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

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Brazil's triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay £780,000 in damages for making racist and homophobic comments about Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

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BBC News

Piquet fined for racist comments about Hamilton

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet is fined for using racist and homophobic language about British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Former F1 Driver Nelson Piquet Ordered to Pay $950k Over Racist, Homophobic Comments

In an interview in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton when commenting on the 38-year-old's British Grand Prix crash with Max Verstappen. And in another clip which surfaced later, Piquet used racist and homophobic language against Hamilton in a podcast interview

1 year ago·India

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The Guardian

Nelson Piquet fined £780k for racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton

The Brazilian was fined for language used in two interviews, with the judge awarding damages in the hope that ‘society can be free’ from prejudice

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Nelson Piquet ordered to pay USD 950,000 for racist, homophobic comments against Hamilton

Brazil’s triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay 5 million Brazilian Reals ($953,050) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.

1 year ago·India

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CTV News

Piquet fined for racist, homophobic comments about Hamilton

Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay US$950,000 in 'moral damages' for making racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton.

1 year ago·Canada

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