Nelson Piquet’s fine for referring to Lewis Hamilton as a “neguinho” – which means “little Black man” in English – has been cancelled by the Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories. Piquet was originally fined £817,000 for his foul remarks towards the seven-time World Champion, which were brought against the Brazilian in
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Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Nelson Piquet has had his appeal over his £780,000 fine rejected, following his homophobic and racist comments directed at Lewis Hamilton. Four human rights groups recently took the Brazilian to court after comments he made about the seven-time World Champion surfaced, where racial slurs were used by Piquet against Hamilton
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Nelson Piquet Jr has defended himself amid the growing debate over whether Lewis Hamilton should be stripped of his first world title. The former F1 driver has spoken up after it was reported that Felipe Massa is looking into legal options over the outcome of the 2008 Drivers’ title that he narrowly missed out on.
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Just a month after being fined £780,000, three-time Formula 1 World Champion Nelson Piquet is potentially in trouble once again, for having stored Saudi Arabian jewels for former president Jair Bolsonaro. Piquet was recently fined the huge sum by the Brazilian government after racist and homophobic comments made by the Brazilian were discovered, with Piquet’s
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Ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has praised the Brazilian government, who heavily fined banned F1 Champion Nelson Piquet. Piquet was found guilty of having used racist and homophobic language whilst discussing the Mercedes driver, something which once discovered, saw the four-time World Champion banned from the F1 paddock.
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Nelson Piquet has been slapped with a fine of 5 million Brazilian Reals (circa $950,000) for racial and homophobic abuse he hurled at Lewis Hamilton in 2021. The three-time Formula 1 world champion has been ordered to pay the fine by a Brazilian court in “moral damages” to Hamilton. Commenting on his ruling, Judge Pedro
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It has been reported by Brazilian newspaper O Globo that former Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet is being pushed to pay £1.6 million in compensation for moral damages to several social organisations, following his racist and homophobic rant whilst discussing seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. When talking about Hamilton’s 2016 defeat to Nico Rosberg,
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The 1981 season finale in Las Vegas excitingly began with three drivers all in with a chance of winning the championship. While Jacques Laffite needed both of his rivals to retire from the race to be able to win the championship, Nelson Piquet and Carlos Reutemann started the Grand Prix with only a single point
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The 2022 season will go down in history with one of the most dominant performances of all time, as Red Bull came flying out of the blocks under the new regulations. The energy drink giants stormed to their first constructors’ championship since 2013 while Max Verstappen won a stunning 15 races on his way to
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Max Verstappen’s relationship with Kelly Piquet is a relatively private one, as both individuals refuse to share much of their personal lives together with the media. Verstappen has recently claimed that both himself and Piquet are trying to use social media less, as it is something that he simply does not enjoy and they pair
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