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BRDC: Board will terminate Mr Piquet Sr’s membership

Nelson Piquet's ‘virtual suicide bomb' interview continues to have life-altering repercussions for the Brazilian Formula 1 racing legend who is fast becoming marginalised by the sport, with the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) adding to his woes. Three-times F1 World Champion, Piquet, who is (soon was) an honorary member of the BRDC, has subsequently apologised for racist and disparaging remarks aimed at Lewis Hamilton in a video TV show late last year. The timing of the release of the video is questionable as it appears to not have been highlighted at the time by the host but, on the eve of the British Grand Prix, all hell broke loose with Piquet's image receiving a pounding....
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