F1 champion fined nearly $1 million in 'moral damages' for racist and homophobic remarks about Lewis Hamilton
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Piquet fined for racist comments about Hamilton
RIO DE JANEIRO: Retired Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay $950,000 in “moral damages” for making racist comments about Lewis Hamilton. The 70-year-old Brazilian had referred to seven-time champion Hamilton as “neguinho,” a racially offensive term which means “little Black guy,” in 2021.
Nelson Piquet fined over racist, homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton
Brazilian triple Formula One champion, Nelson Piquet, has been ordered to pay £780 000 in damages for making racist and homophobic comments about seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton.
Three-time world champion Nelson Piquet fined for racist and homophobic slurs against Lewis Hamilton
Thee-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered pay 5 million Brazilian Reals (€885,500) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday. In an interview in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to the seven-time world champion, when commenting on Hamilton's British Grand Prix crash with Max Verstappen. Hamilton called for action to change "archaic mindsets" after footage of the interview surfaced on social media last June.
Piquet ordered to pay $950k for racist, homophobic comments
:Brazil's triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet must pay 5 million Brazilian Reals ($953,050) in moral damages for racist and homophobic comments against Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, a Brazilian court ruled on Friday.
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