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Nelson Piquet was on Thursday suspended as an honorary member of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) for his use of racist language towards Lewis Hamilton in a Brazilian podcast last year. The BRDC, a non-profit organisation, which owns the Silverstone circuit that hosts this weekend's British Grand Prix, said in a statement that Piquet's language was inappropriate and unacceptable.
Three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet on Wednesday apologised "wholeheartedly" to Lewis Hamilton after using a racially offensive term to describe the Mercedes star. Hamilton said the "time has come for action" following Piquet's remarks, while Formula One and motorsport's governing body the FIA condemned the 69-year-old Brazilian. "I apologise wholeheartedly to anyone that was affected, including Lewis, who is an incredible driver, but the translation in some media that is now circulating on social media is not correct," Piquet said in a statement.
SILVERSTONE, England — Lewis Hamilton said «old voices» from Formula One such as Nelson Piquet's are irrelevant to what the sport wants to achieve in the future and should not be given a platform to promote discriminatory opinions.
Nelson Piquet was on Thursday suspended as an honorary member of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) for his use of racist language towards Lewis Hamilton in a Brazilian podcast last year.
Lewis Hamilton has sat down with Sky Sports F1 ahead of the British Grand Prix this weekend at Silverstone and he has responded to the abhorrent Nelson Piquet comments.
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