F1's Nelson Piquet must pay £780,000 after racist and homophobic Lewis Hamilton comments

Former F1 champion Piquet fined R17m for Hamilton racial slur

A court in Brazil has fined former three-time F1 champion Nelson Piquet R17-million for racial comments made towards Lewis Hamilton in 2021.

Former F1 champion Nelson Piquet fined nearly $1M for racist, homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton

Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton.

Piquet fined for racist, homophobic comments about Hamilton

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton. The 70-year-old Brazilian had referred to seven-time champion Hamilton as “neguinho,” a racially offensive term which means “little Black guy,” in 2021. In another interview, Piquet used racist and homophobic language. The court in Brasilia on Fri…

Former F1 Champ Fined Nearly $1 Million for Racist, Homophobic Remarks

A former Formula One champion has been fined nearly $1 million in damages for racist and homophobic remarks about Lewis Hamilton, the sport’s only Black driver. Nelson Piquet, 70, a three-time Formula One champion, used a Brazilian racial and homophobic slur in a 2021 television interview about a crash, involving Hamilton and Max Verstappen, who is in a relationship with Piquet’s daughter. Piquet’s comments went viral, and he has since apologize…

Piquet fined for racist comments about Hamilton

Triple Formula One champion ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in moral damages

Piquet fined for racist, homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton

Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in 'moral damages' for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton