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Nelson Piquet hit with seven-figure fine over derogatory Hamilton comments
Nelson Piquet has been hit with a massive fine for racist remarks about Lewis Hamilton Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay a fine of five million Reals to Lewis Hamilton after making racist and homophobic comments against his fellow F1 champion. The staggering sum equates to $1.431m, or US$953,000, 855,000 and £779,000, and relates to remarks made by Piquet during two interviews he gave in 2021. In the first, three-time F1 champion Piquet twice used the term 'neguinho' in reference to Hamilton as he discussed the controversial incident during the British Grand Prix involving the 38-year-old Briton and then title rival Max Verstappen. Piquet issued a statement in...
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