Rally Chile Day 2

139km across six stages awaited the crews on what was the longest stage...
51m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.