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Piquet: I apologise wholeheartedly to all, including Lewis

In the wake of a backlash of criticism, Nelson Piquet has come out and apologised for 'ill-thought-out' comments he made last year, that went viral this week, in which he refers to seven-time Formula 1 World Champion as a 'neguinho'. Apart from the racial slur which outraged the F1 community, it also showed disdain and scant respect for Hamilton, who is the sport's most successful driver of all time, coming from a fellow F1 World Champion with three titles to his name. Needless, to say the Brazilian F1 legend has been under severe fire for his words including our own thoughts in today's Inside Line on the matter. This is Piquet's statement: 'I would like to clear up stories circulating in...
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