Formula 1 has slammed three-time world champion Nelson Piquet after he used a racially offensive term while referring to Lewis Hamilton. Piquet made the remarks while speaking about Hamilton's win at the British Grand Prix in 2021 on a Brazilian podcast.
During the race, Hamilton was involved in an incident with Max Verstappen on the opening lap, with Vertstappen crashing out after making contact with his rival's car. Hamilton went on to win the race and Piquet twice used a racist term, which is Brazilian slang for the N-word, to describe the Brit when speaking to the Brazilian publication Estadao.
In a video released on June 27, Piquet said: "The n******* put the car in the wrong way and didn't let [the other driver swerve]. The n******* put the car in the wrong way on the corner, it's because you don’t know the curve.
