over his slur against Lewis. Piquet used racial slurs in separate interviews when discussing Hamilton. The former F1 star also used a derogotary homophobic term in reference to the British racer.
Left wing MP Taliria Petrone said: “Racism, which structures our society, needs to be fought everywhere. ” She and two other MPs added: “Treating black human beings in a clearly pejorative way, as Mr Nelson Piquet does, goes against practices for implementing equality. ” READ MORE: Loose Women's Brenda Edwards supported by co-stars after injury forces her to pull out of UK tour In an apology, Piquet said: “What I said was ill-thought out, and I make no defence for it.
But I will clarify that the term used is one that has widely and historically been used colloquially in Brazilian Portuguese as a synonym for 'guy' or 'person' and was never intended to offend. "Max Verstappen - Hamilton's rival - said: "Everyone is against racism and I think that's very straight.
The wording that was used was not correct. But I've spent a bit of time with Nelson, more than the average person, and he's definitely not a racist.
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