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Piquet facing civil charges after racially abusing Lewis Hamilton
Nelson Piquet is facing civil charges in Brazil after he was caught racially abusing Sir Lewis Hamilton last year. In November, Piquet was analysing an incident between Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the 2021 British Grand Prix, after which the Dutchman was sent spinning off into the barrier and out of the race. While the Brazilian called every driver in his interview by their actual name, he used an offensive term to describe Hamilton, and this was dug up ahead of the British Grand Prix this season. Following the emergence of the comments, multiple teams and drivers came to the defence of Hamilton, condemning all forms of discrimination. READ: Piquet issues bizarre apology after racially...
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