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Helmut Marko suggests Lewis Hamilton's camp tried to sabotage Max Verstappen with n-word scandal

Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Mark has indicated that Sir Lewis Hamilton’s camp deliberately waited until the British Grand Prix race week to unearth racist comments made by Nelson Piquet. Piquet was giving an interview in November last year when he appeared to use a slur to describe Hamilton while he was analysing the seven-time champion’s crash with Max Verstappen in Silverstone. These comments surfaced ahead of the British Grand Prix this season, and Piquet received widespread condemnation from the Formula 1 community for his actions, as well as being banned from the paddock. Dr Marko stressed that he does not condone racist abuse, but does not believe that what the Brazilian said was...
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