Red Bull chief Christian Horner revealed he was ‘appalled’ by Nelson Piquet’s racist abuse of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Footage emerged of Piquet using the N-word to describe Hamilton from an interview recorded in 2021.
The 69-year-old - whose daughter Kelly dates Hamilton’s rival Max Verstappen - was discussing the Englishman’s fierce battle with Verstappen at the 2021 British Grand Prix. The Silverstone clash saw the Red Bull man crash into the side of the track which resulted in a 10-second penalty for Hamilton.
In a grovelling apology, Piquet said: “What I said was ill-thought-out, and I make no defence for it, but I will clarify that the term used is one that has widely and historically been used colloquially in Brazilian-Portuguese as a synonym for ‘guy’ or ‘person’ and was never intended to offend.
