Nelson Piquet is set to attend a court hearing regarding his racist abuse of Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton - while the three-time Formula 1 world champion could also be handed a £1.5million fine.
Piquet was filmed referring to Hamilton with Brazilian-Portuguese racist language along with a homophobic slur. The footage resurfaced from an interview he gave in a podcast last November back in Brazil, but it only gained traction late last month.
The 69-year-old was discussing the epic rivalry between Hamilton and Red Bull star Max Verstappen, who eventually went on to win the 2021 world championship in dramatic and controversial circumstances. Piquet was commenting on the incident between the duo at last year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
