It seems what Piquet said was even worse than first reported and it could land him in trouble. A few politicians have launched an investigation against him in Brazil.
At the very least, this guy can never be allowed back to a F1 GP.
Footage has emerged of another instance of Nelson Piquet using a racial slur in reference to Lewis Hamilton, along with an apparent homophobic comment.
Earlier this week, Piquet was condemned after footage from late 2021 emerged of him discussing the clash between Hamilton and Max Verstappen at Silverstone last year.
He called Hamilton, who is F1âs first and only Black driver, âneguinhoâ â which can translate directly to the racial slur âlittle Black manâ depending on the context and the subject.
Piquetâs argument was that the word in question is a common Portuguese colloquialism used as a synonym for âguyâ or âpersonâ.
He apologised for the âill-thought-outâ remark but also wanted to âcondemn any suggestion that the word was used by me with the aim of belittling a driver because of his skin colourâ.
But it was widely regarded to be racially abusive towards seven-time world champion Hamilton as many have pointed out that Piquet used it to criticise Hamilton and did not use the word to refer to Verstappen.
And now, footage has emerged of a new interview â from 2021 as well â in which Piquet uses the same word again in reference to Hamilton.
In response to a question about his fellow ex-F1 driver Keke Rosberg, Piquet dismissed the ability of the 1982 world champion and also his son Nico, who was Hamiltonâs team-mate at Mercedes for several years.
Piquet referenced Nico Rosberg winning the world title in 2016 and suggested âthe neguinhoâ must have been too busy âgiving assâ â a homophobic slur implying Hamilton was preoccupied having sex with other men.
Three-time world champion Piquet is set to be banned from the F1 paddock because F1 says âdiscriminatory or racist language is unacceptable in any form and has no part in societyâ.
https://the-race.com/formula-1/new-piquet-racist-homophobic-hamilton-slur-emerges-from-2021/