Piquet fined £780,000 for racist comments towards Hamilton

In an interview on a Brazilian podcast in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to seven-time world champion Hamilton, while being asked on his views on Hamilton’s British Grand Prix clash with Max Verstappen.

Piquet apologised for his remarks when they surfaced last June, stating his language “was ill thought out, and I make no defence for it”.

He also claimed he was mistranslated as the derogatory term he used “is one that has widely and historically…